Welcome to Texas with Bill Ingram

Welcome to Texas with Bill Ingram

Stories of history, life and faith in the Lone Star state.

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Welcome to Texas with Bill Ingram
215- Lake Jackson

Lake Jackson is a small town developed as a company town for Dow Chemical.

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May 17, 2024 12:0 AM
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214 Come and Take It Cannon

In 1835 the Come and Take It Cannon fired the first shot in the Texas Revolution.

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May 10, 2024 12:0 AM
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213 Lake Livingston

Lake Livingston was built in the early 1970s.

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May 3, 2024 12:0 AM
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212 Menard House

The Menard House is thought to be the oldest house in Galveston.

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Apr 26, 2024 12:0 AM
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211 Uncle Bill

Never give up praying for a loved one to come to know Jesus Christ

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Apr 19, 2024 12:0 AM
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210 1940 Air Terminal Museum

What was Houston's original airport is now a vintage museum.

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Apr 12, 2024 12:0 AM
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209 Battleship Texas 4-2024

Battleship Texas has been in dry dock getting repairs for a year and a half, and is now getting ready to go to her new home in Galveston.

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Apr 5, 2024 12:0 AM
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208- H-E-B

The history of the grocery store chain H-E-B.

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Mar 28, 2024 7:0 PM
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207- Clapping Hands
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Mar 26, 2024 12:0 AM
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207 Clapping Hands

A 12 year old girl gives Major League Baseball of the "clapping hands" on the scoreboard.

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Mar 21, 2024 7:0 PM
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206- Lamar University
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Mar 19, 2024 12:0 AM
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206 Lamar University

The history of Lamar University in Beaumont.

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Mar 14, 2024 7:0 PM
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205- Automobiles
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Mar 12, 2024 12:0 AM
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205 Automobiles 3-2024

In the early 1900s when automobiles first came to Houston.

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Mar 7, 2024 7:1 PM
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204- Texas Independence Day
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Mar 5, 2024 12:39 AM
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Texas Independence Day

59 People signed Texas Declaration of Indendence on March 2, 1836 at Washington on the BRazos.

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Feb 29, 2024 6:0 PM
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203- Baytown Nature Center
When a major hurricane destryoed the Brownwood Subdision in1983, homes were not rebuilt. Instead they were bulldozed. A decade later the destroyed neighborhood was turned into a beautiful nature center.
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Feb 27, 2024 12:0 AM
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Baytown Nature Center Ep 203

When Hurricane Alicia destroyed the Brownwood Subdivision in 1983, the officials opted to buy out properties and bulldoze the houses. Over time, actually about ten years, the city built a beautiful nature center on those properties.

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Feb 22, 2024 6:0 PM
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202- Cowboy Bill Pickett
Cowboy Trick Rider created a rodeo event known as Bulldogging. The cowboy jumpss off his horse and grabs a steer by his horns and wrestles him to the ground.
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Feb 20, 2024 12:0 AM
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Cowboy Bill Pickett

Bill Pickett was a trick rider, and rodeo cowboy who created the Bulldogging event. When a cowboy jumps off of his horse and wrestles a steer to the ground.

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Feb 15, 2024 6:0 PM
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201- Baytown
The three cites, East Baytown, Pelly, and Goose Creek united to become one city…. Baytown.
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Feb 13, 2024 12:0 AM
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My 200th Episode
You’ll hear a little of everything from me… I’m a bit of a history buff, I like to tell personal stories, and Faith plays a huge role in my podcast.
00:08:08
Feb 6, 2024 12:0 AM
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199- Get What We Deserve
We are bombarded daily with everything from cars to furniture, and told we can get it right now. But those are material things. In reality we are sinners, so we should thank God that we don’t get what we deserve.
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Jan 22, 2024 7:47 AM
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198- Birthdays
When both of our grandsons have birthday a week apart we take them to celebrate.
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Jan 9, 2024 8:27 AM
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197- Drums
After many years of playing drums and working at the radio station, it all finally caught up with me, and I had to make a choice… Radio or Drums. I chose Radio.
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Jan 2, 2024 12:0 AM
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