Top 15. Best Tourist Attractions in Beaumont - Texas
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Top 15. Best Tourist Attractions in Beaumont - Texas: Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Fire Museum of Texas, Gator Country Wildlife Adventure Park and Restaurant, McFaddin-Ward House Museum, Beaumont Botanical Gardens, Colorado Canyon, Jefferson Theatre, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Texas Energy Museum, Parkdale Mall, John Jay French House Museum, Edison Museum, Babe Didrikson Zaharias Memorial Museum, The Chambers House, Clifton Steamboat Museum
88th Winter Meeting: Plenary Breakfast Honoring Leadership in the Arts & An Introduction to Esports
Video shows tractor-trailer overturn in alleged road rage crash
Police released video showing an alleged road rage crash involving a tractor-trailer. An apparent act of road rage ended when a tractor-trailer driver crashed into a highway median, flipped and overturned across Route 17 in a wreck captured on dashboard camera footage.
Marcus Tezeno - The PAISD School Anthem ft. Dwight Wagner
Music and Video Produced by Tharen Robertson. (C)2019 All Rights Reserved
The title “THE PAISD SCHOOL ANTHEM” was chosen by Memorial High School senior, Mark Davis. Rapper Marcus Tezeno is a 2018 graduate of Memorial. The producer, mixer, and videographer is Tharen Robertson, also a 2018 graduate of MHS. Both young men have collaborated on other music videos and have traveled to the state of California in pursuit of their dream of becoming professional musicians.
Also featured in the video are members of the Memorial Marching Heat, drum major Amon Dixson, and the Omega Lamplighters auxiliary organization, sponsored by assistant principal, Trent Johnson and band director, Alex Frazier.
CHANTILLY LACE - Cover - BIG BOPPER 1958
Kind of forgot this song until my good friend Joe sang it a couple days ago and did a great job.....thought would try a quick rendition. Chantilly Lace is the name of a rock and roll song written by Jerry Foster, Bill Rice, and Jiles Perry The Big Bopper Richardson, who released the song in 1958. The single was produced by Jerry Kennedy. Originally cut for Pappy Daily's D label, the recording was purchased by Mercury Records and released in the summer of 1958, just over six months after Chuck Berry released Sweet Little Sixteen, which uses the same chord progression. The song reached #6 on the pop charts and spent 22 weeks on the national Top 40. It was the third most played song of 1958. Chantilly Lace inspired an answer song performed by Jayne Mansfield, titled That Makes It, based on what the girl may have been saying at the other end of the line. Bopper 486609 - Donna Dameron ( Dart 113 -1959), was an answer record. Donna Dameron was rumored to be The Big Bopper's mother,Elsie Richardson Jiles Perry J. P. Richardson, Jr. (October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959), commonly known as The Big Bopper, was an American musician, songwriter and disc jockey, whose big voice and exuberant personality made him an early rock and roll star. J. P. Richardson was born in Sabine Pass, Texas, the oldest son of oil-field worker Jiles Perry Richardson, Sr. and his wife Elise (Stalsby) Richardson. Richardson had two younger brothers, Cecil and James. The family soon moved to Beaumont, Texas. Richardson graduated from Beaumont High School in 1947 and played on the Royal Purple football team as a defensive lineman, wearing number 85. Richardson later studied pre-law at Lamar College, and was a member of the band and chorus. He sometimes played with the Johnny Lampson Combo. Richardson worked part-time at Beaumont, Texas, radio station KTRM (now KZZB). He was hired by the station full-time in 1949 and quit college. Richardson married Adrianne Joy Fryou on April 18, 1952 and their daughter Debra Joy was born in December 1953, soon after Richardson was promoted to Supervisor of Announcers at KTRM.
In March 1955, he was drafted into the United States Army and did his basic training at Fort Ord, California. He spent the rest of his two-years' service as a radar instructor at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas.
In May 1957, he broke the record for continuous on-air broadcasting by 8 minutes. From a remote setup in the lobby of the Jefferson Theatre in downtown Beaumont, Richardson performed for a total of five days, two hours, and eight minutes, playing 1,821 records[5] and taking showers during 5-minute newscasts.
Richardson is credited for creating the first music video in 1958, and recorded an early example himself. Richardson — who played guitar — began his musical career as a songwriter. George Jones later recorded Richardson's White Lightning, which became Jones' first #1 country hit in 1959 (#73 on the pop charts). Richardson also wrote Running Bear for Johnny Preston, his friend from Port Arthur, Texas. The inspiration for the song came from Richardson's childhood memory of the Sabine River, where he heard stories about Indian tribes. Richardson sang background on Running Bear, but the recording wasn't released until September 1959, after his death. Within several months it became #1. With the success of Chantilly Lace, Richardson took time off from KTRM radio and joined Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and Dion and the Belmonts for a Winter Dance Party tour. On the eleventh night of the tour, the musicians played the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. Holly chartered an airplane to fly them to the next show in Moorhead, Minnesota. The musicians had been traveling by bus for over a week, and it had already broken down once. They were tired, they had not been paid yet and all of their clothes were dirty. With the airplane, Holly could arrive early, do everyone's laundry and get some rest. Everyone know the rest of the story.....The day the music died.
Texas | Wikipedia audio article
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Texas
00:03:57 1 Etymology
00:05:34 2 Geography
00:08:48 2.1 Geology
00:11:28 2.2 Wildlife
00:12:26 3 Climate
00:14:34 3.1 Storms
00:16:39 3.2 Greenhouse gases
00:17:25 4 History
00:17:34 4.1 Pre-European era
00:22:59 4.2 Colonization
00:29:13 4.3 Republic
00:31:53 4.4 Statehood
00:35:18 4.5 Civil War and Reconstruction (1860–1900)
00:39:15 4.6 Earlier 20th century
00:42:13 4.7 Economic and political change (1950–present)
00:43:10 5 Government and politics
00:43:35 5.1 State government
00:46:52 5.2 Politics
00:47:01 5.2.1 Political history
00:50:28 5.2.2 Texas politics today
00:52:23 5.3 Administrative divisions
00:54:16 5.4 Criminal law
00:54:57 6 Economy
00:56:41 6.1 Taxation
00:58:02 6.2 Agriculture and mining
00:59:31 6.3 Energy
01:02:24 6.4 Technology
01:03:18 6.5 Commerce
01:04:04 7 Demographics
01:06:29 7.1 Ethnicity
01:16:29 7.2 Cities and towns
01:18:31 7.3 Languages
01:20:28 7.4 Religion
01:21:48 8 Culture
01:23:08 8.1 Texas self-perception
01:23:48 8.2 Arts
01:25:57 9 Education
01:28:27 9.1 Higher education
01:32:13 10 Healthcare
01:32:22 10.1 Introduction
01:32:48 10.2 Obesity
01:34:09 10.2.1 Consequences of obesity
01:35:46 10.2.2 Obesity treatment
01:36:34 10.2.3 Obesity prevention
01:37:13 10.2.4 Obesity policy
01:38:10 10.3 Alcohol Use
01:39:03 10.3.1 Alcohol Policy
01:39:33 10.4 Maternal Health
01:40:03 10.5 Infant Health
01:40:57 10.5.1 Rates of infant mortality
01:42:06 10.5.1.1 Preterm birth
01:42:45 10.5.1.2 Low birth weight
01:43:30 10.5.1.3 Prenatal care
01:44:28 10.5.2 Vaccinations
01:45:16 10.5.2.1 Vaccination Policy
01:45:51 10.6 Medical research
01:47:24 10.7 Legislative Responses
01:49:04 11 Transportation
01:50:04 11.1 Highways
01:50:59 11.2 Airports
01:52:48 11.3 Ports
01:53:37 11.4 Railroads
01:55:59 12 Sports
01:59:33 13 See also
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Texas (, locally ; Spanish: Texas or Tejas [ˈtexas]) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population. Geographically located in the South Central region of the country, Texas shares borders with the U.S. states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the southwest, while the Gulf of Mexico is to the southeast.
Houston is the most populous city in Texas and the fourth largest in the U.S., while San Antonio is the second-most populous in the state and seventh largest in the U.S. Dallas–Fort Worth and Greater Houston are the fourth and fifth largest metropolitan statistical areas in the country, respectively. Other major cities include Austin, the second-most populous state capital in the U.S., and El Paso. Texas is nicknamed The Lone Star State to signify its former status as an independent republic, and as a reminder of the state's struggle for independence from Mexico. The Lone Star can be found on the Texas state flag and on the Texan state seal. The origin of Texas's name is from the word taysha, which means friends in the Caddo language.Due to its size and geologic features such as the Balcones Fault, Texas contains diverse landscapes common to both the U.S. Southern and Southwestern regions. Although Texas is popularly associated with the U.S. southwestern deserts, less than 10% of Texas's land area is desert. Most of the population centers are in areas of former prairies, grasslands, forests, and the coastline. Traveling from east to west, one can observe terrain that ranges from coastal swamps and piney woods, to rolling plains and rugged hills, and finally the desert and mountains of the Big Bend.
The term six flags over Texas refers to several nations that have ruled over the territory. Spain was the first European country to claim the area of Texas. France held a short-lived colony. Mexico controlled the territory until 1836 when Texas won its independence, becoming an independent Republic. In 1845, Texas joined the union as the ...
Omar Bradley
Omar Nelson Brad Bradley (February 12, 1893 – April 8, 1981) was a United States Army field commander in North Africa and Europe during World War II, and a General of the Army. From the Normandy landings through the end of the war in Europe, Bradley had command of all U.S. ground forces invading Germany from the west; he ultimately commanded forty-three divisions and 1.3 million men, the largest body of American soldiers ever to serve under a U.S. field commander. After the war, Bradley headed the Veterans Administration and became Chief of Staff of the United States Army. In 1949, he was appointed the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the following year oversaw the policy-making for the Korean War, before retiring from active service in 1953.
Bradley was the last of only nine people to hold five-star rank in the United States Armed Forces.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Texas (, locally ; Spanish: Texas or Tejas [ˈtexas]) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population. Geographically located in the South Central region of the country, Texas shares borders with the U.S. states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the southwest, while the Gulf of Mexico is to the southeast.
Houston is the most populous city in Texas and the fourth largest in the U.S., while San Antonio is the second-most populous in the state and seventh largest in the U.S. Dallas–Fort Worth and Greater Houston are the fourth and fifth largest metropolitan statistical areas in the country, respectively. Other major cities include Austin, the second-most populous state capital in the U.S., and El Paso. Texas is nicknamed The Lone Star State to signify its former status as an independent republic, and as a reminder of the state's struggle for independence from Mexico. The Lone Star can be found on the Texas state flag and on the Texan state seal. The origin of Texas's name is from the word taysha, which means friends in the Caddo language.Due to its size and geologic features such as the Balcones Fault, Texas contains diverse landscapes common to both the U.S. Southern and Southwestern regions. Although Texas is popularly associated with the U.S. southwestern deserts, less than 10% of Texas's land area is desert. Most of the population centers are in areas of former prairies, grasslands, forests, and the coastline. Traveling from east to west, one can observe terrain that ranges from coastal swamps and piney woods, to rolling plains and rugged hills, and finally the desert and mountains of the Big Bend.
The term six flags over Texas refers to several nations that have ruled over the territory. Spain was the first European country to claim the area of Texas. France held a short-lived colony. Mexico controlled the territory until 1836 when Texas won its independence, becoming an independent Republic. In 1845, Texas joined the union as the 28th state. The state's annexation set off a chain of events that led to the Mexican–American War in 1846. A slave state before the American Civil War, Texas declared its secession from the U.S. in early 1861, and officially joined the Confederate States of America on March 2 of the same year. After the Civil War and the restoration of its representation in the federal government, Texas entered a long period of economic stagnation.
Historically four major industries shaped the Texas economy prior to World War II: cattle and bison, cotton, timber, and oil. Before and after the U.S. Civil War the cattle industry, which Texas came to dominate, was a major economic driver for the state, thus creating the traditional image of the Texas cowboy. In the later 19th century cotton and lumber grew to be major industries as the cattle industry became less lucrative. It was ultimately, though, the discovery of major petroleum deposits (Spindletop in particular) that initiated an economic boom which became the driving force behind the economy for much of the 20th century. With strong investments in universities, Texas developed a diversified economy and high tech industry in the mid-20th century. As of 2015, it is second on the list of the most Fortune 500 companies with 54. With a growing base of industry, the state leads in many industries, including agriculture, petrochemicals, energy, computers and electronics, aerospace, and biomedical sciences. Texas has led the U.S. in state export revenue since 2002, and has the second-highest gross state product. If Texas were a sovereign state, it would be the 10th largest economy in the world.
Texas | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:03:57 1 Etymology
00:05:34 2 Geography
00:08:48 2.1 Geology
00:11:28 2.2 Wildlife
00:12:26 3 Climate
00:14:34 3.1 Storms
00:16:39 3.2 Greenhouse gases
00:17:25 4 History
00:17:34 4.1 Pre-European era
00:22:59 4.2 Colonization
00:29:13 4.3 Republic
00:31:53 4.4 Statehood
00:35:18 4.5 Civil War and Reconstruction (1860–1900)
00:39:15 4.6 Earlier 20th century
00:42:13 4.7 Economic and political change (1950–present)
00:43:10 5 Government and politics
00:43:35 5.1 State government
00:46:52 5.2 Politics
00:47:01 5.2.1 Political history
00:50:28 5.2.2 Texas politics today
00:52:23 5.3 Administrative divisions
00:54:16 5.4 Criminal law
00:54:57 6 Economy
00:56:41 6.1 Taxation
00:58:02 6.2 Agriculture and mining
00:59:31 6.3 Energy
01:02:24 6.4 Technology
01:03:18 6.5 Commerce
01:04:04 7 Demographics
01:06:29 7.1 Ethnicity
01:16:29 7.2 Cities and towns
01:18:31 7.3 Languages
01:20:28 7.4 Religion
01:21:48 8 Culture
01:23:08 8.1 Texas self-perception
01:23:48 8.2 Arts
01:25:57 9 Education
01:28:27 9.1 Higher education
01:32:13 10 Healthcare
01:32:22 10.1 Introduction
01:32:48 10.2 Obesity
01:34:09 10.2.1 Consequences of obesity
01:35:46 10.2.2 Obesity treatment
01:36:34 10.2.3 Obesity prevention
01:37:13 10.2.4 Obesity policy
01:38:10 10.3 Alcohol Use
01:39:03 10.3.1 Alcohol Policy
01:39:33 10.4 Maternal Health
01:40:03 10.5 Infant Health
01:40:57 10.5.1 Rates of infant mortality
01:42:06 10.5.1.1 Preterm birth
01:42:45 10.5.1.2 Low birth weight
01:43:30 10.5.1.3 Prenatal care
01:44:28 10.5.2 Vaccinations
01:45:16 10.5.2.1 Vaccination Policy
01:45:51 10.6 Medical research
01:47:24 10.7 Legislative Responses
01:49:04 11 Transportation
01:50:04 11.1 Highways
01:50:59 11.2 Airports
01:52:48 11.3 Ports
01:53:37 11.4 Railroads
01:55:59 12 Sports
01:59:33 13 See also
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There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Texas (, locally ; Spanish: Texas or Tejas [ˈtexas]) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population. Geographically located in the South Central region of the country, Texas shares borders with the U.S. states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the southwest, while the Gulf of Mexico is to the southeast.
Houston is the most populous city in Texas and the fourth largest in the U.S., while San Antonio is the second-most populous in the state and seventh largest in the U.S. Dallas–Fort Worth and Greater Houston are the fourth and fifth largest metropolitan statistical areas in the country, respectively. Other major cities include Austin, the second-most populous state capital in the U.S., and El Paso. Texas is nicknamed The Lone Star State to signify its former status as an independent republic, and as a reminder of the state's struggle for independence from Mexico. The Lone Star can be found on the Texas state flag and on the Texan state seal. The origin of Texas's name is from the word taysha, which means friends in the Caddo language.Due to its size and geologic features such as the Balcones Fault, Texas contains diverse landscapes common to both the U.S. Southern and Southwestern regions. Although Texas is popularly associated with the U.S. southwestern deserts, less than 10% of Texas's land area is desert. Most of the population centers are in areas of former prairies, grasslands, forests, and the coastline. Traveling from east to west, one can observe terrain that ranges from coastal swamps and piney woods, to rolling plains and rugged hills, and finally the desert and mountains of the Big Bend.
The term six flags over Texas refers to several nations that have ruled over the territory. Spain was the first European country to claim the area of Texas. France held a short-lived colony. Mexico controlled th ...