Texas Pictures

Well, Tamara Faye said something about posting more Texas Pics in this forum. Hopefully the people over in the Forums by State thread will come check out pics of our beautiful state. :) These pics aren't anything outstanding so I think they deserve to be here instead of the Photos Forum. Here are a few things that just say Texas to me. Maybe I can get some of my 35mm pics scanned too later since I have only had my digital (and have pics on my computer) for a year and a half.

First pic is of a whole area of Cactus blooming at Mineral Wells State Park on Memorial Day Weekend 2003. Mineral Wells State Park is about 40 miles west of Ft. Worth.

A view from up high of Lake Mineral Wells.

ok...since we have been talking about snow, here is one from our only snow in Pville last winter. This is about as much as we ever get. All the neighbors run outside with their cameras to get pics like this cause if you wait more than a few minutes it's gone.

Great going sweezel, everyone will LOVE this thread. Very nice pics, sweezel, very pathetic snow pville. I will join the picture posting when the weather gets cold again. It should be in the 70s for the next 4 days, and I am not finishing painting the trim on the entry way, or the exterior doors. Duty calls, but I SHALL return...

Last one from Mineral Wells State Park...
3 of the kids standing between two cliffs at the only good place to rock climb in the DFW area.

Is that a promise or a threat? *GRIN*

awesome picture sweezel

how come I knew you or someone way2 something would say that? AS my mother and my children know, I do NOT make promises, only threats. But in this case, consider the threat promised :P
{nightynite}

Snow, you call that snow. (ducking)
LOL That is about what we usually get, though we have gotten a couple inches 3 times in the last five years here. Not too shabby. We got it on Valentines this year and it was gone the next day. We built a Snowman and decorated him with Valentines candy. : ) I just looked and I can't find any pics. :(

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the next day? sheeesh.....ours is gone the next hour.

When are you gonna post that snow pic?

Okay, here's the Tubing Capital of the US (if not world)... the New Braunfels portion of the Guadalupe River. I still prefer the Frio River for Tubing, but this is much closer and plus those pics will have to be scanned. That's my husband on the left in his "River Rat" hat coming down the rapids. This is right before he flipped over. LOL

Here is a campsite in the same area. I took this pic when my best friend and I stayed at the campsite across the way. My DH and I camped under those cliffs when I went back.

Hey they better love this thread Tamara, because we LOVE Texas. LOL

Staci
...who's wondering who is going to be the first to say "Texas, Texas, Texas, I don't want to hear that word again!"

Tubing the Frio!!! OMG!

Life does NOT get any better than that!

And I've got the river shark bites to prove it!!

LOL oh hush up John!

"The eyes of Texas are upon you
all the live long day

(come on everybody sing it with me)

The eyes of Texas are upon you
you cannot get away

Do not think you can escape them
Rise so early in the morn

The eyes of Texas are upon you
Til Gabriel blows his horn.

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I have that pix of Valentines day! Our snowman was barely there the next day, but the snow on the ground was gone after lunch!

Wow....that is a huge snowman! I would need to gather up every snow flake in the county to be able to make a snowman.

Awesome picture TX Mel!

U R 2 funny Pville!!!

Staci~WE can say TEXAS all we want to, because this is the TEXAS forum LOL

Pville I thought it was "from dusk till early in the morn" (the eyes being the stars at night,)

are big and bright, oh don' t get me started...

different rendition Tamara.

"The Eyes of Texas" is the official song of the University of Texas at Austin, considered by some a sort of unofficial state song. It was first sung at a minstrel show to benefit the university track team at the Hancock Opera House in Austin in 1903. John Lang Sinclair wrote lyrics fitted to the melody of "I've Been Working on the Railroad". The glee club quartet performed the song repeatedly at the show to great applause, and the band paraded the campus playing and singing the song the next day. In this case the "eyes" are a symbolic euphamism for both big brother and kindly father watching over the students and atheletes at UT specifically and the citizens of Texas in general.

Un-official State song. "From night till early morn". The official song is Have you ever been to Texas in the spring time,....about bluebonnets, which I never saw that many of. Sidney

"Texas, Our Texas," the official state song of Texas, was adopted by the Texas Legislature in 1929.
Source: Lone Star Junction

Official Song of the State of Texas

Texas, Our Texas
Written by William J. Marsh and Gladys Yoakum Wright
Composed by William J. Marsh

Texas, Our Texas! all hail the mighty State!
Texas, Our Texas! so wonderful so great!
Boldest and grandest, withstanding ev'ry test
O Empire wide and glorious, you stand supremely blest.

Texas, O Texas! your freeborn single star,
Sends out its radiance to nations near and far,
Emblem of Freedom! it set our hearts aglow,
With thoughts of San Jacinto and glorious Alamo.

Texas, dear Texas! from tyrant grip now free,
Shines forth in splendor, your star of destiny!
Mother of heroes, we come your children true,
Proclaiming our allegiance, our faith, our love for you.

God bless you Texas! And keep you brave and strong,
That you may grow in power and worth, throughout the ages long.
God bless you Texas! And keep you brave and strong,
That you may grow in power and worth, throughout the ages long.

Ok....here is another bit of Texas history that is song related.

Who was the Yellow Rose of Texas?

"The tune was first published in 1853 by an author identified only as "J.K.". It was a popular Confederate marching song during the Civil War and with the U.S. Cavalry on western outposts and along the cattle trails following the Civil War. In 1955 the tune was a hit record."
- http://www.civilwarhome.com/yellowrose.htm

"A popular Confederate marching song during the Civil War and later with the U.S. Cavalry on western frontier and along the cattle trails. According to legend "The Yellow Rose of Texas" was "high yellow" Emily Morgan West, who was born a slave and captured by general Santa Anna during the Texas Revolution in 1836. The General tried to win her charms and failed, but Emily managed to smuggle Santa Anna's battle plans to Sam Houston who then defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. Perhaps Texas would still be part of Mexico today, were it not for the "High yeller Rose", who knows?"
- http://ingeb.org/songs/theresay.html

Very good Donna. Not only did she get the info to General Houston, but she kept Santa Anna occupied and distracted long enough for Sam Houston's army to mount a surprise attack April 21, 1836.

And they say women are the weaker sex......

Glad we stayed up and got all that straight. It's coming back slowly, so keep pileing on the history. What a gal!

It was Santa Anna's "distraction" that did him in. El stupido hombre was literally caught with his pants down running around like a chicken with his head cut off when he was captured! A Hollywood writer couldn't have done better.

ok sugarweed (and everyone else).....here is your Texas history question for this morning.

What are the six flags of Texas?

Gonna take some thinkin! No googling right?

Spain
France
Mexico
Texas
USA
CSA

In that order, too!

It's open book, so you can google if ya want....but....if ya google ya gotta answer not only what, but when...for extra credit :-)

I'm so proud of you John, that was quick. Where did I ever get that idea about the Bluebonnet song?

John, did you sneak a peak somewhere? Actually I have no idea if you are right and I am too lazy to go look it up. And El stupido hombre was right. LOL You guys were busy early early in the morning.

Donna, I have had plenty of those "Shark Bites" from both rivers. Actually my best friend is the one that probably still has scars, because she loves those rapids. Do you have any pictures to share of the area?

I wish they would make a serious movie about Emily and not treat that event as comical.

Right you are John.

Spain 1519-1685 Spanish settlers laid claim to Texas in the name of Spain but there was no flag per se

France 1685-1690 The first flag actually used in Texas were gold fleurs de lis on a white background curtesy of Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur de la Salle who established Fort Saint Louis in the name of France for its expansion of Louisiana.

Spain 1690-1821 Spain re-established it's claim to the Texas territory and in 1775 designated a red and yellow flag featuring a lion of Leon and a castle of Castile on a shield topped by a crown.

Mexico 1821-1836 The Mexican flag was red and white and featured an eagle, a snake, and cactus. When General Santa Anna overthrew the constitutional government of Mexico, Texas revolted and defeated Santa Anna at the aforementioned Battle of San Jacinto, April 21, 1836.

The Republic of Texas 1836-1845 The red, white, and blue lone star flag first used in 1939 is still the state flag of Texas today.

United States of America 1845-1861 On December 29, 1845, Texas became the 28th state of the union and the 28th star on the US flag.

The Confederate States of America 1861-1865 The first confederate flag was known as the "stars and bars" and resembled the Union "stars and stipes" but had only 7 stars and 3 bars.

United States of America 1865 to present Texas rejoined the Union after the civil war, but it's state constitution retains the right to cecede from the US at any time.

John,

Have you read or seen "True Women". Emily (and other notable Texas women) were treated quite seriously.

No I haven't and that title is noted. Author is ....? I would like to know about her.

The book was written by Janice Woods Windle. It became a made for TV movie (as I recall shown originally as a mini-series in 1997) staring Dana Delaney, Anabeth Gish, and Angelina Jolie. Unfortunately, as is always the case, the video version focuses on most but not all of the events of the book. So Emily never actually made an appearance in the movie. But the Battle of San Jacinto and the impact of Texas women is the central theme of the book as well as Windle's follow on book, Hill Country.

Thanks, noted. Most movies are not historically correct, esp. tv movies!

I remember the fairly recent TV show that started off with "in the vast desert between Houston and Galveston", where I now live. The place that has recorded the most rainfall in 24 hours ever in the whole world, 44 inches in 1979. Where we last year had 11 feet, 6 inches of rain. A true desert.

Where I was born was under 7 flags. Mangum, Oklahoma was Mangum, Texas until they decided the North Fork of the Red River was not as large as the South Fork of the Red River, and moved the State line.