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title	:	First in the Lone Star State : A Texas Brag Book
author	:	McLeRoy, Sherrie.
publisher	:	Republic of Texas Press
isbn10 | asin	:	1556225725
print isbn13	:	9781556225727
ebook isbn13	:	9780585254609
language	:	English
subject	Texas--History--Miscellanea.
publication date	:	1998
lcc	:	F386.M3487 1998eb
ddc	:	976.4
subject	:	Texas--History--Miscellanea.

Page i First in the Lone Star State A Texas Brag Book Sherrie S. McLeRoy Republic of Texas Press

Page ii Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McLeRoy, Sherrie S., First in the Lone Star State: a Texas brag book / by Sherrie S. McLeRoy. p. cm. Includes index ISBN 1-55622-572-5 (pbk.) 1. TexasHistoryMiscellanea. I. Tittle. F386.M3487 1997 976.4dc21 97-36161 CIP Copyright 1998, Sherrie S. McLeRoy. All Rights Reserved Republic of Texas Press is an imprint of Wordware Publishing, Inc. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from Wordware Publishing, Inc. Printed in the United States of America ISBN 1-55622-572-5 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9709 All inquiries for volume purchases of this book should be addressed to Wordware Publishing, Inc., at 2320 Los Rios Blvd., Plano, Texas 75074. Telephone inquiries may be made by calling: (972) 423-0090

Page iii Table of Contents Introduction v Chapter 1 Architecture 1 Chapter 2 Arts and Entertainment 21 Chapter 3 Business and Industry 37 Chapter 4 Education 51 Chapter 5 Events 57 Chapter 6 Food and Drink 67 Chapter 7 Government 79 Chapter 8 Health 93 Chapter 9 Military 103 Chapter 10 Natural 115 Chapter 11 Oil and Gas 129 Chapter 12 People 141 Chapter 13 Planes, Trains, and Automobiles 161 Chapter 14 Ranching 183 Chapter 15 Social, Religious, and Legal 199 Chapter 16 Sports 213 Chapter 17 Women 221 Index 247

Page iv Dedication For Polly Minton McLeRoy and William Robert McLeRoy, my favorite blue-eyed Texans

Page v Introduction This book actually began, as so many do, with another book. Several years ago, I contracted with another publisher to write a history of Texas for the upcoming state sesquicentennial. And I had 100 pages to do it in. Not fun, when you're dealing with as much history as Texas has. Still, I kept finding these wonderful little tidbits that I just hated not to use, so I put a "First, Largest, and Only" sidebar at the end of each chapter. I enjoyed them so much that I started, idly and with no particular purpose, collecting them into a file. And occasionally I'd give a talk on some of them to locals clubs, and everybody always loved it. And then my folder got big enough to think about making a book of it. And the rest, as they say... is here. Even though this is a "fun" bookwhatever that is; why would you read ANY book that wasn't fun?I've tried very hard to be accurate. I've gone through dozens of sources trying to verify every fact I have in here and sometimes even had to drop an entry because I couldn't be sure. Even so, there are probably a few mistakes, especially with modern events or places or people who are the largest whatever today but drop to second place tomorrow when a bigger whatever comes along. There were several basic reference books that stayed on my desk throughout this project, and I highly recommend all of them. First and foremost, The New Handbook of Texas, a six-volume encyclopedia of Texas published last year by the Texas State Historical Association. I added a number of entries I found accidentally while flipping through the Handbook looking for another reference. Then there's Ray Miller's popular Eyes of Texas series that covers the whole state, region by region. Miller has

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