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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]
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.
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.
Lack, Paul D. (1992), The Texas Revolutionary Experience: A Political and Social History 1835–1836, College Station: Texas A&M University Press, ISBN 978-0-89096-497-2; McComb, David G. The City in Texas: A History (University of Texas Press, 2015) 342 pp.
General Worth by Mathew Brady. The history of Fort Worth, Texas, in the United States is closely intertwined with that of northern Texas and the Texan frontier. From its early history as an outpost and a threat against Native American residents, to its later days as a booming cattle town, to modern times as a corporate center, the city has changed dramatically, although it still preserves much ...
Austin's history has also been largely tied to state politics and in the late 19th century, the establishment of the University of Texas made Austin a regional center for higher education, as well as a hub for state government. In the 20th century, Austin's music scene had earned the city the nickname "Live Music Capital of the World."
Killeen is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Bell County. According to the 2020 census, its population was 153,095, [5] making it the 19th-most populous city in Texas and the largest of the three principal cities of Bell County. It is the principal city of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Cavazos Metropolitan Statistical Area.
A thumb-nail history of the city of Houston, Texas, from its founding in 1836 to the year 1912, published 1912, hosted by the Portal to Texas History; True stories of old Houston and Houstonians: historical and personal sketches / by S. O. Young., published 1913, hosted by the Portal to Texas History