“Big “Tex,” in his red-checked shirt, cowboy hat and boots, will be used on billboards, posters and State Fair of Texas literature to point out the fact that the 1951 exposition will be the biggest and best yet. Fair officials decided “Tex” was the most appropriate symbol to ado...
In a state of towering oil derricks and spidery drill platforms*, passersby do a double-take when they drive by the civic center in the Texas town of Paris. It's not just that dark metal replica Eiffel Tower -- it's the fact that it is adorned with a giant cowboy hat.But then,...
Barkley has taken the big hat trend and added the Texas spin to it, and you can bet that big, goofy cowboy hat sales will soar now with this kind of national exposure! Well, maybe not, but if you’ve got the confidence to pull one of those off, you certainly deserve a tip of th...
The 47-foot, seven-ton cowboy statue, known as Tex Randall, is considered a Texas icon. Designer and builder Harry Wheeler created the cowboy in 1959 as a roadside phenomenon to welcome travelers to his corral curio shop on U.S. Highway 60 West to New Mexico. The giant cowboy relates...
and the shirt was decorated with sheet aluminum buttons covered with vinyl. In true Texas style, the cowboy was adorned with a Stetson-style hat. Wheeler soon added a six-room motel for visitors. Due to reconstruction of the highway, the tourist trade at his shop declined. Wheeler sold th...
Boy, do we venerate pecans in Texas. Pecan is our state tree, our state nut and Pecan Pie is our official state pie. I'd love to eat some out of the backyard- if my dogs weren't always getting to them first. Clearly, everybody loves them. ...
The building is painted bright yellow; Texas flags flap like pennants; the front porch creaks under your feet. A huge steer, "Big Moo," stands in the parking lot, along with a 15-foot-tall cowboy boot, a 27-foot-long goofy dinosaur wearing a cowboy hat ("Big Tex Rex"), and a ...
We got the systems in the cars. And the 20s in the trucks. 6 foot 4 with the cowboy hat, I don't mess around what's up with that? I am coyboy troy, a texas hit. And I am rollin with the brothers big and rich. Go coyw boy go cowboy go. (go cowboy go cowboy go) go...
10 Myths About Texas That Even Some Natives Believe Everything's bigger in Texas, including the tall tales! Our state can seem pretty strange to people from far away, or even our immediate neighbors. There are several myths about Texas that range from quirky to fun and just plain ignorant ...
Dodson sits in the southeast corner of Collingsworth county. It is 1 mile north of the Childress county line and 13 miles southeast of Wellington, Texas. Dodson's highest population was 426 in 1930. A decline in agricultural interest and an increase in cattle has been the culprit for the st...