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The Texan Legacy List
The Texan Legacy List
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T h e T e xas Tr end. 0r lginator g
t b c T c r a s b ra g to a d .\re rt,l se the facts. The past 150 year g have ad,d.ednany
T h c Tcra n e p i rl t cf l n genulty bas glvcn the wor ld, cor nnunlty a bc tter
dally u a y - o f-}l fc tb ro u g h d cveloplng now ldeas and nor o lnventlo ns than
publlc acclaio bas glvon credlt or cvon reallzos that all tbe orlglnators
arc actually fro n T e xa s. Tcxag as a blg wldo- opcn placc pr ovldes a unl quc
Ia n d ' a r c a to l tvc o p o n l y a nd to intor r clato wlth all aspects of onor g oty n
potentlal. A T cxa n h a s n o cooped.- up fcellng and thus no lnlr lblt ed, nontal
attltudc. T b e rc l s B o l d e n tlty cr isls for a tr uc- and- tr led Telan. No
pcrsoaal b a rrl crB o r tn p e rsonal bor d,cr g r cstllct thc gcner al. kn ow - how at-
tltudc o r th c p ro g re ssl vo B avvy of the oan- d,o Tcxan ststc of nln d.
T h c a te to o f T cra s h a s vast bor d.or e ar ound, tho land, lcnownae T c J aa,
a C a d d o I n d l a n w o rd o f th o Nor tcnos stoclc neanlng fr lcndly pcop l c . T hus ,
t b c o l d C a d d o T o Ja e l a n d e tl ll glvcs a spaclal physlcal fr ccd,or n of dl v er -
slty tbat nakcs tbo hunan splr1t of lts lnhabltants fecl unbound,ed.and urr-
ll o 1 t c d t o a cco n p l l sh th e l .uposslblc or ncvcr befor o attcnptcd c v ents by
hu.oanklnd. Uorcstrlctod. ldcall$0 and hardwork kecp thc Teraa hurnan spirl,t
actlvcly frec a n d th u s h e l p cr oate the cver gr owlng r aythe that nak c T c x as
le g c n d s s u ch a " rn ystl q u o th o wor ld, ovcr . Tc:cae 1s a dlffcr ont k l nd of .
d r c a . o - n a c hl a c p l a co l n th c wor ld for cvcr r cnewlng ltsolf for tbo s c w ho
asplrc to thc helgbts of flao.bouyant glory and unbellevablc sclf-fulflll--
rn c a t , N o wb cre e l sc b u t 1 o Tcxas can thc unr cal becor oe cver yday r c al l ty
a s g o r u c l l p ro ve n b y th o ca r llcst plonccr Totang.
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Tbc oarly plonear Tcrans unlqucly spclled thelr own epltbct nonlker
witb a blg nlrr Tcxfans, to coln an orlglnal Tarana ad,Jcctlvc for thclr
b o u n d l e e s e n e rg e tl c l n d l vl d u allty full of tbe sem o per sonal pr lde w hl c h
co n t l n u e s cve n to th l s d a y. Flr st gcner ation or flfth gcncr atlo n T c x ans
h , a v c a b o nd l n co ma ro a :th c per vaslve vlslon that contr asts a bo und,l - es g
tcrrltory as part of thelr attltudc. A n d ,a p r o u d a t t l t u d c ls thc rcal
Toran doalala. Torans havo beoono orlglnators of nrmerous world-wlde proto-
t y p c s a n d b a vc th u s b cco n c paoc- setter s or tr end naker s who influenc c thc
dally l 1 v cs o f n l l l l o n s o f non- Ter ens who havc beconc r fTexanlze d.nw l thout
cvcn roally ka o w l n g _1 t. U nusual flr st- tim o lnvcntlonc and. one-of- a- k l nd
ld , c a g h a v e sp rca d w o rl d w l d e wlthout ouch Texas br ag to claln th e honor e
uatll t r o wr T b c T e xa s trcn d , gotter s hall fr on aLl ovcr thc stato l n thc
m o s t u n l l k cl y p l a cco a n d f'a r fotched. waye of t1fo, whother 1n tho nar k ot
plaoo or ln polltlcs.
forate llkewlsc. Thc Big Thlckct NatlonaI Wlldernoss Prcscrve rarc orchlds
attest to tbesc floral dcmographlcs. And the Texas cltrus frult vallcy
g r o w s t b c b e st p l n k g ra p o fru lt ln tho wor Ld, blgger than all leg c nds of
courgco
and havc donc so fron the carl"lest origlng bcoausc of thc OLd South cava-
11cr toots. Frontlor sottlors 1n Texae crtcnded thc lndJvldual fan1ly
tlos t b r o u g h th o rtl .a st so n syn<ltonen of hlgh soclcty or tho old fl fth s on
I e g a c y o f E n g l tsh . n o b l l 1 ty to col,onlal Ar aor lca. Thc youngest m onber of
a p r o r n l n o n t fa .n l l y u su a l l y had no r eal econonlc pr oopocts to lnh er l t fanl l y
wcalth o r tl tl o so th u sl y h ad to go W cst: Tcr as pr ovlded that a r ena for
Iuropcans as woll a s fo r tb c Southcr n ar lstocxaoy and old yankec Aner l oa.
Relatlves a n d frl e n d s tra n e planted lnto fr ontlcr Ter as kcpt clos e tl es
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ba c k h o . o evl a th e sta g c co a cb ano. tho poet haste W ells Far go d.e l 1v c r ed
scaIc.
Drennan orlglnally ca o e fro m Spr ingfleld, Illlnols both per sonal l y k new
Abe Llncoln. Inportant relatlvee fron I111no1s soon vlslted, 1n the land-
g r a a t l o g ca b l n h o a re ste a d o f Ur bane Alexand.er 1n nor th- centr al Eas t T ex as ,
Wllllans of C o n n o rcc, T e ra s who was ' bho flr st U.S. soldier doug hboy to
d1e 1n World Vfar I at Brest, Franco, The very flrst Amerlgan Legion Post
al.l wars.n Thc family frlcnds of Bruco WllLlans cclebrated that flrst
hollday l n 1 9 1 8 b cfo re tb o rest of tho Unltod, States and the wor l d of-
flclally f ol l o w e d su l t 1 n 1 919 ( nontsttoc Day was r e- namod Veter ans D ay
t n L 9 5 1 1 ' - T b c fe stl ve tl mo s and happy r oood celebr ations camc year s l atc r
to tlckle th e fa n cy o f o 1 d and new Texans allkc.
Tcras, Juat flftccn nllcs froro the lnflucntlal orlglns'of thc two fcd,craL
ho l l d a y e . T b c Gre cn vl l l c b anncr - call slogan ilof- thc- blaokcst- land tt pr o-
leaders baton twlrlcrs Just naturally'carnc fron thls sanc East Teras
national n e tw o rke .
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T c r a r ka n a b o l d s scvcra l otber natlonal and, wor ld- wlde her ltago gl fts .
T h c T e r a r . ka n a C o n ccrt A sso ciatlon is thc old,est or ganlzed audlonc c for
thc pcrfornlng a rts 1 n th c whole Unlted Statcs of Ar aor loa. The tw i n s tate
city n a n c 1 s a a a o a g ra n l o g o taken ln 18?3 fr on a stcanboat that s ank
aearby; the flat bottom rl.verboat had ln turn taken lts namc lnltla[y
froo the four su rro u n d l a g states: Texas, Ar kaneas, Oklahona and Louts l ana
t o c o l n t l r e n o u l r T e xa rka n a that soon bocame thc tr adc capltal fo r thc o" " ,'
Ar k - l a - T c x a rca . T e xa tka n a 1s also the chltdhood. homo of Soott J opl i a
w b o s c r a g tl n c n u sl c l tse l f gr ew out of the unlquc local fast- be at W es tc r n
stylo eullc. T cra rka n a a l g o gavc 1ts own spcclal f lavor od .llast T ex as
nuslcal v c r sl o n th a t so o n b ccane known all ovcr thc wor ld as Bo ogi c - W oogl c
Blucs (1890 to 1930 era). A n d ,t h e J l t t e r b u g d . a n c es t e p a l s o o r l g i n a t o d ,
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for all U,S. cltlzetrs began in thlssne Teras border town wlth 142 nodel
Southern Plne Coopany. Ttre flrst blood bank 1n the world also had. tts
ldentlty.
Today, the Texan verslon or loglcal conclusjon of the blood bank con-
c e p t b a s b e e n e rp a n d e d w o rl d- wlde agaln by the demand for hear t tr ans pl ants
and, other hr.loan body parts. The Human Donor Bank or the Organ Dcnor Llvtng
Rhodes wlth having the blggest and the best of everything posslble. Thc
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Dool1n of San Antonlo fron hls notherfs kltchen on Roosevelt Avenue. Thc
coro chlp Frltos werc a loglcal addition to the llberal usc of the famed
Tcras chtLl whlcb also originated ln San Antonio way back 1n the early
f8/'0ts as a baslc food preservatlve techniquc ln a hot cllmatc.
Ev c n th e a l l -ti ro o fa vo r lte food of Aner lca, the ham bur ger , had l ts
orlglns l n d e cp E a st T e xa s at the dr ug stor e counter ln Athens w hor c thc
actual lnnovatlon of a nlr of han and, bccf ncat paddy on a bun was takcn
to the Chlcago Worldrs Falr 1n 1893, Scveral other placee try to claln
thc or1g1n of the ha.oburger, but thclr beglnnlng dates falI wcl1 after thc
L89t Worldts Falr whcre the ldca had flrst been trled-out by East Texang
for natlonal publ1c acoeptancc. The chickon frlod steak ls another orJg-
ln a 1 T c r a s ctl sh , n o t, to n e n tlon tbc hot Ter - r nox foods: taco and faJ l tag.
But food, ls not the only Tcxan expertlse on the lnternatlonal sccno. So
6arry rolnor lnventlons by Texang nako everyday 1lfe easler and better tbat
t b e w o r l d - wl d ,e u ssrs n e ve r thlnk or evcn r eallze who actually o r l gl nated
SoveraL good ldeas even flrst originated ln Tcxae but noved away Just
b e f o r e t b e n a tl o n a l a ccl a l " o car ne. Thus, Gayle Bor dcn dally hone del l v er y
Georgla Just before the ioncept then later spread all over the U,S. And
for the breakfast dcvoloper before noving to Mlchigan to soll hls product
on a world-wlde scalen
a better ld ,ca o r a rrn e w cr n ousetr aptt accor dlng tc the pxover bial gr apc v l nc .
T h c w l n c ln d u stry 1 n Irra n cc was cvon savcd 1n 1880 by Dcnton, Tex as far ner
Mu s s o n . Th e T o ra s n u si a n g r oot cuttlngs kept d.lsease ln Eur ope fr om 6e-
stroylng thc renalnlng top slde of the vlntage vlncs. AlL Frcnch wlnc
IltErally h a s T cra e ro o ts a s 1te base l1ne. Ancther Texan also enbel l l s hed
g r a n d , e o l d , E u ro p c. T h e fa n ed Ellsabot Ncy, tho sculptr ess of S am H ous ton
and Stepbcn F, Austln statuary in Washingtcnl D.C,1 did sotncclassio
eculpturca 1n the famed Bavarlan falry-land Hohcnschwangua and Ncuschwan-
stcln ronantlo atylcd oaetlcc that look l1ke an ornatc'dlsplay of royal
faccd playlng cardg.
oping the Mld-Eastern hot desert oil emplres petrolor.u flelds and then
Wbere else but deep down ln Texas heartland can prlvate enterprlse go so
far l T e r a s 1 s th u s a n l cxo costr tc the wor Ld as the center of the Spac c
A Be r a n e w w l n d o w to tb c u n l ver se. Texans ar e not Just ln the center of
tbings as usual but are busy goiag there, flrstr Bs always. Thls one-of-a-
k l n d T e r a n l n d l vl d u a l l ty h a s taken the whole splr lt of r nanklnd lnto the
stars l l t e r al l y fo r th e ve ry flr st tlno, natu.r ally. nl ght w or l d-
The star r y
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wl d e l s t h u sl y l 1 t-u p a n d fult of the evldence of Tcxanlzcd tech nol ogy "
t h o s p a c e ca d e t a stro n a u l ts now belng add,edto the Texas Chic cow boy l r nage
orlglas. The Tex-mex language proudly dlsplays lts own grarunar and Texan
Bay on June 19, 1865, The froed Texan glavos lnmedlately lnstltutod thelr
own speclal annual Jubllee 1n opposltlon to the whlte folkst Confederate
tradltlon has contj.nued each June 19 to glve 1ts unlque freedcm celebratlon