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The word "Ent" is from the Old English ent or eoten, meaning "giant". Tolkien borrowed the word from a phrase in the Anglo-Saxon poems The Ruin and Maxims II, orþanc enta geweorc ("cunning work of giants"), [1] which describes Roman ruins. [T 11] [2] In Sindarin, one of Tolkien's invented Elvish languages, the word for Ent is Onod (plural Enyd).
Before Interstate 20, US 259 went through the center of Longview on a route now designated Texas State Highway 31 and Spur 502. Texas Highway 31 runs 143.3 miles (230.6 km) east/west between Longview and Waco, Texas. Texas Highway 149, 33.9 mi (54.6 km) long, connects Longview with Carthage. Texas Highway 300 is a short (18.62-mile (29.97 km ...
A different cowboy statue in Conlen, Texas was nicknamed "Big Tex". It was erected in 1954 as part of a restaurant and steakhouse. [39] [40] [41] The episode "All's Fair in Love and War" of the animated series Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld sees the titular character attending the state fair, with Big Tex featured. A fight with the bounty ...
"The Lone Star State" [1] Flag: The Lone Star Flag [1] June 30, 1839 National seal: Seal of the Republic of Texas: January 25, 1839 State seal: Seal of Texas: December 29, 1845 Reverse of the seal August 26, 1961 National coat of arms: Coat of arms of the Republic of Texas January 25, 1839 State coat of arms: Coat of arms of Texas: 1993 ...
Statue of Barbara Jordan (University of Texas at Austin) Statue of Cesar Chavez; Statue of George Washington (Austin, Texas) Statue of Jefferson Davis (Austin, Texas) Statue of Jim Hogg; Statue of John Henninger Reagan; Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. (Austin, Texas) Statue of Robert E. Lee (Austin, Texas) Statue of Woodrow Wilson (Austin ...
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The Longview metropolitan statistical area is a metropolitan area in Northeast Texas that covers four counties—Gregg, Harrison, Rusk, and Upshur. As of the 2010 census the MSA had a population of 280,000 (though a July 1, 2019 estimate placed the population at 286,657).
The listed sizes of the Confederate (600,000) and Union (2,859,132) forces are incorrect, greatly exaggerating the advantage held by the Union. [6] While the inscription dedicates the statue to Confederate soldiers who "died for states rights guaranteed under the Constitution", the Texas Declaration Of Causes (1861) does not use the phrase “states rights”, and repeatedly cites opposition ...