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Texas Pop Culture: September 2014
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Monday, September 1, 2014. Big Tex Choice Awards 2014. This year the State Fair of Texas celebrated the 10th Anniversary of the Big Tex Choice Awards. By doing the best thing possible: letting the public attend. And in a moment of questionable judgement, the even let us in! After the judging took place all of the attendees got to sample all of the finalists. So let's break it down:. Is All This Really Supposed to go Together? Deep Fried Breakfast for Dinner. EMI Score: 8 out of 10). Fried Gulf Shrimp Boil.
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Texas Pop Culture: April 2015
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015. You've probably already heard about the Blue Bell recall. Due to concerns over listeria. When a crisis like this erupts we turn to Twitter to gauge reactions from the public. Let's see how people are faring with this lactose intolerance:. Chooses defiance and/or denial:. Is overwhelmed with despair:. Remains loyal.perhaps to a fault? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). East Texas Explorer Blog. TX Historical Marker Blog. View my complete profile.
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East Texas Explorer: Roadside Highlights: Tyler, TX
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Monday, July 13, 2015. Roadside Highlights: Tyler, TX. If you are anything like us then you agree that it's the odd roadside attractions that make a trip go from good to great. The weirder and more arbitrary, the better. But, like us, you might not think that they all deserve their own blog entry. If that's the case then you might group several geographically approximate roadside attractions into one blog entry. What a coincidence, so did we! Yes, " Monkeys Playing Monopoly. If that's not enough animal h...
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East Texas Explorer: Daisy Bradford No. 3 Discovery Well
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Daisy Bradford No. 3 Discovery Well. Geologist Devin Dennie takes a look at the history of the Daisy Bradford No. 3 Discovery Well which brought about the discovery of the East Texas Oil Field and Oil Boom of East Texas:. October 27, 2015 at 12:01 AM. I am very happy to visit your site and i did like it. I was able to get some informative topics. keep it up and you can also visit my site for your reference. Thank you and have a good day. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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East Texas Explorer: The Lunar, the Better
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Monday, July 6, 2015. The Lunar, the Better. When you think of the small East Texas town of Lufkin. You might not immediately think of fossils, dinosaurs and space travel but those are some of the topics covered in the town's little known (at least I had never heard of it) Naranjo Museum. But among the impressive dinosaur skeletons and archaeological specimens is the museum's most impressive piece.which came from a long distance to its East Texas resting place. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Explore...
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East Texas Explorer: August 2015
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Monday, August 31, 2015. I Double Dairy You. We visited the Southwest Dairy Museum in Sulphur Springs, TX for an all new episode of the podcast:. Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Marking Time - Salt Palace. It's that time again and this time our history has some legitimate geology to go along with it. Welcome to the Salt Palace Museum. In Grand Saline, TX. He lost an eye in an oil field accident yet still went on to become a pilot. He was the first person to fly solo around the world. Now take that handful of...
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Texas Pop Culture: Kid-ing Around
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Sunday, July 26, 2015. If you are familiar with the legendary outlaw known as "Billy the Kid" then you probably know that historians claim that he spent the majority (but not all) of his adult life in New Mexico and was killed in 1881 by lawman (and former buffalo hunter) Pat Garrett. However. Just south of the town in Hamilton, TX you can pay your respects to the late Mr. Roberts, as many seem to do regularly. His grave is adorned with mementos from fans:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Explorer Mu...
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Texas Pop Culture: Hopalong
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Thursday, July 16, 2015. Carl's Corner is a truck stop/town located along I-35 that you've passed by on the way from Dallas to Austin or Austin to Dallas or some such other destination in that area. It's was incorporated by trucker Carl Cornelius and a handful of his thirsty friends for the purpose of being able to sell alcohol in the primarily dry area. If you had driven past it several years ago you would have seen this colorful and charismatic truck stop (this picture is from 2003):. Explorer Multimed...
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Texas Pop Culture: Running Water
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Monday, August 3, 2015. As the poster says, welcome to the 23rd century! Apparently you can visit the 23rd century world of Logan's Run. Anytime you want by taking a trip to the Fort Worth Water Gardens. The 20th century park filled in as a 23rd century doohickey in some scenes toward the end of the film. Despite Micheal York's excitement (seen below) I don't recommend that you jump in. Just take in the scenery and take some pictures. Be warned though, after your visit you WILL need to pee.
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Texas Pop Culture: January 2014
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Saturday, January 18, 2014. If you've had a hankering to lay your eyes on Love Field Airport in Dallas circa 1962 then your best bet is to take a look at the season 2 episode of Route 66 titled " Aren't You Surprised to See Me. The beginning of the episode starts with the episode's crazy antagonist arriving at the airport:. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). East Texas Explorer Blog. TX Historical Marker Blog. View my complete profile. Picture Window template. Powered by Blogger.
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