Opening The World To Texas
Rainbow Bridge, the scariest bridge in Texas. Written by Michael Cate on FaceBook:
I wrote a history of this beautiful bridge several years ago which included engineers and a state project manager who have since passed. Construction was completed near the end of 1937. Due to the politics between post depression Beaumont and Port Arthur, the height of the bridge was raised to allow the tallest ship in the world to pass under so Beaumont would not oppose its construction. At the time, the world's tallest ship was a high masted craft with a sight seeing blimp attached. All my sources indicated the ship was based in New York and never visited SE Texas. The bridge replaced a cable ferry between Bridge City and Port Arthur. At the time, many older vehicles could not make the grade even in first gear so they would turn around and back up the bridge. At the top, they would again turn around and coast down. Of course in those days it carried two lanes of opposing traffic and the speed limit was about half of what most travel it today. Many local drivers either stopped driving or they took the long way around to Port Arthur thru Beaumont. Rainbow Bridge is still the only West bound crossing between I-10 and Lake Sabine. It's Eastbound sister "Memorial Bridge" was built in the late 1990s but is substantially lower at its apex. At an average speed of 75mph, both bridges remain loaded with vehicles of every size and weight. It is not only illegal to stop on either bridge but extremely foolish.
The Denton Arts and Jazz Festival is a celebration of the arts in a community known for embracing and nurturing music, dance, choral, drama and the visual arts. The free event is produced by the Denton Festival Foundation, Inc. with the generous support of sponsors such as the Dallas/Fort Worth American Federation of Musicians Local 72-147 and the city of Denton. Held the last full weekend in April at Denton’s Quakertown Park, the event features seven stages of continuous music, fine art, crafts, and food, games and information booths in a beautiful, outdoor setting.
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The Festival Foundation uses proceeds from booth rentals and concession sales to support the arts throughout the city of Denton. Arts facilities, service organizations, and preservation projects have all been the recipients of the proceeds from past events, in addition to public art for the enjoyment of all.
Come see the best that Denton has to offer – the sights, sounds and flavors that make up the Denton Arts and Jazz Festival are perfect for all ages.
Due to the large crowds we ask that you leave your pets at home – SERVICE DOGS ONLY, PLEASE and NO COOLERS IN THE JAZZ AREA!
See the 2015 Season Videos
The Festival Foundation uses proceeds from booth rentals and concession sales to support the arts throughout the city of Denton. Arts facilities, service organizations, and preservation projects have all been the recipients of the proceeds from past events, in addition to public art for the enjoyment of all.
Come see the best that Denton has to offer – the sights, sounds and flavors that make up the Denton Arts and Jazz Festival are perfect for all ages.
Due to the large crowds we ask that you leave your pets at home – SERVICE DOGS ONLY, PLEASE and NO COOLERS IN THE JAZZ AREA!
In Texas there are over 40,652 eating and drinking places with sales over $42.6 billion dollars a year, accounting for more than 1,117,300 jobs in Texas.
Every $1 spent in Texas's restaurants generates an additional $1.23 in sales for the state economy. For more info: http://tptv247.com/business--services-in-texas.html
Every $1 spent in Texas's restaurants generates an additional $1.23 in sales for the state economy. For more info: http://tptv247.com/business--services-in-texas.html
The Capitol Comes to Austin, Texas
January 19, 1839, Waterloo (soon to be renamed Austin) was approved as the new capital of the Republic of Texas. In 1836 Columbia (now West Columbia) had become the first capital of an elected government of the republic. It remained capital for three months. The city of Houston was then selected as a temporary capital until 1839. A capital-site commission selected a site near La Grange in 1838 and Congress passed a bill to build the capital there, but President Sam Houston vetoed it. Mirabeau B. Lamar, Houston's successor as president and a proponent of westward expansion, instructed the commission to inspect a site he had visited on the Colorado River. Impressed by its beauty, abundant natural resources, and central location, the commission purchased 7,735 acres comprising the hamlet of Waterloo and adjacent lands. Because the area's remoteness from population centers and its vulnerability to attacks by Mexican troops and Indians displeased many Texans, including Houston, political opposition made Austin's early years precarious ones. In 1842, during his second term as president, Houston ordered the government to return to the city of Houston and issued an executive order making Washington-on-the-Brazos capital. The order spawned the Archive War. The Constitution of 1845 provided that Austin be the capital until 1850, when a vote was required to choose the permanent capital. The city received majorities in that election and a subsequent election in 1872.
Image Caption: The first capitol building in Austin was a temporary headquarters constructed on a hilltop west of Congress Avenue.
Image Source & Additional Information: http://bit.ly/1fNphYP
January 19, 1839, Waterloo (soon to be renamed Austin) was approved as the new capital of the Republic of Texas. In 1836 Columbia (now West Columbia) had become the first capital of an elected government of the republic. It remained capital for three months. The city of Houston was then selected as a temporary capital until 1839. A capital-site commission selected a site near La Grange in 1838 and Congress passed a bill to build the capital there, but President Sam Houston vetoed it. Mirabeau B. Lamar, Houston's successor as president and a proponent of westward expansion, instructed the commission to inspect a site he had visited on the Colorado River. Impressed by its beauty, abundant natural resources, and central location, the commission purchased 7,735 acres comprising the hamlet of Waterloo and adjacent lands. Because the area's remoteness from population centers and its vulnerability to attacks by Mexican troops and Indians displeased many Texans, including Houston, political opposition made Austin's early years precarious ones. In 1842, during his second term as president, Houston ordered the government to return to the city of Houston and issued an executive order making Washington-on-the-Brazos capital. The order spawned the Archive War. The Constitution of 1845 provided that Austin be the capital until 1850, when a vote was required to choose the permanent capital. The city received majorities in that election and a subsequent election in 1872.
Image Caption: The first capitol building in Austin was a temporary headquarters constructed on a hilltop west of Congress Avenue.
Image Source & Additional Information: http://bit.ly/1fNphYP
Texas Pride TeleVision 24 7, is a Historical, Educational and Cultural - Mission Based Broadcasting Network, Covering Everything in Texas from the 22 different species of Dinosaurs to today's Special Events:
Triassic Dinosaurs / Age: about 225 - 220 million years ago / Found: Texas Panhandle:
Coelophysis, Technosaurus, Shuvosaurus.
Early Cretaceous Dinosaurs / Age: about 119 - 95 million years ago / Found: Central Texas: Acrocanthosaurus Pleurocoelus, Tenontosaurus, Iguanodon, Deinonychus,
Proctor Lake, Hypsilophodont, Pawpawsaurus and Protohadros.
Upper Cretaceous Dinosaurs / Age: about 75 - 65 million years ago / Found: Big Bend
Alamosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, Chasmosaurus, Torosaurus, Edmontosaurus, Kitrosaurus, Ornithomimus, Stegocerus, Panoplosaurus and Euoplocephalus.
Our intention is not to commercialize Texas, but to share with the WORLD, the pleasure of Living, Working and doing Business in Texas.
* There is very little evidence of Jurassic dinosaurs in Texas.
Non-Dinosaur prehistoric animals: Archaeopteryx, Dimetrodon, Edsphosaurus, Mammoth, Mosasaur and Quetzalcoatius.
Triassic Dinosaurs / Age: about 225 - 220 million years ago / Found: Texas Panhandle:
Coelophysis, Technosaurus, Shuvosaurus.
Early Cretaceous Dinosaurs / Age: about 119 - 95 million years ago / Found: Central Texas: Acrocanthosaurus Pleurocoelus, Tenontosaurus, Iguanodon, Deinonychus,
Proctor Lake, Hypsilophodont, Pawpawsaurus and Protohadros.
Upper Cretaceous Dinosaurs / Age: about 75 - 65 million years ago / Found: Big Bend
Alamosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, Chasmosaurus, Torosaurus, Edmontosaurus, Kitrosaurus, Ornithomimus, Stegocerus, Panoplosaurus and Euoplocephalus.
Our intention is not to commercialize Texas, but to share with the WORLD, the pleasure of Living, Working and doing Business in Texas.
* There is very little evidence of Jurassic dinosaurs in Texas.
Non-Dinosaur prehistoric animals: Archaeopteryx, Dimetrodon, Edsphosaurus, Mammoth, Mosasaur and Quetzalcoatius.
