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YOU MIGHT BE A TEXAN IF….

YOU MIGHT BE A TEXAN IF.... 1. You can properly pronounce Corsicana, Palestine, Decatur, Wichita Falls, Mexia, Waco, Beaumont, Pflugerville, Kerrville, Boerne, New Braunfels, Amarillo, Pedernales and Leakey!! 2. Your manners include: "Please", "Thank You", "Excuse me", "Ma'am" & "Sir" & you wanna punch those who don't use them. 3. A tornado warning siren is your signal to put the stuff out in the yard you wanna get rid of. 4. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway. 5. You’ve ever had to switch from “heat” to “A/C”, TWICE in the same day. 6. You know that the true value of a parking space is not determined by the distance to the door, but by the availability of shade. 7. Stores don’t have bags, they have sacks. 8. You see people wear bib overalls at funerals, with the utmost respect! 9. You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent. 10. You measure distance in minutes or hours. 11. You hear & use the term "f…

Texas Size Joke

A woman in New York told a friend that she was going to Texas on her vacation. Her friend asked her why on earth she wanted to go to Texas?

She said, "I've always wanted to eat some really good Mexican food, and I figure that's the best place to get it. I've always wanted to learn how to two step, and Texas is the home of the two step. And I've always wanted to make love to a good ol boy cowboy type. I figure I can find one there for sure.

After her vacation and when she had returned to work her friend asked her how her vacation in Texas went.

"Did you find your Mexican food?" She said, "We were in San Antonio and found a place on the Riverwalk with the best Tex Mex food I have ever even imagined."

Her friend asked, "Did you get to two step?" She replied, "In the Fort Worth Stockyards, at Billy Bob'…

Longhorn and the Chisholm Trail

Much of Fort Worth, Texas', early development and its nickname "Cowtown" can be attributed to its location on the Chisholm Trail. The post-Civil War trail was used to move cattle from southern Texas up to railheads in Kansas.

During the war, Texas ranchers had not been able to get their cattle to market. Because of the over supply, after the war, Texas ranchers were only receiving $4 per head for their cattle, while ranchers in the East were receiving $40 per head. In 1867, a fellow named Joseph McCoy built a stockyard in Abilene, Kansas, and urged the Texas ranchers to drive their Longhorn cattle to his yards. Once he purchased them, he would ship them East. In 1867 alone, he shipped 35,000 cattle East. Most of those ranchers driving their Longhorns to Kansas, stopped in Fort Worth.

As important as it was for Fort Worth's development, the Chisholm Trail's legend grew even…

A Few Reasons for You to Stay Out of Texas

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Farting Horse Is So Darn Happy!

Yes, it’s a sensitive subject for some, but remember what your mom always told you; better out than in! Watch this rolling, happy horse “let ’em rip” and get some relief. It’s always the simple things that make us LOL. This horse's name is Archy and he lives in Blossom Valley at the "Rocking Horse Ranch" equine rescue. Go check them out!