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Gerty at 14
Surnames include: Hadley, Clark, Lindley, Atkins, Whisenhunt, Hall,
Reed, Rittenhouse
Texas isn't an attitude,
it's a state of mind ... mine!
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This section's name derives from the following
true tale:
Paint Horse, Creek and Me
by Betty Atkins
copyright 2002
When I was five, I had the most beautiful Paint Horse. Her name was
Trinker.
In the mornings I'd sneak a couple of Mama's fresh biscuits and run
down to the corral where she was kept. She would ignore me until I'd climbed
up to the top board of the fence to sit with my heels braced against the
next to top board and begin to eat.
That was always her cue to saunter over, stretch out her beautiful mottled
white, brown and black neck to take a sniff. I'd hand her the biscuit I
was holding in the other hand and sit watching her savor each morsel.
As soon as she was finished she'd sidle up next to me so's I could transfer
myself from the fence to her back. I'd grab a good handful of mane
and guide her over to the gate. She knew just how to turn so's I could
lift the wire loop and set us free to hurry down to the creek and play
all day.
by Betty Atkins
Feb. 2002
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Irish and Celtic Music is perfect for a Texas page, when you remember
that many of the big ranches were owned and operated by Irish, Scottish
and English consortiums. Imagine a rawboned cowboy riding up to another
range hand and saying, "Ah, an tis a braw bright dee now tisn't it?" Or,
"Begorra, an I'm that fair hungry, aye, that I am." Or how
about a 'toughy' threating another, "I do believe you should lay down that
gun."
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Texas Symbols
- Bird: Mockingbird
- Flower: Bluebonnet
- Tree: Pecan
- Flag: Known as the Lone Star Flag
- Gem: Blue Topaz ("Lone Star Cut")
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- Grass: Sideoats grama
- Motto: Friendship
- Nickname: The Lone Star State
- Song: "Texas, Our Texas" by William J. Marsh
- Folk Dance: Square dance
- Fish: Guadalupe bass
- Dish: Chili
- Fruit: Texas red grapefruit
- Seashell: lightning whelk, found only on the Gulf Coast
- Insect: Monarch butterfly
- Mammal: Texas Longhorn
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Texas means 'Friend'
Texas was a country before it was a state
There are 23 languages and 63 nationalities - from mountains to prairies
and everything in between, you'll find it in Texas; What you won't find
are natural lakes, they are all man-made. Texas doesn't have climate, it
has weather, and usually it's extreme.
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site designed and maintained by Betty Atkins
All material contributed by 'Me'
copyright 2002 |
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Lakes of Pontchartrain
an Irish melody
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