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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242- Texas Music

There are at least six different forms of music that were either invented here, or flouished from the Lone Star State.

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Nov 22, 2024 12:0 AM
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241 Dr. Denton Cooley

Dr. Denton Cooley was a world famous heart surgeon who performed the first heart transplant in the U.S. in 1968,

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Nov 15, 2024 12:0 AM
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240- Lawn Mower Racing

Take the cutting blade off that riding mower, and let's race!

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Nov 8, 2024 12:0 AM
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239- George B. Dealey

The Dean of American Newspaper Publishers, George B. Dealey.

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Nov 1, 2024 12:0 AM
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238- Rice Hotel

The one-time capital of the Republic of Texas was located at 909 Texas Ave in Houston, Texas. We know it today as The Rice Hotel.

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Oct 25, 2024 12:0 AM
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237 Come and Take It

The story oif the famous cannon that inspired the battle cry "Come and Take It".

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Oct 18, 2024 12:0 AM
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236 Swimming with Dolphins

An abandoned dog was found swimming with dolphins in Galveston Bay.

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Oct 11, 2024 12:0 AM
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235- Houston Ship Channel

After the 1900 Storm, Buffalo Bayou was deepened and widened to accomadate large ships... and Buffalo Bayou became the Houston Ship Channel.

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Oct 4, 2024 12:0 AM
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234 Gulf Freeway

The Gulf Freeway was the first feeway in Texas.

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Sep 27, 2024 12:0 AM
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233- God is Always There

It seems we only cry out for God when something is wrong, but God is always there.

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Sep 20, 2024 12:0 AM
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232- Alief

The town of Daisy, Texas had to change its name when it was learned there already was a Daisy, Texas in another part of the state. So it was renamed Alief.

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Sep 13, 2024 12:0 AM
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231- Dodge Texas

The term "Get Out of Dodge" may have originated from the old TV show "Gunsmoke"... but we have our own Dodge right here in Texas.

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Sep 6, 2024 12:0 AM
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230 The Summit

Former concert venue and former home of the Houston Rockets... Now home to Lakewood Church.

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Aug 30, 2024 12:0 AM
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229- Texas Spices

Texas is known for great Mexican food. Some of the spices used originated here.

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Aug 23, 2024 12:0 AM
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228 Houston's Growth

Houston is the nations 4th largest city, and still growing.

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Aug 16, 2024 12:0 AM
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227- History of Houston

In 1836 the Allen Brothers bought some land along Buffalo Bayou.

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Aug 9, 2024 12:0 AM
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226- Howard Hughes

When his parents died Howard Hughes inherited a fortune. He was a good businessman, and dabbled in everything from movies, tools, aircraft and aviation.

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Aug 2, 2024 12:0 AM
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225- Truax Field

Truax Field is home to Air Wing 4

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Jul 26, 2024 12:0 AM
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224- Indianola

The former county seat of Calhoun County was Indianola, until hurricanes wiped it out.

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Jul 19, 2024 12:0 AM
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223- Pearland

An area known as Mark Belt became Pearland in the late 1800s.

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Jul 12, 2024 12:0 AM
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222 Eternal Life

God has promised each and everyone of us eternal life.

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Jul 5, 2024 12:0 AM
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221- The Cross at the Curve

After Hurricane Ike devestated the Bolivar Penisula, a local man, Bat Correll, put up a cross at the curve where hwy 124 and hwy 87 medet in High Island.

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Jun 28, 2024 12:0 AM
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220 Hurricane Season

It's Hurricane Season again along the gulf coast, let's get ready, just in case we get a storm.

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Jun 21, 2024 12:0 AM
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219 Faith in Christ

Faith in Christ is the only way to be saved because it is only by faith in Christ that we can b e counted righteous in  God'ssight.

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Jun 14, 2024 12:0 AM
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218 Astroworld

A look back on a beloved theme park in Houston.

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Jun 7, 2024 12:0 AM
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