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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.
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 ...
He specializes in American history, of the colonial and early national period, and in the environmental history of the United States. He also writes for The Texas Observer and the History News Service, and has published a number of op-eds on food in The New York Times , The Christian Science Monitor , and USA Today .
Hoppin' John, also known as Carolina peas and rice, is a rice and beans dish of legendary origins associated with the cuisine of the Southern United States. Similar dishes are found in regions with a significant African-origin demographic like Louisiana red beans and rice .
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.
[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 ...
If you want to make fresh beans but not cook the whole bag, this handy calculator says 4 1/2 ounces of dried, uncooked peas equals one can of 15-ounce peas. Cans or even frozen black-eyed peas are ...
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.