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The United States has spent more than a century building a world-class fishery, with some unintended consequences. Unregulated fishing reached such a scale that in 1874, Texas restricted the coastal use of nets and meshes. In addition, lawmakers banned the use of poison to catch fish. For the first...

Hot mineral waters were used even by Native Americans. The southern regions of Texas hide many hot springs. Although there are not as many of them here as in other US states, at least five places are of interest. All of them have healing properties due to the high...

In Mineral Wells, a little more than 4 hours away from Houston, there is an opportunity to taste real mineral water. Read more about the history of the Crazy Water Company and why you should visit this Texas tourist magnet at houstoname. What is mineral water? Mineral water is naturally occurring...

On April 16-17, 1947, an accident happened in Texas City, caused by a fire and explosion of the cargo ship SS Grandcamp. Between 400 and 600 people died and 4,000 were injured. It is the deadliest such accident in US history and one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions in...

Before Europeans came to North America, corn, beans and squash, as well as tomatoes, Irish potatoes, chili peppers, yams, peanuts and pumpkins were the main crops in this region. Spanish colonists brought wheat, oats, barley, onions, peas, watermelons, and domesticated animals to the United States and Texas in particular....

Mangosteen, jackfruit, soursop, and durian are just some of the many exotic fruits at Linda's Tropical Fruits shop, opened in 2018 by Linda Nguyen. Customers are amazed by the variety of fresh fruits, drinks and tropical desserts. Houstoname will tell you more about it. Flavors of Vietnamese childhood Insurance agent Linda...

Texas ranks first in the United States in the number of ghost towns, that is abandoned settlements. However, few were as large as the corporate town of Thurber (west of Fort Worth), which was home to 10,000 people. From 1886, when William Whipple Johnson and Harvey Johnson dug a...