There has to be a lot of people from Texas!!

There is no place like Texas. Everything is bigger in Texas!!!

Old 300 here Hanco.

Native Texan here who has wandered the east and the west, but found my way back!

I'm a 6th generation TX Rancher

i went to Traders Village once when i was a kid, does that count?

Best looking women in Texas!!! I’ve been all over, no doubt about it!!

If you bought a Stetson there...maybe.

Same.

Born in Corpus Christi....

Hunt in Starr County...Deer and Hogs

Hunt White Wing and Ring Necks, Hogs in Hidalgo County....

My family has been here since 1913..Came from Missouri and Tenn...

Been in Houston airport, that count?

Am actually coming to San Antonio this August[I'm sure it won't be hot].....
Can't wait to come there for the first time ever[beyond an airport].

I went beyond Texas borders a couple of times.

Native Texan since 1958

Ditto

I’ve been here since 1982. My family has been here since the 1800’s. Born and raise in a town of 212 people 5 bars and 1 liquor store. Moved to Waco for 4 years and moved back to my little slice of heaven. Told my wife when I moved back if she wants to move she better find a new husband cause I ain’t leaving.

Be sure to see the Alamo & Nagels Gunshop.

Acuna ?

Add me to the list. Been in the DFW are all my life.

Born in the Rolling Plains of TX, moved to the South TX border 30 years ago. Been on most of the backroads from McAllen to Shamrock.

My family originally came to Texas in 1850, Hood County. Been here 6 or 7 generations, not sure exactly without looking it up.

Born and raised, family has been here since the mid-1800's. Family was all from around the Temple area, but my parents ended up in Lubbock so here I am too.

i got family in Littlefield, Sudan and Muleshoe ./ oh and Amherst.

Yep born and raised in West Texas (just east of San Angelo) and spent my first 53 years in Texas. I'm looking for my retirement home there right now!

Last time I was in Angelo was 5 or 6 years ago to pick up a pair of custom made cowboy boots. So we stopped at Zentner's Daughters Steak House for lunch, and it was just OK. Not near as good as it used to be, but they damned sure gave you plenty to eat.
When I was a kid, parents would drive over to the original Zentner's in Loweki 3 or 4 times a year. Back then, they were probably the best steakhouse in TX.

Family went to east texas in 1838 from Alabama, born and grew up in the piney woods and been back and forth between there and San Antonio for the last 20 years

Born there, been gone long time

Actually TX is smaller than Alaska. Quite a bit actually.

But we are from TX and can't wait to get to AK. Thats God's country for sure.

Our immigration was mostly from Germany and a bit from Czechoslovakia, almost all of it was about circa early 1800s to get here. Through the port of Galveston. And a few of the smart ones made it to Oregon, but not quite to AK.

Unfortunately I was born in Houston, but it paid the bills for Mom and Dad and we came back to the country as fast as we could afford to, and have been here since 79 enjoying the farm.

Never thought I"d find anything finer than TX. And then there was Alaska.....

Man, about half the Campfire it seems.


Not complaining.......just stating a fact.

Native.

Born and raised in New Braunfels. Spent 2002-2005 in Lubbock and have been in CO since 05

I drive through those towns quite a bit. My best friend is in Muleshoe, so we're always going through those towns.

Born in TX and still here!

this could be ya'lls theme song

Born in Texas, immigrated north with my parents at an early age - Dad was in the oil business.

Moved back to Texas a few years after graduating from college in Wyoming.

At least Texans own Texas....

Alaska is owned by the Federales..

As were many of those early immigrants to this state, most of my family came here to get away from something!!!

(Honest Sheriff, I found that rope! I didn't know there was a horse tied to the other end!)

5 th generation for me, my boys make 6. I was born in Dallas ,raised in Grand Prairie. Hated the metro mess. I couldn't get out of that area fast enough .
Moved to San Antonio, I like it here.

Sixth generation, but not a rancher. We're from "No Man's Land" that little strip between the Neches and Sabine. Eminent Domain took all our land, which is now Lake Sam Rayburn.

From Collin county, Plano to be exact. It used to be a pretty nice little town. Now, its too stinking big.

Left for the Army right out of high school, 1986.

My folks still live there, sister and her family live in Wylie.

I cant how much that area has grown. No way I could live there again.

Only if "you aint up to bein alone"

Isn't that where all the outlaws and scoundrels hid out?

Ray Wylie Hubbard is a nasty foul mouthed individual. He don't speak for me.

There and that big azz granite bldg in Austin!

We'll see if you still feel that way after 30 years of freezing your nuts off.

4th generation, family originally "down around Waco", then Jones and Fisher counties.

I'm currently an expatriate...

That's what the foreigners said.

Born in Winters and grew up in Abilene. Moved away for a while, but back to stay (unless the demorats get control and ruin the country).

I'm not a "Texan" but my father's side of the family were. They had a ranch outside of Menard.
When grandpa died they split the ranch among five kids. Four of them (including my dad) sold out to my uncle who became filthy rich raising Pecans.
I have relatives in Brady, Eden, Menard, and San Angelo. I used to love it when we visited because my cousins were all girls who spoiled the hell out of me.

Not a Native Texan, but got here as quick as I could! Been here since 1988.

I was born in Dallas in '61. We moved to Roswell N.M. for a few years then we bought a dairy in Winnsboro N.E. Texas in '74. I've lived in Texas since then.

But my Dad's side of the family are from N.E. Louisiana they've been there since at least the 1830s.

My mothers family on both sides came to Texas from Tennessee and Alabama after the civil war.

Wasn't born here but have lived in the Plano area since 1975.

Lived in a Southeast or East Texas my whole life. I plan on staying but would like to eventually end up in the hill country somewheres

I’ve lived here all my life, since 1953

Maybe so but Alaska is not full of Blacks and Mexicans!

ol 300 here from gonzales county 7th generation to ranch on orignal land grant. been and lived other places but this is always home

Just wait.

They're comin'.

To All,

Born in Camp County, spent about 3 decades away from TX with the Army & am back home to San Antonio to stay.

yours, tex

i was proud Texan from oct 70 - may 72. have a ton of kinfolks who drifted west from Georgia and settled in west Texas. went into the meat packing business and the rest is history.

i liked Texas, but east texas might as well have been south georgia.

Looks familiar....

Born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley. Spent 2 years in North TX, got married and moved back to the Valley.

A tip of my old Stetson

Just passing through, for the last 35 years or so...

My wife's family had lived around the San Angelo area. My wife was born in San Angelo. They introduced me to Zentner's and Zentner's daughter back in the '80s. You are right they had great steaks. I think the original Zentner's is gone now. They use garlic on their steaks. It enhances the flavor I think though I can also do without it.

5th generation Texas country boy.

Born and raised in Fort Worth. Non-direct family member came with Crockett from TN to the Alamo. His widow moved to TX after with my direct family (maternal). Paternal family came in 1865 after the war. Been here ever since. Moved to Chicago for several years and brought my wife back with me. Live outside Austin now.

"If you haven't climbed up to Enchanted Rock,
Drank a cold Shiner down in Luckenbach,
Taken your baby to the River Walk,
Then you ain't met My Texas yet.

If you haven't floated down the 'Ol Frio,
Heard Red Dirt music on your radio,
Eaten Cooper's down in Llano,
Then you ain't met My Texas yet.

You haven't been to the Houston rodeo,
Sang "Carry On" at a Pat Green show,
If you ain't seen an Abilene sunset,
Then you ain't met My Texas yet.

If you never caught a trout down in Port A,
Heard the words to Corpus Christi Bay,
Never seen fireworks on PK,
Then you ain't met My Texas yet.

Havent had a kolache when you go through West,
Never heard of the Larry Jo Taylor fest,
Think polished pop country crap sounds the best,
Then you ain't met My Texas yet.

You haven't been to the Ft. Worth stock show,
Sang along with Cory Morrow,
You ain't seen a hill country sunset,
Then you ain't met My Texas yet.

You say you haven't hiked through Big Bend,
Had your hair blown back by a Lubbock wind,
Been somewhere where they call you "friend",
then you ain't met My Texas yet.

You haven't been to the San Antone
rodeo,
Sang "Everclear" at a Creager show,
If you ain't seen an El Paso sunset,
Then you ain't met My Texas yet.

No, you ain't met My Texas yet!"

- by Josh Abbott Band

Born and raised in San Antonio. 5th generation [of immigrants from Germany, circa 1845, who settled 'bout halfway between Cuero and Yorktown].

Born in El Paso.

You get adopted status as a Native, in my book, Mike, for your volunteer work at the ALAMO.

Since 1979. Before that it was just a-comin'.

I would go to the gunshop if'n I knew how to get there. Been to the Alamo and loved lookin' at the Robert E Lee Hotel. Especially loved the "air conditioned" sign.
My bride and I are winter Texans(thanks for allowing us in the state for 3-4 months a year) We stay on the water on lake lbj. Great fishin' hole you got there. We rent a house in a cove and have a covered dock and boat lift. It's the only time I fish during the year is the time I'm in Texas. Otherwise I just hunt-shoot and reload when back in freezeville.

We have been to San Anton every year and eat at the Bass Pro restaurant when there.(Its part of the shopping we do)
I would like to do more driving around and looking in San Anton but my truck only goes 110 mph and it's hard to keep up with traffic on the express ways.

Also we wonder what happened to the warm weather we had last year in the mornings?

I was born in Texas. Only lived there for about 6 weeks or until I was old enough and it cooled off enough to make the drive to Oregon.

Born in Texas City,Texas
Raised in Alta Loma,Texas
My grandchildren make six generations of my family to live on the land my great grandfather bought with his GI benifits from WW1
We ain't never gonna leave.

Bass Pro is San Antonio?

Heck, remind me in August, there's a kazillion greasy spoon Tex-Mex joints around here with the best tacos, fajitas, enchiladas and flautas this side of Corpus.

I agree fellas that Zentner's Daughters isn't what it used to be but their average steak is better than most folks best effort. Next time trry Western Sky on N.Chadbourne.

Western Sky has always had good steaks. Been a while since I've been there, but I'll hit it next time I'm there.

Born in Wichita Falls the day WW2 was declared. Other than four years in the Corps I’ve never lived outside of Texas.

My G Grandfather on paternal side came to Texas from Tennessee ( by way of Missouri) in the ‘fifties.G G Grandfather on maternal side was already here, being Comanche.

I’ve lived in Young or adjoining counties since I was five years old.

Agreed Mike! When I'm in SA, I want Tex-Mex from any one of the numerous mom & pop joints that are 10 times better that Bass Pro's over priced Restaurant.

From Alaska, but got here as quick as I could.

Don't want to live anywhere else.

Ed

If nowhere else, you gotta try La Fogata!

I'm not a guacamole connoisseur, but theirs is made right there at the table and is outstanding!

Ed

And we can thank that worthless POS Jimmy Carter for that...

Locked up 157,000,000 acres.

Ed

Born in Victoria, spend most of my growing up years in Victoria and Hallettsville

Born in Laredo my family has been in that area since the 1740's. Recently retired and living in San Antonio but looking for a house in Laredo to move back home.

Was born near Houston, raised in East Texas, just about Beaumont, been back on the coast near Freeport a long time now. My wife was born near Wichita Falls, we go there to visit a few times a year. I've lived briefly in Louisiana, spent a little time in Illinois - both of those while doing chemical plant work for Shell Chemical. Been pretty much all over the state (Texas), and like about all of it.

Mike Holmes

Born in Yorktown, raised in Houston, graduated from A&M, lived half of my adult life in the Plano area, but work has me in North Carolina. North Carolina is a great place to live and I'll likely die here... but Texas is home.

My folks were born and raised in Fisher County. I actually didn’t get to Texas until ‘72. Now I’m in Fisher County. I can shoot out to 800 yards on my own place, the hunting is good, and the most beautiful sunsets in the world. Life is good...

John

Born in Austin, 1948. I now live in Round Rock and do a little hunting in San Saba county. My mother’s family settled in San Saba , Richland Springs area, late 1800’s. Pop’s family settled around Cameron after the Civil War.

I just retired so:

I’m in Canyon right now looking over the Panhandle Plains museum. I could spend a few days there ! Visited Palo Duro.
But, heading to Oklahoma City to the National Cowboy, Western heritage museum in the morning.

Gonna get down to the Big Bend country soon.

Theres a Comanche Indian Museum on the east side of Amarillo right off I-40. Haven't had a chance to check it out, but since your traveling that direction, I'd bet it's worth the stop.

Find out where the hot spring is. I've sat in that water for hours on end in 25-degree weather and enjoyed every minute. Back in the 80s, folks who visited it at night had a tendency to wear nothing, and I suppose it's probably still the same. When some buddies and I were occupying it one night years ago, a National Geographic film crew showed up to appreciate the hot spring. There were some lovely women with them, and I appreciated the view. Good ol days!

Is that in the big bend area ?

You obviously haven't been up there lately...

Ed

Yes it is. Literally on the river, not terribly far from the western edge of the park.

Is it Chinati hot springs your talking about!

http://www.chinatihotsprings.net

No, it's not. I heard about that one, but never ventured up beyond Presidio going north up the river. This hot spring is literally ON the river bank, downstream from Presidio and a little ways into BBNP.

I am not native but am living in Texas for the fourth and last time. I did my first stint in Houston in 1993 for 18 months working a project with Bechtel for our (Shell) NorCal refinery. My wife and two sons were in NorCal and I/they bounced betwixt for the duration. I wrapped construction of said project (a 100 MW combined cycle cogen) in NorCal and we moved to Midland in 1996 to work at our Odessa refinery. I was a young pup maintenance/reliabilty manager. This is where I met member Elkhunter49, Bev. We shut down and decommissioned the refinery and I put together a demo contract for the facility then moved on to SE Kansas to a newly acquired refinery. Come 2000 we landed in Houston and I ran our Low Sulfur Gasoline Project that involved five of our refineries. In late 2004 the oil sands projects in Alberta were booming (recall oil at $140/bbls...) and we headed up there for just shy of five years I working a large expansion project. As an aside, my middle son (26) and Doc Rocket graduated from the same high school there. Soon after I moved the family north we awarded the EPCm contract to Bechtel with the front end design to be led out of their Houston office. So six after moving the gang north from Houston I had an apartment in Houston traveling betwixt for a bit over a year. Moved back to join the family in Calgary and wrapped my responsibilities (engineering and procurement management). With my assignment concluding we needed to head back to my US "base" which was Houston. We had little desire to live in Houston again. I had already started a job in the Middle East so knew I would likely wrap my career outside the US. There just wasn't any big work going on in the State's. My wife and I discussed a retirement location (we already owned the place in north Idaho). We knew little of the Hill Country but she had a friend that was retiring there. She did a recon trip whilst I was working in the Middle East and liked Boerne. I came home for leave, we house hunted and landed from where I type. Out of town on a half dozen acres and we are happy campers. We are often asked by old friends why Texas? The answer is consistently "the people" beginning the with first we met in Midland. Today we bounce between here and Idaho.

My memory has surely failed. The hot spring is nowhere near where I remembered it to be. It's actually nearer to the eastern end of the park. It's still right on the river, though. If you're interested, I know you can find out where it is using google. Just search "hot spring big bend national park" and you'll find it.

Born and raised in SA,TX but have called CO home for last 31 yrs. Sister still lives there.

5th generation in Hunt Co for me, my kids were 4th generation through the same school district. Reasonable cost of living and lots of employment opportunities within an 1.5 hour's drive. Lots of areas are more scenic but it's still home to me.

Native. Born 1954 Ft.Bliss, El Paso, Tx. Father’s side Scots-Irish and Mom’s side named Houston...yeah that one. Texas has been good to me and for me and my family. Been and seen lots of places, but always glad to get back.

https://youtu.be/KQoXnz3h_FE

Lyle singing “That’s right you’re not from Texas!” Damn good music. Wife went to school with him and Robert Earl Keen at Texas A & M.

God Bless You All, God Bless Texas!

Texan born & bred, 6th generation. Wife is same, 7th generation & DRT ((daughter of Texas Revolution).


Jim

I want to jump in and say that I like Texas. Texas is so big and so diverse it takes further qualification. I could live anywhere from the hill country to southeast to east and North Texas as long as it was outside one of the major metro areas. West Texas and the Panhandle, well I ain't tough enough for those winters and the relentless wind. The people. Good. Lots of really good folks. I am 3 years from retirement and studied Texas closely as a place to hang my hat. The cost of living is good. Real Estate in most places is very reasonable. Finding 5-10 acres for a fair price is easy. I think it's cool that there are free ranging populations of exotics. The lack of public hunting land was a big downside though. I am used to living in areas where there is a substantial amount of public land.

I was stationed in Texas twice. Ft. Sam Houston and Ft. Hood. I would love to make it permanent but everyone is in Iowa. I guess I will just have to dream about it. All you Texas folks are lucky to be where you are at.
kwg

kwg020, just come when you can. You are welcome here!

I’m a newbie. Lived here for the past 26 years. My kids were born here so that makes them Texans but I will always be a prod North Dakotan.

My great grandfather was Busch(mother’s side) who came from Germany in the early 1900s through Galveston and went to Tours. My mother married my dad who was born and raised in Texas. His name was Adams. He joined the Navy and served during Vietnam. I was born in a Navy hospital in Key West in 1973. My mother moved me back to Texas after I was a few weeks old. I grew up on Grandpaw Busch’s farm. Well, I now ended up back where my Great Grandfather Busch started out, in Tours, Texas. I love Texas!

I don't think I made 6 months. Born at Connally AFB in 1957 so at least I have Texas birthright. Here in California since 1958. I am the only Texas born of my sibs.

Been here since 1979. Was an economic refugee.

Sweet mother Texas, rock a bye me!!

I've lived and worked in Texas all my life from north central to west and south to east. I don't know about things being bigger in Texas but they sure are farther apart. There are good people from all over the country and the world for that matter. Finally landed in East Texas.

Our major metropolitan cities are becoming havens for the mentally impaired like most of the country. In Waco Unique Guns and Collectibles is a pretty good place to visit.

How would it be, if we were all, Texans at heart?

That hot springs is not far from the Mexican village of Boquillas.

The first job I took when I left home was wrangler at the Chisos Remuda. (Guiding dudes horseback). We would grab a few beers and take the tourist girls to the hot springs...

Good Times!

Ah, to be that young and free again!

This is the springs you are thinking about...

That's the one. My recollections must be clouded due to time and the fact that our forays into the Big Bend were frequently fueled by two bags of Doritos and 16 cases of Keystone. I do recall taking the raft across to Boquillas to sit on a shaded porch where an old lady would serve genuine Mexican food and beer.

When I worked for the radio shop in Alpine, we hired a string of horses to carry all our stuff up to Emory Peak to work on the repeater up there. Craig Carter was our wrangler for that little project. Good times.

Craig is a good friend of mine. Known him for close to 40 years.

I could tell you some stories about that Big Bend country...

I spent a bit of time there during my four years at Sul Ross. We'd go and camp at Grassy Banks. The freedom down there was just damn near unlimited. I miss it.

Anytime you feel like tellin a story about the Bend, I can guarantee you an audience of at least one!

I spent my entire youth down there.

Many many hours on and along the Rio Grande.

That whole area has a flavor, and a smell to it. whenever I go back down there, I stop the truck and get out and just take some deep breaths. That desert smell lets you know you are in the right place.
I guess it's in my blood.

Perhaps I'll start a thread about that Big Bend area.

The Golden Triangle (of Texas) has a smell too. You don't want to roll your Windows down though. Money stinks.

Yeah, I grew up smelling "sour gas" from those oil wells out in West Texas.

I can't say that I find the smell of oil wells offensive. In fact, I kinda like it.


Chicken farms or a dairy is what I wouldn't care to neighbor with.

It's not oil production...it's refining. We have about 20% of the nation's refining capabilities within 10 miles of where I sit.

Yep, all that money still stinks! over 2M/bbls daily are coming from the Permian now, over 20% of the total US daily production.

I didn't grow up here. I have been in and out. I'm back and plan on staying.

I'm from Texas.

I was born and raised in Texas and spent most of my 61 years there. In fact I think I'm the only person I know that was born in Houston. I'm still proud of my Texas heritage. But Wyoming's my home now and I doubt I will ever go back.

wabigoon,

Fwiw, when I retired from AD, got back home to TEXAS , got off the airliner at SAT & took a taxi to the hotel, we passed a HUGE Texas flag being flown at a car dealership.

After so long away, I was tempted to have the driver stop while I got out of the taxi too kiss the ground. = It was that GREAT to be HOME TO STAY.
(The last place that the USA stationed me was "most unpleasant".)

yours, tex

Spent 12 years hunting there, until I refuse to pay that much. Its ridiculous, especially the low fence property.

Born in Port Arthur, raised in Bryan, graduated from the best state university (Texas A&M, if you must ask) Whoop, Whoop!! Been to all parts but the panhandle. Lived in Florida (loved it), hunted in AR, LA, NM, CO, WY and FL. Been back to live since 2003. There are prettier places in the world, but no better place to live than Texas!

Forgot to add that I'm fifth generation Texan on both sides.
Married a forth generation Texan and fellow Aggie.
Both kids are Aggies ('15 and '17)

BTW; teasips are queers and ou still sucks.

Mexico owns TX. LOL. I got ya, but at least I'll be able to not have to sweat all that much once we get there. I can't stand our damn heat anymore at 53. It flat ruins me in our 9 monhts of summer. To many people here too.. even in our town its to many. Can see neighbors houses in the country, more and more it seems now and then. Tired of it. Want to be where there are mountains, cold air, and less people.

Lol...nothing to hunt here but ducks and you can't make a fence high enough to hold em.

My mother and her side of family from Richland Springs/San Saba.They came to Oklahoma in a covered wagon in early 1900's.
Iwas born and raised in Oklahoma.Moved to Texas in '72 and never looked back.

Neil