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Official Government Links & Info
Texas covers 268,581 square miles {696,241 square kilometers}; elevation ranges from sealevel to 8,751 ft (2,667.4 m).
Established as the Republic of Texas on 2 March 1836; admitted to the Union on 29 December 1845 {the 28th state}.
The popular name is 'The Lone Star State'.
The state flower is the bluebonnet; the state tree is the pecan
The state bird is the mockingbird; the state animals are armadillo & longhorn cattle
The population of Texas is 25,674,681 (2011 estimate) - non-Hispanic whites 45%, Hispanic/Latino 38%

The official state song is "Texas, Our Texas" (adopted in 1929)
although many would assume that it is "The Yellow Rose of Texas", a traditional folk song

official Texas State Tourism website
Texas State Legislature Online
Texas State Lottery [est. 1991]
THC.state.TX.US/travel
http://www.arts.state.tx.us/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Texas
Texas Rangers

Statewide Links
Texas Assn. of Counties
Texas Escapes website
Texas Book Festival [Oct 2006 = #11]
Office Space for Lease in Texas
Southwest Restaurants Assn.
The Texas State History Museum http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/
Texas Heritage Society http://texasheritagesociety/
Woman's Exchange of Texas
http://www.poweracrosstexas.org/
Southwest Directory's Texas pages
Writers’ League of Texas http://www.writersleague.org/

Rick Walker's Route 66 Research Page / Texas Section Route 66 Pages at Spirit of America Bookstore

Regional Links
Rio Grande Valley [TX] Chamber of Commerce
Highland Lakes area in Central Texas
Texas Prairie Rivers Region
Texoma Area

A Few Important People
  Governor Rick Perry [since Dec 2000; GOP]
Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst [2003-2012; GOP]
U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison [June 1993-2012; GOP]
U.S. Senator John Cornyn III [since Dec 2002; GOP]

George W. Bush Page at Spirit of America Bookstore

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J. Frank Dobie: A portrait of Pancho by Winston Bode (1968) /B0006BVEXK/

Robert E. Howard [1906-36], creator of Conan the Cimmerian
Robert E. Howard Museum in Cross Plains, Texas

author James A. Michener [1907-97] Page at Spirit of America Bookstore

author Larry McMurtry lives in Archer City, Texas

"What On Earth Is An Atheist!" [] by Madalyn Murray O'Hair

William Sydney Porter [1862-1910] {pen name O. Henry} Page
at Spirit of America Bookstore

State Capitol of Austin, Texas  [est. 1839]

G.E. Nordell's Austin, Texas Travel Links Page
official links • general links • food & beverage
lodging • print & broadcast media • motion picture industry

City of Amarillo, Texas  [incorp. 1899]
City of Amarillo, Texas official website
Amarillo [TX] Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo, Texas C.V.B.
Amarillo [TX] Globe-News daily newspaper
Randy's fine dining in Wildorado, Texas {west of Amarillo}
http://www.amarilloart.org/
www.AmarilloMensa.ning.org (new M8)

Dallas / Fort Worth area

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City of Dallas, Texas
Dallas [TX] C.V.B.
downtowndallas.com
www.DCCCD.edu
www.VictoryPark.com
www.DallasNews.com
www.GrapevineTexasUSA.com ___ old RR
www.DallasSymphony.com
Dealey Plaza = www.JFK.org
museum www.OldRed.org
district www.DallasWestEnd.org
www.DallasCulture.org
www.DallasOpera.org
museum www.KimbellArt.org
www.DallasMuseumofArt.org
www.AngryDog.com
www.OldMonkDallas.com
www.IdleRichPub.com
www.BlackFriarPub.com
www.TheModern.com = MoMa Ft. Worth
http://www.h3ranch.com/booger.html
The Texas Black Film Festival [Feb 2011 = #4] in Dallas, Texas
http://dallasconventioncenter.com/

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City of Fort Worth, Texas
www.FortWorth.com
CITY CLUB OF FORT WORTH Fort Worth, TX 76102 = www.cityclub-ftw.com/
www.SidRichardsonMuseum.org FtWorth

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other cities in Dallas/Ft. Worth metro area
www.discoverdenton.com
www.visitMcKinney.com
http://www.plano.gov/
www.PlanoCVB.com

El Paso, Texas  [founded 1659]

G.E. Nordell's El Paso, Texas Travel Links Page
official links • general links • food & beverage
lodging • print & broadcast media • nearby cities & towns

Houston, Texas
Houston's News aggregate blog
Downtown Houstom management District [est. 1995]
www.bloghouston.com/ cityblog
www.murderbooks.com/ Houston + LAbooks
THE HOUSTON CLUB Houston, TX 77002 = www.houstonclub.com/home.htm
Irma's Restaurant & Irma's SW Grill in Houston
famous Brazos Bookstore in Houston
Houston Space Center
http://www.continentalclub.com/Houston.html
www.KemahBoardwalk.com = Kemah TX {s & w of Houston}
Houston Cattle Baron's Ball [April 2012 = #24] for The American Cancer Society
George Ranch Historical Park
Sysco Distributors [est. 1969] of Houston, Texas
artist Earl Staley of Tomball/Houston, Texas

Lubbock, Texas
City of Lubbock, Texas [est. 1876]
Lubbock [TX] C.V.B.
River Smith's Chicken & Catfish in Lubbock, TX
The Pancake House in Lubbock, TX
Lubbock [TX] Avalanche-Journal newspaper
National Cowboy Symposium & Celebration [Sept 2007 = #19] in Lubbock, TX
Lubbock = SB's Coffee sugarbrowns.blogspot.com
www.LubbuckLegends.com
http://www.lubbockonline.com/
http://www.lubbockfunclub.com/Dining.html

San Angelo, Texas
Cactus Hotel
Miss Hattie's Bordello Museum
Fort Concho
Goodfellow Air Force Base
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
Angelo Civic Theater, the oldest civic theater in Texas, was founded in 1885
Angelo State University
San Angelo Standard-Times
KANG-CA (TeleFutura)
KERA-TV (PBS)
KEUS-LP (Univision)
KIDY (Fox)
KLST (CBS)
KSAN-TV (NBC)
KTXE-LP (ABC)

San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio [TX] C.V.B.
Papa Dean's Gourmet Popcorn [est. 1982] in San Antonio, Texas
www.SanAntoniovisit.com
www.BuckhornMuseum.com & saloon
www.sa-zoo.org
www.restaurants.sanantoniobuzz.com/
www.MengerHotel.com [est. 1859] =or= 1887 Menger Hotel
Museo Alameda latino museum opened 4/2007 + SA/latino
Comfort Inn in the Bexar County Jail [built 1878, opened 2007]
Wooden Nickel Museum in San Antonio
BOOK "Inventing The Fiesta City" by Laura hernandez-Ehrisman [2008]
http://www.wingspress.com/
Pearl Brewery [est. 1883, now a mall]
Osteria Il Sogno in the Pearl Brewery Mall
www.LaGloriaIceHouse.com in the Pearl Brewery Mall
www.LukeSanAntonio.com in the Pearl Brewery Mall
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, http://www.swri.org/
http://www.shiner.com/ Spoetzl Brewing Co. [est. 1909] of Shiner TX
Luby's Cafeteria chain [est. 1949] was founded in San Antonio
Black Mambo truckers
Aztec Theatre (san Antonio, Texas)

"Around San Antonio (Images of America Series)" [] by Pauline T. Newton isbn=0738503118

Waco, Texas
http://www.waco-texas.com/

1885: Charles Alderton of Waco, Texas invented Dr. Pepper® soft drink. [Dr. Pepper Museum [est. 1991]]

Smaller Towns of Texas, A to Z

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www.abilene.com
Tejano ROOTS Hall of Fame in Alice, Texas
mensan = www.AlpineGuestLofts.com in Alpine TX
Archer City Royal Theater (star of "Last Picture Show") re-opened 8/2000
Archer City McMurty's Booked Up est. 1986
www.FrontierTimesMuseum.org in Bandera TX
www.BanderaCowboyCapital.com
www.DixieDudeRanch.com in bandera?
www.visitBigbend.com
www.ChisosMountainsLodge.com inside Big Bend Natl Park
www.NPS.gov/bibe = Big Bend Natl Park
Alamo Village outdoor movie set near Brackettville, TX
Blue Bell Creameries {ice cream} in Brenham TX = www.bluebell.com [est. 1907]
http://www.brownwoodchamber.org/ TX
http://www.runawaytraincafe.com
http://www.ci.brownwood.tx.us/LRM/Default.htm
http://www.ci.brownwood.tx.us/
http://www.carthagetexas.com/
http://www.carthagetexas.com/HallofFame/ est 1999
http://www.centervilletexas.com/
City of Clarendon, Texas [est. 1878]
Clarendon-Donley County [TX] Chamber of Commerce
weekly Clarendon [TX] Enterprise newspaper [est. 1878]
Steve's Texas Steakout Restaurant in Clarendon, TX
Clarendon Steakhouse in Clarendon, TX
Armstrong County Museum + Gem Theatre in Claude TX
CliftonTexas.org + www.BosqueSculptureExpo.com [May]
CRAWFORD = movie "Crawford" + Coffee Station cafe
Lone Star Iconoclast of Crawford, TX
XIT Ranch Museum in Dalhart TX = ranch est 1885 at 3M acres
Donley County, Texas
The Salt Lick Bar-BQ [est. 1969] in Driftwood, TX
Eastland TX = took pic of Majestic Theater in 2005
Eastland Drug w/real soda fountain in Eastland TX
Greer's Western Store in Eastland TX

Fredericksburg, Texas Chamber of Commerce
http://www.fredtexflavors.com/
Fredericksburg Convention & Visitors Bureau http://www.fredtexlodging.com/
Hill Country Film Festival [April 2011 = #2] in Fredericksburg, Texas

Farm House Restaurant in Granite Shoals, TX
www.GrahamTexas.net
Hillsboro, Texas 76645 www.Hillsboro.net
Hall County, Texas [est. 1876] official website
www.jefferson-texas.com
www.historicjefferson.com
www.historicjeffersonfoundation.com
www.thegrove-jefferson.com

www.KerrvilleTexasCVB.com
Camp Verde General Store est 1857 near Kerrville TX
Kerrville [TX] Folk Festival [est. 1972, runs 18 days] www.KerrvilleMusic.com

City of Kilgore, Texas [est. 1872]
Kilgore [TX] Chamber of Commerce
Kilgore [TX] News Herald
Texas Shakespeare Festival [est. 1986] in Kilgore, TX
Kilgore Cafe = no site

Killeen, Texas
www.KilleenCVB.org
U.S. Army's Fort Hood [est. 1942] near Killeen, Texas
Under The Hood Café [est. 2008] anti-war, pro-soldier coffeehouse in Killeen, Texas

Lockhart, Texas - 'The Barbecue Capitol of Texas'
Marfa TX chamber = www.marfaCC.com
http://www.hotelpaisano.com in Marfa TX
Thunderbird Hotel in Marfa TX
The Brown Recluse coffee shop in Marfa TX
Old Yeller Day [est. 1999] in October in Mason, TX
historic Odeon Theater in Mason, TX
Town of Memphis, Texas [incorp. 1906]: "Cotton Capitol of the Panhandle"
Hotel Memphis in Memphis, Texas
Imperial Ballroom in Muleshoe, Texas
www.WurstFest.com New Braunfels, TX [Nov 2005 = #45]
Nolan County, Texas
www.OdessaCVB.com
http://www.odessaworks.com/
Odessa TX Sh. Globe [est. 1968]
Palastine TX = Old-Time Music & Dulcimer Festival [March]
Hotel Garza B&B [circa 1915] in Post, Texas
Quanah, Texas
Quanah [TX] Chamber of Commerce
Medicine Mound Depot Restaurant {built 1910] in Quanah, Texas
QuanahNet web portal in Quanah, Texas
www.SanJacinto-Museum.org
South Padre Island [TX] C.V.B.
www.stephenvilletexas.org/
City of Sweetwater, Texas [incorp. 1881]
Sweetwater [TX] Chamber of Commerce
Sweetwater [TX] Economic Development
Sweetwater [TX] Reporter daily newspaper [est. 1881]
National W.A.S.P. - W.W.I.I. Museum at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas
Sweetwater rattlesnake roundup est 1958 = Oct
Terlingua TX = Starlight Theatre & Restaurant

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Turkey, Texas [est. 1893], the official hometown of Bob Wills
Bob Wills Foundation & Museum in Turkey, Texas
Bob Wills Day [April 2011 = #40] in Turkey, Texas
Church of Western Swing [built 1927] & Bob Wills Museum in Turkey, Texas
www.turkeybb.com built 1927 Turkey [TX] Hotel B&B
historic Gem Theatre [built 1928], 217 Main Street in Turkey, Texas

Just five miles west of Turkey, Texas on Highway 86 is the Midway Drive-in with weekend movies on a 50’ x 70’ screen;
open Friday through Sunday every weekend from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
For more information check out www.midwaydrive-in.com or give us a call at (806) 455-1467.

Bob Wills [1905-75] & His Texas Playboys Page at Spirit of America Bookstore

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Uvalde [TX] C.V.B.
Lone Star Saloon in Uvalde, Texas
www.VanHornTexas.org
Vernon [TX] Chamber of Commerce
Brown Cow Restaurant in Vernon, Texas
www.BirthplaceofTexas.com = Washington-On-The-Brazos, TX
www.WaxahachieChamber.com
Wichita Falls Texas Ranch Roundup [Aug 2005 = #25]

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not sure what city/area these links belong in
www.TexasCamelCorps.com
www.BalconesDistilling.com = Hopi blue corn whiskey
www.bookpeople.com/ the largest bookstore in Texas > LAbooks + travel
www.ttu.edu
TX bookstore = http://www.fsbooks.com/
http://www.PanhandlePlains.org = museum
http://www.panhandleplains.org/exhibits_events/events.php = PALO DURO WESTERN FILM FESTIVAL [May 2006 = #1]
www.WildcatterRanch.com resort?
www.reachfortheheights.org = xx Heights, TX
www.MDresort Texas B&B
www.WFMPEC.com
www.NTrehab.org
www.GPtexas.com
www.easttexasoilmuseum.com/
www.ganadocinema.com/home.html + PALACES
http://www.goldenspokeranch.com/
DeltaQueenHotel.com is docking

Indian Country of Texas?

Reading & Entertainment

browse Travel Books / Texas at Amazon

	"Austin Monthly" Magazine [est. 1992] published by Open Sky Media subscribe: 12 issues/year [USA only] for $14.95 magazine website
	"Cowboys & Indians" Magazine [est. 1993] is now based in Dallas, Texas subscribe: 8 issues/year for $19.95 magazine official website
	"Downtown Houston" Magazine published by Downtown Houstom Management District [est. 1995] available only at newsstands & hotels in Houston magazine website
	"San Antonio" Magazine [est. 2005] published by Emmis Communications of Indianapolis, Indiana subscribe direct: 12 issues/year for $14.95 magazine website
	"Texas Highways: The Official Travel Magazine of Texas" [est.1980] based in Austin, Texas subscribe: 12 issues/year [USA only] for $19.95 magazine website
	"Texas Monthly" Magazine [est. 1973] based in Austin, Texas published by Emmis Communications of Indianapolis, Indiana subscribe: 12 issues/year [USA only] for $12.00 magazine website

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"Texas: A Novel" [1985] by James A. Michener Michener's usual sweeping panorama of regional history, this time about oil and water, rangers and outlaws, ranchers and railroads, and cattle & money & power. Fawcett mass pb [6/87] for $8.99 Random House Trade 8x5 pb [11/2002] for $10.89 Random House 9¼x6½ hardcover [9/85] out of print/hundreds used see also James A. Michener [1907-97] Page at Spirit of America Bookstore

"Hoist A Cold One!: Historic Bars of The Southwest" [2011] by Melody & Myke Groves Descriptions of 25 historic establishments in Arizona, Texas, New Mexico & Colorado, with photos past & present and driving directions U.N.M. Press 8x10 pb [7/2011] for $18.21

http://www.amazon.com/Early-Lubbock-Cultural-Paul-Cutter/dp/B002K7P240/
http://www.amazon.com/Zen-art-Texas-two-step-dancing/dp/B0006R76H2/
"The Eagle and The Raven" [1990] by James A. Michener

"Legendary Watering Holes: The Saloons That Made Texas Famous [8/2004]
by Richard F. Selcer, David Bowser, Nancy Hamilton & Chuck Parsons
http://www.amazon.com/Legendary-Watering-Holes-Saloons-Williams/dp/1585443360/

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Entertainment
Fox’s new Texas-based soap opera “Lone Star”
1980s TV series "Dallas"

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