Texas
"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Texas". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHTX.asp.
- Aransas Pass Light
- Brazos River Light
- Brazos Santiago Light
- Clopper's Bar Light
- Fort Point Light, Galveston Bay
- Galveston Jetty Light
- Half Moon Reef Light
- Matagorda Island Lighthouse, located at entrance to Matagorda Bay (more information)
- Point Bolivar Light, located at entrance to Galveston Bay
- Port Isabel Light, across the causeway from South Padre Island in Port Isabel (more information)
- Redfish Bar Light
- Redfish Bar Cut Light
- Sabine Bank Light
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Famous quotes containing the word texas:
“Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.”
—Fran Lebowitz (b. 1950)
“Fifty million Frenchmen can’t be wrong.”
—Anonymous. Popular saying.
Dating from World War I—when it was used by U.S. soldiers—or before, the saying was associated with nightclub hostess Texas Quinan in the 1920s. It was the title of a song recorded by Sophie Tucker in 1927, and of a Cole Porter musical in 1929.
“The safety of the republic being the supreme law, and Texas having offered us the key to the safety of our country from all foreign intrigues and diplomacy, I say accept the key ... and bolt the door at once.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)