The state of Texas has a long and colorful history. There are a lot of interesting things most people just don’t know about the state.
For instance, who was the only governor of Texas to be formally removed from office?
Who was the first Vice-President of Texas?
What three rivers form parts of the border of Texas?
Who was the last United States President to be born in the state of Texas?
Who made Western Swing famous?
What famous Texas organization merged with the state highway patrol in 1935?
What former member of that organization became a film star in silent westerns?
What was the name of his horse?
What company almost single-handedly put slide rules out of business?
What resident of Austin won a Pulitzer Prize for his book about navy experiences in the Pacific?
What Houston native is the only person to win the Indianapolis 500, the Daytona 500, and the Le Mans Grand Prix?
What were the eight Texas schools in the old Southwest Conference when it dissolved?
What other Texas school was in the Southwest Conference when it began?
In 1840, Laredo became the seat of what unrecognized independent nation?
What Texan led the Confederate Army of Tennessee for part of the American Civil War?
The answers are listed below, in order.The whole story can be found at http://bootcampaign.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/texas-land-commissioner-jerry-patterson-2/
Sam Houston; Mirabeau Lamar; Red, Sabine, & Rio Grande Rivers; Lyndon Johnson; Bob Wills; Texas Rangers; Tom Mix; Tony; Texas Instruments, Inc.; James A. Michener; A. J. Foyt; Texas, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, TCU, Baylor, SMU, Houston, and Rice; Southwestern; The Republic of the Rio Grande; John Bell Hood.