TH E TEKAN LEGACY T,ISI The Texas Trend. 0rlginatorg 3,000 nord.s Teras h a s a sesqulcentennlal historl; o f world-cless dlscov€Tles and orlginal contrlbutlons that have Tcxanlzed people everywhore wlthout uslng t b c Tcras brag t o ad.\rert,lse the facts. T h e past 1 5 0 yearg have ad,d.ed a n y onc-of-B-klod Toxae na*o prototypes t o lnprovc tho cveryday quallty of llfe. chl11 rodco csrt corn chtps weed eater tract hom.c Bar-B-Qu6 corn d.og bamburger newsr e eI bottlcd r:l;lLk FHA ]oan systam flrst PBS W statton pocket calculator P B X coraputer s w i tclt cl ty bus Ii no oystenr portablo corrrputor dlgltal watoh doncd staqiun coroputer slljcon cblp blood bank systo.o .bo&c computer packa[god, ereal r a g tlme rnuslc boogle woogle music Jlttcrbu6 dance stop o f f s c t pri.nt,lng press euto alr-con.dittonlng home of asbronaul"ts flrst prlvate space ccopany (SSI) astro-turf outdrror carpet f lrst foderal r:red.lt unton hr.'man organ donor syste.n Toras poker (5-carcl stud ) city conmisstoner goverlurent Vetcranrs D a y (old Armlstloo Day) llngulstlc word trfitaverlckrf vetnacular word tryfalJ.fr wood,pu-lp riat paper process rrDrl sch,rol financ-i"al forraula housohold. water faucet designatlon ohicken fried sbeatt flrst scftvraro cooputer sales Ter-me:x oods (t*co, faJltasl atrirrm 1r ekyscrapers break-away netal polea on freeuays I'rencb wine industry saved, dr111 tea.ns, cheetleaders and, ba.tln orlgtnal a r t display on froer,vay billboard.s
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or lginal contr lbut lons that have Tcxanlzed people everywhore wl thout usl
tbc Tcras brag to ad. \ rer t , lse the facts. The past 150 yearg have ad,d.ed a
onc-of-B-klod Toxae na*o prototypes to lnprovc tho cveryday qual l ty of l
chl11rodcogo l f csr tcorn chtpsweed eatertract hom.cBar-B-Qu6corn d.ogbamburgernewsreeIbottlcd r: l ; lLkFHA ]oan systamf l rs t PBS W stat to npocket ca lcu la torPBX coraputer swi tcltc l ty bus I i no oys tenrpor tablo corrrputord lg l ta l watohdoncd staq iuncoroputer s l l j con cb lpblood bank systo.o.bo&c computerpacka[god, erealrag t lme rnuslcboog le woog le
mus icJ l t t c rbu6 dance stopof f sc t pr i .n t , lng presseuto a l r -con.d i t ton lnghome of asbronaul" tsf l rs t pr lvate space ccopany (SSI)ast ro- tur f outdr ror carpetf l rs t fodera l r : red. l t un tonhr.'manorgan donor syste.nToras poker (5-carcl stud )ci ty conmisstoner gover lurentVetc ranrs Day (o ld Armlst loo Day)l lngulst lc word tr f i taver lckr f
ve tnacu lar wordt ry fa lJ . f r
wood,pu- lp r iat paper processrrDrl sch,rol f inanc-i"al forraulahousohold. water faucet designat lonoh icken f r ied sbeat tf l rst scf tvraro cooputer salesTer -me:x oods ( t *co , faJ l tas lat r i r rm 1r ekyscrapersbreak-away netal polea on f reeuaysI ' rencb wine industry saved,dr111 tea.ns, cheet leaders and,
Wll l lans of Connorcc, Teras who was 'bho f l rst U.S. soldier doughboy to
d1e 1n Wor ld Vfar I a t Bres t , F ranco, The very f l rs t Amer lgan Leg ion Po
l lu-obcr I was organized ln l i t t le Com.orercoo commcmoratenthc war to end
al . l wars.n Thc fami ly f r l cnds o f Bruco Wl lL lans cc lebra ted that f l rs t
hol lday ln 1918 bcfore tbo rest of tho Unl tod, States and the wor ld of-
f lc lal ly fol lowed sul t 1n 1919 (nontst toc Day was re-namod Veterans Day
tn L9511'- Tbc fest lve t lmos and happy roood celebrat ions camc years latc
to t lckle the fancy of o1d and new Texans al lkc.
No feat lvo cclsbrat lon can bo coopleto wl thout a band, , paradc and,
the dr l l l tearos or checr load.ers wlth baton twlr l ing. Dr111 tca.ns, cheerleaders w l th baton twl r l l rgrbogan at Grocnvl l l c in nor th -ccn t ra l Eas t
Tcras , Juat f l f t ccn n l l cs f roro the ln f lucn t la l or lg lns 'of thc two f cd ,c ra
hol ldaye. Tbc Grecnvl l lc banncr-cal l s logan i lof - thc-blaokcst- landt t pro-
duccd tb.c greatoet whl tc-way glr l wavc on New York Cl ty Broadway wl tb
baton twl t l lng Rangeret tes. Tbc Teran fantasy soon becane cveryoncrs
rcal l ty. The trcxt Tcxas er tenslon or adaptat lon of the Crcenvl l le chcor
leaders ba ton tw l r l c rs Jus t na tura l l y ' carnc f ron th l s sanc East Teras
Iooale whcn the f l rst nat lonal pro- footbal l checr lead.ers ldea simply had
to or lg loa tc w l th thc Da l las Cowboys eam. Svcry naJor ba l l c lub ln tho
oountry thcn had to ape the lnnovat lon, a fur ther er tcndlng of tho Teran
trcnd oskcrsr nat lonal lnf lucncc from thc wcstward drca.o factory cal led
Tcrag. Thc added fun ano gancs of footbal l a lso rosul ted ln anothcr
or lglnal broadcast ing phcnoroenon s heralded by Gord,onMoClendon wl th th
eports gatn'os olng radlo slno-cast as a regular wcckly progran on tbe
Pbyslcal beal th 1s not the only area of tectrnlcal orper t tsc acclaln
by South Texans. The fancd break-away netal poles on the super hlghway
or f recway systerns uere devoloped by Texas A. & M. Aggles as thc Tcxas
way to nlnlnlzo l1fe and death cxpress }ane t raf f lc nlshaps. The f l rst
c l ty express bus l1ne 1n tbe Unl ted. States openod tn L925 on the downto
s t rec ts o f Houston to connect the fn terurban ra l l serv l ce to Ga lves ton .
Ga lves ton , Texas also gave the wor ld the f l rs t ho t and co ld water fauce
The old Blshoprs Palaco was thc f l rst home ln the wor ld to hsve nodern
runn lng water sp lgo ts des lgnated w i th the go ld faucet on the lof t for h
and the sl lver r ight handed faucet for cold. -- wor ld over t row cveryboknows hot tu rns f ron the le f t and cold ls r jght , thus , a very subt l c Tc
an lzed proccss upon the p lanc t . Thc Galves ton Tcxan leaders a lso oreutc
tho f l rs t c t ty ssrnmlss lon cr type o f govcrnmcnt 1n 1901 as an honost a l te
nato to the old wardon systcn then ln coornonusc. Anoth,er f l rst t rend,
devc lopcd 1n th i s . Texae Is land cl ty as a resul t f ron the 1900 Galves ton
Flood catastroph,e whlch prompted lnvsntor Thonas A. Edlson pcrsonal ly to
use hls new fangled, nachlne to take novlng plctures of tho greatest natu
d lsas ter cver recordcd and, thue, 1n i t l a l l y began the ncwarce l fo r por -
sonal enl lghtoent or v lsuaL cnter tainment.
Tho enter tainnent wor ld. has certalnl -y fel t the lopact of Texang.
Nunerous Texans have becone novlo stars and groat athletes 1n the sports
wor ld, . Tho Houston sports astrodone was the f l rst covercd stadJun buj l t
on the grandc sca le o f the anc ien t RcrnanCol l1seum, for af ter -a l l Texan
are the nodern equlvalent or new verslon of the wor ld quest ing Romansof
Rhodes wl th hav ing the b lggest and the best of every th ing poss lb le . Th