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The following is a letter sent from the Alamo by Col. William Barret Travis appealing for help and aid while in the midst of fighting the army of Santa Anna who was beseiging the Mission.
To be elected in the state of Texas, one must believe in a supreme being.
That Texas State Capitol Building in Austin is the largest & Tallest state capitol building in the country? The San Jacinto Monument near Houston is among the tallest columns in the world; at 570 feet, its about twenty feet higher than the Washington Monument in the District of Columbia. Texas has more counties (254) than any other state. Forty-one counties in Texas are each larger than the state of Rhode Island. Of the nation's ten largest cities, three are in Texas (Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio.) El Paso, Texas is closer to Los Angeles on the Pacific Coast than it is to Port Arthur on Gulf Coast of Texas. Port Arthur, on the other hand, is closer to Jacksonville, Florida on the Atlantic Coast than it is to El Paso. Today, approximately 18 million people live in Texas, only slightly outnumbering its 15 million cattle. Texas today is also home for about 2.5 million deer and 200,000 alligators. The land area of Texas is larger than all of New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois combined. It extends 801 miles from north to south and 773 miles from east to west. Texas is the nation's leading producer of oil, natural gas, beef, sheep, goats, wool, cotton, rice...and, oh yes, watermelons. That the Constitution of 1845, which was the resolution that allowed Texas into the Union, stated that Texas had the right to divide into 4 states in addition to the original Texas. That legal right still remains true. That there have been 6 flags to fly over Texas? The Spanish, French, Mexican, Confederacy, United States, and Republic of Texas. The Spanish controlled Texas from 1519-1685 and 1690-1821. The French was from 1685-1690. The Mexican from 1821-1836. The Republic of Texas from 1836-1845. The United States from 1845-1861 and 1865-present. The Confederacy was from 1861-1865. The Texas flag is the ONLY State flag that can be flown at the same height as the American flag. That State Forests - make up 23 million acres of Texas' Landscape? That the longest State River is the Rio Grande at 1270 miles? That Texas is the #1 oil producer since 1928. That State Highways we have 76,764 miles of state highway? The only place in the world where they make Dr. Pepper according to the original formula is in Dublin, Texas.
Forty percent of the farm-grown catfish in the United States is consumed by Texans.
According to Texas law, in some places, running a bakery is considered to be an "agricultural business."
Early Spanish missionaries in Texas hoped to encourage the spread of European values by offering flannel underwear to Native Americans.
People who moved to Lockhart, Texas in the 1950s are still considered by natives of the town to be newcomers.
Despite the fact that his middle name is "Farmer," Charles F. Trompler lost in his attempt to be selected as the Republican candidate for state agriculture commissioner in the 1986 Texas primary.
In Texas, it's illegal to put graffiti on someone else's cow.
The Guadalupe River Bass is the state fish of Texas.
According to one geographer, digging straight down from Austin will not get you to China but to Iraq.
Stephen F. Austin and Santa Ana belonged to the same free masonry lodge in Mexico City.
Will Rogers' father and uncle were boyhood friends of Sam Houston. Their half sister, Will Rogers' aunt, was also Sam Houston's Indian wife.
In Texas, you could have been jailed for giving out or discussing information on birth control 50 years ago.
The world's largest oatmeal cake was baked and built in Bertram, Texas during Labor Day weekend 1991. The 33-layer cake stood more than 3 feet tall, weighed 333 pounds, and served 3,333 people.
Dallas' corner of Elm and Houston streets has a sordid history. The building completed there in November 1898 was struck by lightning and burned to the ground in May 1901. By the fall of 1901 it was rebuilt. In that same building 62 years later, Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly shot President Kennedy from the sixth floor.
There are jackrabbits living at Austin's Robert Mueller Airport.
One of the lenses at the University of Texas' McDonald Observatory has a nick in it because a worker there got mad at something and shot at it.
Former Governor Ann Richards received a vote for "Best Rap Artist" in The Austin Chronicle's 1991 Austin Music Poll.
Austinites might miss the glory that was the Treaty Oak, but Texas has 64 national champion trees, meaning they are the largest specimens of their species in the country. They include cedar elm, persimmon, eastern red cedar, and yaupon holly.
There's still a Texas law that forbids people from carrying around a fence cutter or a pair of pliers that could cut a fence.
In 1937, when the idea of parking meters was first raised in Austin, The Austin American designated one of its staff members "Parking Meter Editor" to tally a poll of its readers.
Lubbock is the largest city in the United States that is dry.
They have a petrified buffalo hairball at the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame in Waco.
In Texas, it is illegal to curse in front of or indecently expose a corpse.
"The Eyes of Texas" was originally written for a minstrel show as a satire on Dr. Lambdin Prather, then University of Texas at Austin president.
In Texas, if a burglary occurred in conjunction with a rape, some prosecutors charge rapists with the burglary because it carries the same sentence as aggravated sexual assault (5 to 99 years) and is an easier crime to prove. By the way, regular sexual assault only carries a sentence of 2 to 20 years.
Four fire ant species are found in Texas, three of which are native to the state. The tropical Solenopsis geminata Fabricus and southern Solenopsis xyloni McCook are the most common.
According to one report, more popcorn is sold in Dallas, Texas than anywhere in the U.S. (The average American eats 42 quarts of popcorn a year.)
The first film made in Texas to have won an Academy Award was Wings in 1927. The film starred Clara Bow and was directed by William Wellman.
Until recently, Bastrop's "home coming" celebrations had nothing to do with high school football; they were held to honor returning World War II veterans.
To combat the deadly killer bee, the Harris County Fire Department has 11 trucks equipped with soapy water sprayers that do nothing but respond to killer bee calls. Currently, the Austin Fire Department will only deal with emergency situations involving killer bee attacks in progress.
The smallest Catholic church in the world still in operation claims to be in Warrenton, Texas. Measuring 12 feet by 15 feet, the church seats 15 and is only open once a year.
The name of Buda, Texas comes from the Spanish word "viuda" or widow because the town's first mayor died in office, and from that point on, anyone who wanted to conduct business in town had to deal with his widow.
