Texas Trivia (Houston, San Antonio, Temple: sales, sales tax, prices)

[car957]

One last thing since this discussion could be converted by the moderators from a Texas issue to Presidential issue.

The Texas Tribune, a nonpartisan publication funded by donors (and I am not challenging the donor list) has an interesting series that fits well into our summer heat and politics.

31 Days, 31 Ways


Read it and enjoy it. Please share it with fellow Texans. I'm not offering any opinions. Just read it, and hopefully follow it throughout the month. It's important for Texans.

[joqua]

Originally Posted by car957

Since you asked single individual - the King family in the RGV. Or Trammell Crow.

None of your guesses is correct.

Hint: Former elected state official.

[joqua]

Originally Posted by joqua

Hint: Former elected state official.

Before I get in trouble, I must correct my original question to read:

Who "was" the largest individual land owner in Texas since I hadn't realized that he died in 2010.

I'll provide the answer if this isn't answered by tomorrow (8/10).

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by joqua

Before I get in trouble, I must correct my original question to read:

Who "was" the largest individual land owner in Texas since I hadn't realized that he died in 2010.

I'll provide the answer if this isn't answered by tomorrow (8/10).

With those two hints (former elected official who died in 2010)....it has to be former governor Dolph Briscoe.

[joqua]

Originally Posted by Cathy4017

With those two hints (former elected official who died in 2010)....it has to be former governor Dolph Briscoe.

Congratulations. The baton is in your hands.

GOOD ARTICLE ON BRISCOE

Looking him up on Wikipedia will also have good information, as does the Handbook of Texas Online.

Upon leaving the governorship, the Briscoes returned to Uvalde and resumed their business, civic, and philanthropic activities. He was owner of the First State Bank of Uvalde. With holdings of more than 600,000 acres, he was the largest individual landowner in Texas.

Note: It's Dolph Briscoe, Jr. we're talking about. His father was also a prominent Texan.

[Cathy4017]

Ok, here is an easy one:

Which is the smallest county in Texas, what town is its county seat....and for whom was the county named?

[Chanygirl]

Originally Posted by Cathy4017

Ok, here is an easy one:

Which is the smallest county in Texas, what town is its county seat....and for whom was the county named?

The smallest county in Texas in land mass is Rockwall and the county seat is Rockwall but it wasn't named for anyONE it was named for a subterrainian rock feature that runs thru the county.
The smallest county in Texas in population is Loving County, The county seat is Mentone and the county is named after Oliver Loving...one of the founders of the Goodnight-Loving Trail. Loving County is also one of the richest counties in Texas per capita.

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by Chanygirl

The smallest county in Texas in land mass is Rockwall and the county seat is Rockwall but it wasn't named for anyONE it was named for a subterrainian rock feature that runs thru the county.
The smallest county in Texas in population is Loving County, The county seat is Mentone and the county is named after Oliver Loving...one of the founders of the Goodnight-Loving Trail. Loving County is also one of the richest counties in Texas per capita.

You're right. I meant the smallest county population-wise--Loving, in West Texas. My goof!!

Very good......now it's your turn!

[Chanygirl]

Originally Posted by Cathy4017

You're right. I meant the smallest county population-wise--Loving, in West Texas. My goof!!

Very good......now it's your turn!

Another easy one...

How many movies have been made about the Battle of the Alamo?

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by Chanygirl

Another easy one...

How many movies have been made about the Battle of the Alamo?

I came up with seven.

The first film version of the battle appeared in 1911, when Gaston Melies directed The Immortal Alamo...

The Alamo achieved prominence on television in 1955 with Walt Disney's Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier, which was largely based on myth.

Republic Pictures had the script finished and developed into the 1955 movie The Last Command.

Wayne continued to develop an Alamo movie, resulting in the 1960 film The Alamo, starring Wayne as Davy Crockett.

The made-for-television movie The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory...

The movie Todish calls "the best theatrical film ever made about the Alamo" ...Alamo ... The Price of Freedom is shown only in San Antonio...

In 2004 another film, also called The Alamo, the movie starred Billy Bob Thornton as Crockett, Dennis Quaid as Sam Houston, and Jason Patric as Bowie.