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Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. Robert Collier … [Read more...] about Thought for the Day:

The hurricane that occurred at Galveston on September 8, 1900 was the greatest natural disaster in the United States at that time. From one to five feet of water covered the entire island at the height of the storm. An estimated 6,000 to 8,000 persons were declared missing or dead and an additional 2,000 perished elsewhere along the coast. The storm was so intense that the low pressure system held together as it tracked northward to the Great Lakes and then into the North Atlantic within four … [Read more...] about Texas History – What Hurricane Caused the Most Deaths in Texas?

If you dream it, you can do it. Walt Disney … [Read more...] about Thought for the Day:

1907. According to the 1992-93 Texas Almanac, a few automobiles were in use by 1900. By 1907 there were enough motorized vehicles on the roads that the first traffic laws were passed, limiting speeds to 18 mph and requiring that autos stop when meeting horse-drawn vehicles. Each vehicle had to be registered in the owner’s home county. The state began collecting license fees for cars in 1915. … [Read more...] about Texas History – When were the First Traffic Laws Passed in Texas?

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now? James Allen … [Read more...] about Thought for the Day:

The People's Party. Farmers and laborers constituted the bulk of the membership of the People's Party in Texas after its formation in 1891. Nationally, the People's Party (known generally as the Populist Party) became the most significant third-party movement in American history. … [Read more...] about Texas History – What was the Name of the Third Political Party in Texas?

Your life is your message to the world. Make it inspiring. Lorrin L. Lee … [Read more...] about Thought for the Day:

America's most purchased and favorite food, the hamburger, was invented by a Texan. The hamburger got its start in the Henderson County town of Athens in the 1880s. Fletcher Davis served up a meat patty topped with mustard, a pickle, and onions, between two slices of bread. The sandwich caught on, and Davis introduced the hamburger at the World's Fair in St. Louis in 1904. … [Read more...] about Texas History – Who Invented the Hamburger?

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. Winston Churchill … [Read more...] about Thought for the Day:

The Fifty Cent Act advocated by Governor O.M. Roberts was approved by the Texas Legislature July 14, 1879. It provided for selling Texas public land at fifty cents an acre, one half of the proceeds to be used for paying the public debt, and the other half to be used to establish a public school fund. The Act opened the settlement of about fifty-two West Texas counties, out of which 3,202,283 acres were sold for $1,600,645.55. The Act was repealed in January 1883. … [Read more...] about Texas History – What was the Fifty Cent Act?