THE TEKAN LEGACYT,ISI 3,000 nord.

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T h e T e xas Tr end. 0r lginator g

Teras has a sesqulcentennlal historl; of world-cless dlscov€Tles and

orlginal co n trl b u tl o n s th a t have Tcxanlzed people ever ywhor e wlthout us l ng

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

o n c - o f - B - k lo d T o xa e n a *o p rototypes to lnpr ovc tho cver yday qual l ty of l l fe.

ch l 1 1
rodco
golf csrt
corn chtps
weed eater
tract hom.c
Bar-B-Qu6
co rn d .o g
bamburger
n e w sr e e I
bottlcd r:l;lLk
F H A ]o a n systa m
flrst PBS W statton
pocket calculator
PBX coraputer swi tclt
cl ty bus Ii no oystenr
p o rta b l o co rrrp utor
dlgltal watoh
doncd staqiun
coroputer slljcon cblp
blood bank systo.o
.bo&c computer
p a cka [g o d ,ce re a l
ra g tl me rn u sl c
boogle woogle music
Jlttcrbu6 dance stop
off sct pri.nt,lng press
euto alr-con.dittonlng
h o me o f a sb ro n a ul"ts
flrst prlvate space ccopany (SSI)
astro-turf outdrror carpet
f lrst foderal r:red.lt unton
hr.'manorgan donor syste.n
T o ra s p o ke r (5 -c ar cl stud )
ci ty co n mi ssto n er gover lur ent
Vetcranrs Day (old Armlstloo Day)
l l n g u l stl c w o rd tr fitaver lckr f
vetnacular word tryfalJ.fr
w o o d ,p u -l pp ri a t paper pr ocess
rrDrl sch,rol financ-i"al forraula
h o u so h o l d . w a te r faucet designatlon
ohicken fried sbeatt
fl rst scftvra ro cooputer sales
T e r - m e : xf o o d s ( t * c o , f a J l t a s l
atrirrm 1r ekyscrapers
b re a k-a w a y n e ta l polea on fr eeuays
I're n cb w i n e i n d ustr y saved, ' ba.tln
d r1 1 1 te a .n s, ch eetleader s and,
o rl g tn a l a rt d i splay on fr oer ,vay billboar d.s
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THE TilTAN I.!]GACY

Tbc Toras Trend Maklng Pace Scttorg

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.

T h c T cra s p o w e rfu l p o l l tlcal sccnc on the natJonal Level b egan 1m -

ncd,latcly w l th sta to h o o d . i n 1845 when nowly eLectcd. senator Thc nas J ef-
f e r s o a R u sk b o ca .o c rn a Jo rl ty whlp of tbe U.S. Scnatc. Tho r eeultl ng cx-
p a n d l n g T exa e b a se fo r n a tl o nal polltlcs has bccn a r unnlng footbal ] ganc
cv c x g l a c o . T b e b a ck-h o n e Texas wcaltby polltlcal boss uscs clo ut to s ond,
f t F a v o r l t c . g o n g n t o o J - e D . C . , s u c b a s J s m e s .N a n c c G a r n e r w h o w a s t h o f l r s t .

n a o c v s r t o scrvc b o th a s speaker of the U.S. Ilousc of Rcpr esen tatl v es and,

thon later as vlcc-prosident of the Unlted States. All of theso Tcxas
polltloal p l o n e crs o p cn cd the way for LBJ and John Connally, no t to m entl on
thc currcnt T cra n su cco sscs of the r evitallzed Republlcan Par ty w l th Geor gc
B u s b r u n a l ng h l s T cra n l zcd polltlcal lnter fer encc 1n tr uc Toxas tr ad.l tl on.
T c r a s b a s a l w a ys b e e n thc westwar d d,r can,per sonlflcd, muoh nor c tban
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t h e o c r e n yth o r l o g cn d o f a baokwar d water lng holo that ls 1n ac tuaLl ty

nl d - c o n t l n c n t a n d . rn l d -p o l n t geogr aphlcally of tho wbole westcr n h,om l s pher c .

Gu l f C o a s t T cxa s 1 s n o w d ,u bbod thc nTblr d Coastn ar ea of thc Ua l ted, Statc s

wlth a scnt-troplcal lush cllnatc. More varletles of vegetatlon grow on

T c x a s s o 1 } th a n a n yw h o re e l se 1n tbo wh,olo wor ld,r Be lf thc natu r al or l g-

ln a l b o u n ty sct th e p o rfcct er ample for thc settllng hu.oaaklnd to pr ol l -

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

T c r a n l cg cn d s fl o u rl e h flanbouyantly all ovcr the TeJas lan ds c apc

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

lettor, suoh as BenJanln Frankllnfs grandson of tho Bache llne conlng to

wlldorncss T o xa g p l u s th o 0 11ver W cndell Holncs klnfolk to thls far T c J as

couatry. F ro m. th o sc p l o n o cr klnsr acn spr ang the battle cr y of the Al am o

tbat w a s t hcn b e a rd so w o l l by tbo powcr ellte of tbo Unltod States 1n

L8)6. T b c T o ra s A l a n o w a s thc four tconth nost decislvo battle l n the

bistory o f tb c w o tl d .. A a O tnat Ter as fr eodon call was pr cclalned l oud,Iy

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Ilke a p r o u d , sl o g a n fo r o p p or tunlty; that Texan call opened tbe w hol e

w e s t e r n U al te d S ta te s te rri to ry to land.gr ant settleoent llke a nol s y c an-

p a l g n w l t h Ma d i so n A ve n u e savvy as the far cr y was hear d. on a wor l d,- w l dc

scaIc.

T o r a ns h a ve th u s n e v6 r been ver y far r eooved, cut- off or o ut of touc h

f r o r o t h e t re n d -g e ttl n g o l vl .l lzed wor ldg and the wor ld, has always l l s tened
w h , e na T e r sn e p e a ks. T sn a s ld no &oxe baokwater lsolatlon than tl ny Eng-
I a a d b a s be e n l n su l a r to u o r ld lnfluence. Fr ontler Texans even hel ped 1n-
f l u e n c e a cce p ta n o o o f th e n atlonal bollday known as Thanksglvlng D ay ; thc

H o n e y G r o v e , T e ra s p l o n e e r qaglstr ate Ur bane Alexand,er and. hts w l fe M ar y

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 ,

T h e y o u n g kl n sn a n sd l a l S te venson vlslted hls Aunt M ar y Dr ennan Al ex and.er

w h e n t b , e Te rl a n s e e l e b ra te d the Ter an Thanksglvlng Day on the fl r s t T hur s -
d , a y 1 n D e ce n b e r (T e xa g b e g a n 1ts custon 1n 1849, always on the fl r s t T hur s -
d a y l n D e ce .o b e r). T h e yo u thful nephew Adlal who later becane vl c e- pr es 1-

d e n t o f t h e U n l te d S ta te s car r led the fasclnatlng nevr s of the u nl que T ur k ey

Day festlv.al back hone. The personal frlendshlp to the fellow flrst cltt-.
z e n o f Sp r l n g fl e l d , Il l l a o l s and oooupant of the W hlte House r es ul ted ln
t b e s u g g e stl o n fo r th e U n l ted. States to enact Thanksglvlng as a feder aL
bollday oa October 3, f863 -- especlally when the ldea was aLso petltloned
by Sarab Eale of Phlladelphla.

A n d y e t a n o th e r n a tl o o a l hollday had lts or lglns 1n Texas l n 1918

a l s o b e c a u se o f th e d e sce n d,ants of the Ur bane Alexand.er helr s; Ar nl s tl c e

D a y o r Ve t era n s D a y w a s fo u nded by lovlng Texan fr lend.s to hono r Br uc e

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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

ll u - o b c r I wa s o rg a n i ze d l n l i ttle to comm cmor atenthc w ar to end,

Com.or er co

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.

N o f e a tl vo ccl sb ra tl o n can bo coopleto wlthout a band,, par a dc and,

the drlll te a ro s o r ch e crl o a d.er s wlth baton twlr ling. Dr 111 tca.ns , c heer -

leaders wlth baton twlrllrgrbogan at Grocnvlllc in north-ccntral East

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-

d u c c d t b . c g re a to e t w h l tc-w a y glr l wavc on New Yor k Clty Br oadwa y w l tb

ba t o n t w l t l ln g R a n g e re tte s. Tbc Ter an fantasy soon becane cver y onc r s

rc a l l t y . T h e trcxt T cxa s e rtenslon or adaptatlon of the Cr cenvlll e c hc or -

leaders baton twlrlcrs Just naturally'carnc fron thls sanc East Teras

I o o a l e w h c n th e fl rst n a tl o n al pr o- football checr lead.er s ldea si m pl y had

to orlgloatc w l t h t h c D a l l a s C o w b o y st e a m . Svcry naJor ball club ln tho

oo u n t r y t h cn h a d to a p e th e lnnovatlon, a fur ther er tcndlng of t ho T er an

t r c n d o s k c rsr n a tl o n a l l n fl u cncc fr om thc wcstwar d dr ca.o factor y c al l ed

Tc r a g . T h c a d d e d fu n a n o g ancs of football also r osulted ln an othc r

orlglnal bro a d ca sti n g p h cn o roenonas her alded by Gor d,onM oClendon w l th tho

e p o r t s g a t n 'o sb o l n g ra d l o sl n o- cast as a r egular wcckly pr ogr an on tbe

national n e tw o rke .
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T e l e vl si o n b ro a d ca stl n g dld not r em ain unchanged by the Te r an l n-

novatlvo k n o w -h o w sp l rl t. Public od,ucational TV or fnS' U' egan w l th

Chanacl I KUHT-fiI owned by tbe Unlvorsity of Houston. The rcst of thc

c o u n t r y s o o n fo l l o w cd th c o xam plo sot by the Toxas educator g,

Ed u c atl o n h a s a l e o n o t r enalncd untouchod by lnvontlvc Teran handg.

The fornula fo r d e te rn i n l n g the dally cost to ed.ucate a studont 1s k now n
a s n l "l t t l c A D A n o r A ve ra g e Dally Attend.ancc. ln over y school sys tem ac r os g

An e r l o a . T h l s fo rsi u l a L l ttl o ADA syston. was devclopod, by Dr . H .W . Stl l l w eLl

of Tcralkana, T e xa s scb o o l s to doter nlno da1ly flgr .r r os to bill the fedor aL
g o v e r n o c n t fo r a n l n fl u r o f goldicr st fa&llles wlth chlldr cn at the R ed
R l v c r A r n y A rscn a l d u rl n g trVor ld W ar II; and thc blggest of all fc dc r al
a r s c n a l r n u n l tl o n e d cp o t n ca t Texar kana r opr csente yct another Tc x an oo[-
trlbutlon to kccp th e o o u n tr y as wclI as the wor ld, ar ncd. for tr safc ty .r f

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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froo t h e f ast p a ce d .S a st T e xas countr y wester n nuslc. Thus, the d.anc er s

or lglnated tb e T e xa n l ze d ve rnaoular , r r l,etI s boogle. ?l

A n o t b e r T e xa n o ri g l a a l occur r ed 1n Texar kana. The f lr st I'ed.er al

H o u s l r g Au th o rl ty o r tr'IIAp rogr an to ftnance syster natlc home tr ac t bul l dtng

for all U,S. cltlzetrs began in thlssne Teras border town wlth 142 nodel

bones. T he fo re ru n n e r p ro totype cf the t' r act house wag 1n the Sus s er

D o w a s s u b d l vl sl o n i n T e ra rkana, U.S,A. Thls tr act hone feder al bu1l d1ng

c r a z € c o n se q u e n tl y g o t l ts or lglnal star t or natlonal blr th fr on l unber
b a r o n A r t h ur T e n p l e l a d u strl es, then beadquar ter ed 1n Texar kana ae the

Southern Plne Coopany. Ttre flrst blood bank 1n the world also had. tts

hr.r.obl-ebeglanlngs from Texarkanlan J.K, V{adley whose grandson bad Leukenla

a a d t h u g ne e d e d b l o o d tra n sfugtons on a r ogular baglg. The lum ber m agnate
W a d l e y o r e a te d fo r h u -n a n l ty a blood banklng systen not unllke th e feder aL
nonetary s yste o w l th l ts d e poslt and wJthd.r awaIs. The or lglnal T ox ar k ana
a r e a W a d l ey B l o o d B a n k re ce ntly was r enaned the Four Statee Blood, C enter
whlle the lTadley Research fnstltute and Blood Center at Baylor 1n Da11as
c o n t l n u e s u si n g th e fa me d ,ttladley nam e innovatlcn as par t of the offl ol al

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

Ba n k o f t h e H o u sto n Me d l o a l Center gr ew out of the local fexar kana hom e

t o w n c o n c e p t. A n d n o w tb e South Texas Houston Or gan Dcnor Llvlng Bank

coordlnates w o rl d -w 1 d e h u .mantr ansplants based on the sae.e nedlcal bl ood

b a n k s y s t e n l n l tl a te d b y J.K. VYadleywho gener ously gave a dally l l fe l 1ne

t o r a a n y n ow T e xa n i ze d p e 6 p l ets healtb on an lnter natlonal bagl"s .

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P b y s lca l b e a l th 1 s n o t the only ar ea of tectr nlcal or per ttsc ac c l al ned

b y So u t h Te xa n s. T h e fa n cd br eak- away netal poles on the super hl ghw ay s

o r f r e c w a y syste rn s u e re d e voloped by Texas A. & M . Aggles as thc T c x as

w a y t o n l n ln l zo l 1 fe a n d d e ath cxpr ess } ane tr afflc nlshaps. T he fl r s t

clty e x p r ess b u s l 1 n e 1 n tb e Unlted. States openod tn L925 on the dow ntow n

strects of Houston to connect the fnterurban rall servlce to Galveston.

Galveston, Texas also gave the world the flrst hot and cold water faucet.
T h e o l d B l sh o p rs P a l a co w a s thc flr st hom e ln the wor ld to hsve noder n
runnlng water splgots deslgnated with the gold faucet on the loft for hot
a n d t h e s l lve r ri g h t h a n d e d faucet for cold. - - wor ld over tr ow c v er y body
knows hot turns fron the left and cold ls rjght, thus, a very subtlc Tcx-
anlzed proccss upon the planct. Thc Galveston Tcxan leaders also oreutcd
tho flrst ctty ssrnmlssloncr type of govcrnmcnt 1n 1901 as an honost alter-

n a t o t o t h e o l d w a rd o n systcn then ln coor nonusc. Anoth,er flr st tr end,

devclopcd 1n this. Texae Island clty as a result fron the 1900 Galveston
F l o o d c a t astro p h ,e w h l ch p ro mpted lnvsntor Thonas A. Edlson pcr sonal l y to
u s e h l s n e w fa n g l e d , n a ch l n e to take novlng plctur es of tho gr ea tes t natur al
dlsaster cver recordcd and, thue, 1nitlally began the ncwarcel for por-

so n a l e n l l gh to e n t o r vl su a L cnter tainm ent.

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T h o en te rta i n n e n t w o rl d. has cer talnl- y felt the lopact of T ex ang.

N u n e r o u s T e xa n s h a ve b e co n e novlo star s and gr oat athletes 1n th e s por ts

world,. T h o H o u sto n sp o rts astr odone was the flr st cover cd stadJ un buj l t
o n t h e g r a n d c s c a l e o f t h e a n c i e n t R c r n a nC o l l 1 s e u m , f o r a f t e r - a l l Texans
a r e t h e n od e rn e q u l va l e n t o r new ver slon of the wor ld questing R om ans of

Rhodes wlth having the blggest and the best of everything posslble. Thc
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d o n e d s t a dl u .o ,, b e i .n g a i r-co n djtioned, contalns the blggest or lo nges t

Ilquor b a r 1 n th e w o r1 d . to fil,l the top b1ll1ng of Texas br ag hav i ng tho

blggest a nd , th E b e st o f e ve r ythlng. And no f,un event could bc c nJ oy ed

a n y w b c r e wl th o u t th e co rn chlp or Fr ltos, flr st pr oduced, tn I9) 2 by El ner

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

t b e c o n v c n i e n ce g , su ch a s the Tcxas lnvcoted casy yar d car e weod,- eater or

t b e T e x a n d cvcl o p e d fa l rw a y-rlding golf car t - - all bclng an ev er y day bac k -

s a v i n g g o od l d e a fro u th e l and of Texana.

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

of nllk 1 n g l a ss b o ttl e s b e gan on Galveston Island but noved to Atl anta,

Georgla Just before the ioncept then later spread all over the U,S. And

Ke l l o g g p acka g e d ce re a l 1 n l tlally began 1n tlest Texas wlth a town naned

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for the breakfast dcvoloper before noving to Mlchigan to soll hls product

on a world-wlde scalen

T c r a n s h a ve a l w a ys co &e to the r escue when the r est of the w or l d nc c ds

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.

Evcn the corfitrongatne of cards has nct re&alncd unoffcoted by Texang.

T h c 5 - c a r d , stu d , o r T cxa s P olcer had its or lglns ln the far r eaches of the
o l o l a a d o f T cJa s a s a n y fu n lovlng Texan would qulckly polnt- out by us l ng
t h e c o t t l q r o oT e xa s 1 1 n g o crp resslor r sc Thc coinlng of Tcr anlsed v oc abul ar y
words also has qadc a llngulstlc addltlon to the Engllsh language d.1ct1o-
aary baok 1n 1870. The telI-taLe term frnaverlckft resulted because of tho
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o n e r o u g p r a ctl ce s b y rrT e xl a nr r or iginat,or Samucl A. Maver lck. T he oor c
re c e a t v e r n a cu l a r T cra n u sa gc has becooc natlonally aoocptod donai n w l th
the personally fa n l l l a r ca l l of tr yfall co&or f whlch ls heatd, all ov er the
world ag woll a s i n T o xa so

T c r a ns h a ve a L so p ro b e d, .most places on ear th to leave the T ex as nar k .

T c r a a e x p e rtl sc a n d h a rd w o r k pr ovided the good, savvy know- bow for dev c i -

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oping the Mld-Eastern hot desert oil emplres petrolor.u flelds and then

he l p e d b u l l d th e A l a ska fro zen tundr a plpeland. But Texans hav e v entur ed

farther t h an a n y o th e r h u ro an specles ln r ecor ded, hlstor y -- ventur i ng

bo l d l y lnto o u te r sp a ce f fo r a Texan has becone the m an on the & oon l nage.

T b e N A S Ah e a d q u a rte rs l s appr opr lat,ely located, ln natlve T ex an ter -

rlt o r y . T b e H o u sto n sp a ce c lty 1s wher e the galactlc explor lng as tr onaul ts
llv e a n d a re rl g b tl y ca l l e d , Texans. The skyways ar e now an or lgl nal futur e
Teraa legacy ad,ded to the endless cowboy range brand,Ed,aeross every part
o f t h e A. o erl ca n skyt A n d , th e flr st pr lvate space conpany SSf or Spac c Ser -
vices Incorporated. has genuine Texas noney backlng the venture. But nost
of all g o o d fo rtu a e l s th e bountiful ear thly blesslng that the Tex an k now -
b o w 1 s f a s t b c l n g p u t t o u s e a t M a L a g o r d aI s l a n d o r R o c t t c p o r tw l t h ttp6[6tt

Do n a l d K. Sl a yto n l n ch a rg e of the space oompany owned by Dav1d H annah J r .

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 e q u e st fo r te ch n o l o g y br ings nost newco&er s to Texas tod ay r €ap-

cclally the naglc Job spe}l of Houston whlch 1s the modern lndustrtal capl-
tal o f t h e w o rl d ,, T e xa s i s the axls of the Thir d Industr ial Re v ol utl on
k n o w n a s e l e ctro a l cs. T b e com puter chlp was lnvented at Texas f ns tr unents

1n t h e s l l l c o n p ra l rte o f D allas and aor chwar d to Plano. fexag s ec &g

forelgn a n d ve ry d l ffe re ri t tc the newly ar r tving Texan. And. for v er y good

xeasonl toor
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T h e r e l s n o p l a o e e l se l1lce Texas ln the wor ld.. Texans hav e l r onop-

o l l z e d , t h e o a rki ,t o n fa m.o u s ar chetypes or r ole nodel ster eotypes s uc h as

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

a n d t h e l n fa mo u s o i l ma n mythology. Alnost ever y klnd of indlvjduaU ty or

personallty h a s ro o m to th rl ve along the gr eat expanses of the Tex as bor -

ders, a blg land fult of true character contrasts.

Al l Te ra n s sh o w th e l r dlver sity sooner or lator , whatever thel r ethnl c

orlglas. The Tex-mex language proudly dlsplays lts own grarunar and Texan

unique llterature that ls gradually spreading lts llngulst1o lnfluence

o u t s l d e t h e co n fl n e s o f T e xas. And the Clvll W ar Negr o Emancipatl on Pr oc l a-

ro a t l o n b e l ate d fre e d o m w o rd flnally r eached, the Black Texans at Gal v es ton

Bay on June 19, 1865, The froed Texan glavos lnmedlately lnstltutod thelr
own speclal annual Jubllee 1n opposltlon to the whlte folkst Confederate

M e o o r l a l Da y th a t 1 s stl l l conmencr ated,. fhls ear ly Junetoentb D ay N egr o

tradltlon has contj.nued each June 19 to glve 1ts unlque freedcm celebratlon

a f a m o u g l avl sh B l a ck T e xa n festlvaL appeal now obser ved Jolntly by al l

races of Texas citizens tod,ay.

T h e p e re cn a l d l ve rsl ty of fr eed,o.owlthln the Texan hunan s pl r l t en-

ables a boundless world of prlvate ld,eas to grow into a vast wealth of

ln d l v l d u a l a cco mp l l sh n e n ts or new lnventions known as Texana, a c ol l ec tl v e'

breed cf trend,y orlginators. The Texas can-do splrlt breeds creatjvity

or lngenulty to lmprove the practtcal everyday needs. Thus, the quallty

of dally l 1 fe e ve ryw h e re 1 n the wcr ld today has lts or lglnal. r oo ts s oo€-

where deep 1n the heart of lnventlve and productive Texans.