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As governor, he paid off the state debt and established the financial foundation that the state would later use to finance its schools and colleges. The E. M. Pease Middle School is located at 201 Hunt Lane across from El Sendero subdivision in the Northside Independent School District in San Antonio , Texas.
The 36th president of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, graduated from the institution in 1930; [12] Texas State University is the only college or university in Texas to have a U.S. president as an alumnus. Texas State's main campus consists of 259 buildings on 517 acres (2.09 km 2) of hilly land along the San Marcos River.
[16] [17] North Texas would leave the system the same year becoming independently governed North Texas State College. [18] North Texas would later become the flagship campus of the University of North Texas System. Similar name changes would result in Southwest Texas State College in 1959 and Sam Houston State College in 1965. [9] West Texas ...
It took Texas to make America swallow the idea of lucky New Year’s black-eyed peas. More than 85 years ago, in 1937, an East Texas promoter put the first national marketing campaign behind what ...
Why do we eat peas for good luck? It’s a tradition that Texas turned into marketing hype. Here’s where to find them in restaurants.
The Texas Almanac is a biennially published reference work providing information for the general public on the history of the state and its people, government and politics, economics, natural resources, holidays, culture, education, recreation, the arts, and other topics.
Professor Mayo's College: A History of East Texas State University. Commerce, Texas: East Texas State University Press. ISBN 0963709208. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04; Sawyer, William E. (1979). History of East Texas State University. Wolfe City, Texas: Henington Publishing Company.
In 2002, the College was renamed the College of Education and Human Development to reflect the full scope of academic programs in its departments. In 2019, the College began the first in-state postsecondary, four-year education program for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.