Welcome to Texas with Bill Ingram

<p>Galveston was once the largest city in Texas, until it was nearly wiped off the map.</p>

<p>Alarm clocks have been around for centuries, but in 1956 they got an upgrade.</p>

<p>Six Flags Over Texas opened on August 1, 1961 in Arlington.</p>

<p>The most visited park in Houston is Hermann Park... home to the Houston Zoo, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Miller Outdoor Theater, The Houston Garden Center, and a public golf course.</p>

<p>A group of Quakers bought land around the turn of last century and developed Friendswood.</p>

<p>After WWII Farm to Market Roads were created to help famers get their goods to market.</p>

<p>Before the Gulf Fwy the Galveston-Houston Interurban was a popular way between Houston and Galveston.</p>

<p>Truax Field near Corpus Christi was once home to the U.S. Navy's elite pilots and the legendary Blue Angels.</p>

<p>I got my first car when I was a freshman in high school... a 1970 Olds Cutlass... babyblue with a white top.</p>

<p>In the 1920s, Luna Park, a big amusement park in Houston, was known as the Coney Island of Texas.</p>

<p>Dr Pepper was created in Waco, Texas in 1885.</p>

<p>Indianola was once a thriving community on the shores of Matagorda Bay.</p>

<p>Depression is very real, but God want's to see you through it.</p>

<p>Old Spanish Trail is one of the oldest roads in Texas.</p>

<p>Galveston Island used to be known as "The Ellis Island of the West".</p>

<p>The Galveston Causeway is that bridge that connects the mainland with the island.</p>

<p>Officially part of State Highway 87 the Galveston-Bolivar Ferry runs 24 hours a day 7 days a week, unless there is a weather related problem.</p>

<p>April 16, 1947 two ships hauling ammonium nitrate exploded killing 581 people and causing massive distruction.</p>

<p>The name "Texas" comes from the Native American word "Tejas" or "Tay-shas".</p>

<p>It's thought to be the Mechele B. Menard House.</p>

<p>God never said life would be easy... as a matter of fact he said it would be difficult.</p>

<p>A week to remember Jesus Christ, who died on Good Friday, and rose three days later on Easter Sunday.</p>

<p>The ballpark that the Houston Astros call home has anew name... Daiken Park.</p>

<p>Washburn Tunnel is the only underwater vehicle tunnel currently in operation in the Lone Star State.</p>

<p>The Texas Declaration of Independence was adopted on March 2, 1836 at Washington on the Brazos.</p>

<p>It's Houston biggest event of the year.</p>

<p>When the Texas Declaration of Independence was adopted at Washington on the Brazos, the Texas Delegates and citizens fled the area. Mexican General and his troops were headed that way.</p>

<p>It's much better to have a good attitude, than a bad one.</p>

<p>A Civil War era oak tree is the site where slaves on the Palmer Plantation learned about thier freedom.</p>

<p>Hermann Park in Houston is home to the Houston Zoo, Miller Outdoor Theater, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, and much more.</p>

<p>Harris County is the largest county in Texas.</p>

<p>Originally known as Cane Island, this area evetually became known as Katy.</p>

<p>The Texas Flag was designed in 1839 in Montgomery, Texas.</p>

<p>On this episode we'll see just how big Texas really is.</p>

<p>In a recent survey, Houston is the top city to live, work, and play, in te Lone Star State.</p>

<p>Pirate Jean LaFitte wasn't all bad., he helped the U.S. in the Battle of 1812.</p>

<p>We'll take a look at why we call the Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange area the Golden Triangle.</p>

<p>My stories of Christmas</p>

<p>When KTRK TV Channel 13 came on the air in Houston KiTiRiK was one of my favorite chidlren's TV shows.</p>

<p>The 1960's was a very busy decade for Houston... we'll look at some of the major changes.</p>

<p>The Buffalo Bayou Cistern is Houston's former water supply.  It's bigger than two football fields and is a beautiful public place,</p>

<p>There are at least six different forms of music that were either invented here, or flouished from the Lone Star State.</p>

<p>Dr. Denton Cooley was a world famous heart surgeon who performed the first heart transplant in the U.S. in 1968,</p>

<p>Take the cutting blade off that riding mower, and let's race!</p>

<p>The Dean of American Newspaper Publishers, George B. Dealey.</p>

<p>The one-time capital of the Republic of Texas was located at 909 Texas Ave in Houston, Texas. We know it today as The Rice Hotel.</p>

<p>The story oif the famous cannon that inspired the battle cry "Come and Take It".</p>

<p>An abandoned dog was found swimming with dolphins in Galveston Bay.</p>

<p>After the 1900 Storm, Buffalo Bayou was deepened and widened to accomadate large ships... and Buffalo Bayou became the Houston Ship Channel.</p>

<p>The Gulf Freeway was the first feeway in Texas.</p>