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Athens, birthplace of the hamburger!
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Stephen Fuller Austin
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Ballinger
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The Fred Hartman Bridge near Baytown
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Bellville
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Brenham
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The church of Saint Louis built in 1870 at Castroville
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Cotton was key to the development of Cibolo and many other towns
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The Courthouse at Comanche
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Navarro County courthouse at Corsicana
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Crawford
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Cut And Shoot town hall
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Even great cities like Dallas may have started with a few cabins such as this
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Fueling a nation, part of the Houston petrochemical complex at Deer Park
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The Val Verde courthouse at Del Rio
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Denver City, like many Texas towns, boomed when oil was discovered nearby.
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Eldorado
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Flatonia
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Fulshear
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The third coast, a beach near Galveston
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The Coryell County Courthouse at Gatesville
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The Gonzales County Courthouse and staue honoring the founders of Texas at Gonzales
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Hempstead
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Great cities sprung from small churches such as this in Houston
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The Independence Baptist Church was founded in 1839 and baptized Sam Houston in 1854. The church building above was built in 1872.
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President Lyndon Johnson's childhood home at Johnson City
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Restored railway station at Katy
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The waterfront at Kemah
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The welcome sign at Knippa
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The clock tower on the Fayette County Courthouse in La Grange
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The Polk County Courthouse at Livingston
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Lulling
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Marble Falls
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Bulldog Stadium at McGregor
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Morgans Point citty hall, with port facilities in the background
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Nacogdoches City Hall was built in 1891 and first used as a hotel. In 1836, on this site, Sam Houston built his first home in Texas.
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Everything is big in Texas - Ozona is the world's biggest little town!
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The Anderson County Courthouse at Palestine.
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The Pecos River
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Round Top
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Restored railway station at San Angelo
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Many towns started as small walled missions such as La Espanda in San Antonio
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Sanderson
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Shiner
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Sonora
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Anchor Park at Texas City. This is the five ton anchor from the French freighter Grand Camp, which exploded in 1947, killing 576 people.
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Memorial Park at Uvalde
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Wallis
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Wharton
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Many towns, such as Yoakum, were built on the cattle industry
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