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The South Texas State Fair traces its roots to the first confirmable fair in Beaumont, held in 1907. With the exception of cancellations in 1917–18, 1942–45, 2005, 2008 & 2020 because of World War I, World War II, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Ike & COVID-19 pandemic respectively, the fair has continued every year since.
The Texas State Fair Football Showdown took place on the third weekend of the 2018 and 2019 fair and featured Southern and Texas Southern. [14] In 2020, the Southern versus Texas Southern game moved to Arlington, Texas. The State Fair of Texas is the only fair in the United States to include a full auto show, dating back to 1913. [15]
The State Fair of Texas starts Sept. 29, kicking off 24 days of fair fun. Established in 1886 , the State Fair of Texas continues to promote Texas agriculture, education and community involvement ...
Harry James, trumpet player and band leader who played in the Beaumont High School band while still in junior high [19] John Holmes Jenkins, 1958 – Texas historian and author [20] Alan J. Magill, 1972 – leader of Gates Foundation program to eradicate malaria until death in 2015 [21]
The 2022 State Fair of Texas is set to start Sept. 30 and run through Oct. 23, marking its 136th year. The State Fair of Texas is held annually in Dallas at the historic Fair Park, which was ...
The State Fair is also home to the Texas Star, the tallest Ferris wheel in the Western Hemisphere, and Big Tex, a 55-foot-tall (17 m) cowboy statue. Other state fairs held in Texas include the North Texas State Fair in Denton, the South Texas State Fair in Beaumont, and the East Texas State Fair in Tyler.
The Navy Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets have, as of 2019, won the high school military drill team national championships for 27 years, [4] and as of 2013, the Area 10 Navy championship 19 consecutive times [5] The Academic Decathlon team has, as of 2006, gone on to the state competition twelve times. [6]
Robstown High School is an AAAA secondary school located in the Corpus Christi suburb-city of Robstown, Texas.The school handles grades 9 through 12. RECHS primarily serves the city, yet it enrolls students from nearby school districts such as Banquete, Calallen, Tuloso-Midway, and the census-designated community of North San Pedro.