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 Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 10:41 am
Austin, Texas is considered the live music capital of the world. 
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Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 5:55 pm
1848 May 29 Wisconsin is the 30th State Admitted to the Union
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Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 5:58 pm
1868 May 30 First Memorial Day
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Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 6:00 pm
Texas comes from the Hasinai Indian word tejas meaning friends or allies.
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Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 8:28 pm
On average, cats spend 2/3 of every day sleeping. That means a nine-year-old cat has been awake for only three years of its life.i
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Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 7:11 am
The King Ranch in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
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Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 10:35 am
June 2, 1780 - The Derby horse race is held for the first time.
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Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 10:43 am
a dog is born with both it's ears and eyes sealed shut, this is why it's primary sense all through life is it's sense of smell
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Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 10:44 am
June 2nd 1835 - P T Barnum & his circus begin 1st tour of US
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Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 3:14 pm
The first word spoken from the moon on July 20, 1969 was Houston.
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Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 7:57 pm
The first coins, pieces of bronze shaped like cattle, appeared around 2000 B.C. Their value was determined by their weight, making their use cumbersome.
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Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 12:25 pm
Brazoria County (in Texas) has more species of birds than any other comparable area in North America.
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Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 2:00 pm
June 3, 1851 1st baseball uniforms worn, New York Knickerbockers wear straw hat, white shirt and blue long trousers
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Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 2:01 pm
June 3, 1871 Jesse James and his gang robs Obocock Bank (Corydon Iowa), of $15,000
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 12:56 pm
The capital city of Austin is located on the Colorado River in south-central Texas. The capitol building is made from Texas pink granite. It served as the capital of the Republic of Texas in 1840-1842.
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