Welcome to Texas with Bill Ingram

<p>Faith in Christ is the only way to be saved because it is only by faith in Christ that we can b e counted righteous in  God'ssight.</p>

<p>A look back on a beloved theme park in Houston.</p>

<p>In the 1800s there were two Amarillos</p>

<p>The worst accident in Houston's history happened in 1976, when an ammonia tanker truck crashed in southwest Houston.</p>

<p>Lake Jackson is a small town developed as a company town for Dow Chemical.</p>

<p>In 1835 the Come and Take It Cannon fired the first shot in the Texas Revolution.</p>

<p>Lake Livingston was built in the early 1970s.</p>

<p>The Menard House is thought to be the oldest house in Galveston.</p>

<p>Never give up praying for a loved one to come to know Jesus Christ</p>

<p>What was Houston's original airport is now a vintage museum.</p>

<p>Battleship Texas has been in dry dock getting repairs for a year and a half, and is now getting ready to go to her new home in Galveston.</p>

<p>The history of the grocery store chain H-E-B.</p>

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<p>A 12 year old girl gives Major League Baseball of the "clapping hands" on the scoreboard.</p>

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<p>The history of Lamar University in Beaumont.</p>

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<p>In the early 1900s when automobiles first came to Houston.</p>

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<p>59 People signed Texas Declaration of Indendence on March 2, 1836 at Washington on the BRazos.</p>

When a major hurricane destryoed the Brownwood Subdision in1983, homes were not rebuilt. Instead they were bulldozed. A decade later the destroyed neighborhood was turned into a beautiful nature center.

<p>When Hurricane Alicia destroyed the Brownwood Subdivision in 1983, the officials opted to buy out properties and bulldoze the houses. Over time, actually about ten years, the city built a beautiful nature center on those properties.</p>

Cowboy Trick Rider created a rodeo event known as Bulldogging. The cowboy jumpss off his horse and grabs a steer by his horns and wrestles him to the ground.

<p>Bill Pickett was a trick rider, and rodeo cowboy who created the Bulldogging event. When a cowboy jumps off of his horse and wrestles a steer to the ground.</p>

The three cites, East Baytown, Pelly, and Goose Creek united to become one city…. Baytown.

You’ll hear a little of everything from me… I’m a bit of a history buff, I like to tell personal stories, and Faith plays a huge role in my podcast.

We are bombarded daily with everything from cars to furniture, and told we can get it right now. But those are material things. In reality we are sinners, so we should thank God that we don’t get what we deserve.

When both of our grandsons have birthday a week apart we take them to celebrate.

After many years of playing drums and working at the radio station, it all finally caught up with me, and I had to make a choice… Radio or Drums. I chose Radio.

My dad believed in Giod, but was very put-off with the fake TV preachers and evangelists. So I had to use finesse in getting him to accept Jesus as Lord and savior.

More than 100 years ago, the Toonerville Trolley started running between Bellaire and Houston. Then trolley cars were people movers 20 years before bus service became a reality.

Daniel Denton Cooley was very instrumental in the development of Houston Heights, establishing a school, and eventually elected as Alderman when the Heights incorporated in the late 1800s. He also served as Chairman on the joint city and county committee that built Jefferson-Davis Hospital. He became known as the Father of Houston Heights.

After Ninfa Laurenzo’s husband died she was struggling finacilally. So she turned part of her Tortilla factory into a restaurant. She then created a new dish she called Fajitas, and Tex-Mex was born in Houston, Texas.

It’s comforting to know that God doesn’t change with the times. God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

It’s comforting to know that God doesn’t change with the times. God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

At the turn of the last century (1899-1900) the city of Houston was still trying to make its way to being a major city. Because New Orleans had such great success with Mardi Gra, there was a festival designed for Houston. The Notsouh Festival. Notsouh is Houston spelled backward. For almost twenty years it was a successful event.

When the Fisher family made the largest contribution to build a chapel for the new church, it was named Fisher Chapel. When the church moved to a new location, Fisher chapel was deconstructed, and reassembled at the new location.

<b> </b>Before Texas gained independence from Mexico, the people of Gonzales asked the Mexican Government for a cannon so they could provide protection for their community. General Santa Ana loaned them a cannon, with the agreement they would give it back upon request. That didn’t happen. The request by Santa Ana to get the cannon back resulted in the first battle of the Texas Revolution.

A major radio station began broadcasting in San Antonio in 1922. My dad and I both were on the air at WOAI (different decades) and it is still a major player in big market radio today.

Lake Livingston is 52 years old this year. It was built on the river highway known as The Trinity River. It was built and operated by the Trinity River Authority under contract with the City of Houston for water supply purposes.

A 15 year old girl called me one night telling she gave her life to the Lord. But her parents were not supportive. It was a struggle, but years later, it ended well.

<b> </b>It can be very confusing driving Houston freeways… inbound, outbound, North bound, South bound, and so on.

Two brothers. John Kirby Allen, and Augustus Chapman Allen bought land along Buffalo Bayou and named it Houston.

After Daisy, Texas was surveyed and established southwest of Houston in the late 1800s, it was learned there was already a Daisy Texas in Rains Coiunty, east of Dallas. So they named the town after their Post Master, Alief Ozelda MaGee… they renamed it Alief.

Atascocita Road is thought to be the oldest road in the Houston area.

Galveston Island took a direct hit from a category 4 hurricane in September of 1900. Thousands were killed and the island city was devastated. A lot of work went into the island after that, including building a seawall, and even raisng the island anywhere from 3 to 17 feet in places.

When I was hospitalized because of a serious bacterial infection, it gave me a lot of time to talk to God. I realized God’s way is always the best way, even if I didn’t like it.

During a storm one night when my granddaughter was staying with us, she shared with me, that she talks to Jesus every night. If only we all realized how important it is to have that kind of a relationship with Christ.

“Astroworld opened in 1968 to enhance the Astrodome right across the street. For many summers it was Houston’s playground, but ultimately closed in October of 2005.”

The name Texas came from the Native American word “Tejas” or Tay-shas.” It came from the Caddo Indians, and it means Friends or Allies.