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Big Tex generally receives a new shirt and jeans triennially, currently designed and fabricated by the Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company. His clothes were last replaced in 2022. Prior to 2013, Big Tex wore size 70 boots, a 75-gallon hat, a size 100 180/181 shirt made from nylon awning fabric and 284W/185L 5X pair of Dickies jeans.
DALLAS -- The larger-than-life cowboy, Big Tex, has been voted #1 in USA Today`s Best Quirky Landmark in the nation competition. Apparently Big Tex is quirkier than the Longaberger Basket home ...
Big Tex wearing a mask during the 2020 pandemic; The State Fair operated as a Drive-Thru event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo ops were offered with a masked Big Tex. [59] In September 2021, the fair resumed after a one-year hiatus. On the evening of October 15th, 2023, shots were fired at the fair. Three people were injured as a result.
Big Tex has greeted State Fair of Texas visitors for 70 years, but ten years ago a fire brought the North Texas icon down to its metal frame.
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Sadly today Big Tex burned down at the State Fair. I'm sure he'll be rebuilt for next year, but it was a shocking scene for many at the Fair this morning. (It was his 60th anniversary this year) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.193.220.29 ( talk ) 16:11, 19 October 2012 (UTC) [ reply ]
Tex Randall is a 47-foot (14 m) tall cowboy figure constructed in 1959 next to U.S. Route 60 in Canyon, Texas. [1] It weighs seven tons and is made of cement and steel. [2] The statue was constructed in 1959 by local shop teacher Harry Wheeler to advertise for a western wear store directly next to it.