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The Oasis of West Texas [77] (The city is unusual in West Texas for having three rivers and three lakes.) Queen City of Central West Texas [76] Texas' biggest small town [78] Wool Capital [76] [77] or the Wool and Mohair Capital of the World [79] San Antonio. 210 [80] Alamo City [81] Countdown City [80] Spurs Nation; Deuce Dime [82] River City [83]
In 1986, KKDA started promoting a weekly series of blues concerts, inviting listeners from across North Texas to “Funky Town Fort Worth.” A nickname was born.
The Port of Texas City, operated by the Port of Texas City / Texas City Terminal Railway, is the eighth-largest port in the United States and the third-largest in Texas, with waterborne tonnage exceeding 78 million net tons. The Texas City Terminal Railway Company provides an important land link to the port, handling over 25,000 carloads per year.
Quid, slang for the pound sterling, and the euro in Ireland. slang for the Irish pound before 2002. The Quid, a Canadian garage rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Quid (encyclopedia), a French encyclopedia, established in 1963 by Dominique Frémy. Quid Inc., a private software and services company, specializing in text-based data analysis.
In the 1960s, police in Philadelphia started using the term to describe the hectic, overcrowded day that came as families rushed into the city ahead of the weekend's annual Army-Navy football game.
Virginia Representative John Randolph was the leader of the Quid faction of the Democratic-Republican Party. When Virginia Representative John Randolph of Roanoke broke with Jefferson and James Madison in 1806, his faction was called the "Quids".
The skyline of the city of Houston. There are many nicknames for the city of Houston, the largest city in Texas and fourth-largest city in the United States. The city's nicknames reflect its geography, economy, multicultural population, and popular culture, including sports and music. They are often used by the media and in popular culture to ...
A natural gas glut in the US has sent prices for the commodity tumbling to multi-decade lows, down 43% over the past year.At West Texas's key trading spot, the Waha Hub, prices have been negative ...