Big Tex was born in 1952; he has been THE State Fair of Texas icon ever since.
The Big Texan, "four-stories high, hook-nosed, wolfish grinning cowboy figure, dressed in Lee Rider jeans" and standing in the middle of Grand Avenue at the Midway of THE State Fair of Texas. If you were meeting friends at the Fair, you met at Big Tex.
Unfortunately, this year, 2012, on his 60th birthday, after a face lift and new clothes,
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Big Tex caught fire. It was an electrical short. No one was hurt. And Big Tex will be refurbished and back on the Midway next year. But it was a sad ending to a really awesome season of fun. I don't usually blog about sad things, but this is one I wanted to have a memory of. (I know: don't ever end a sentence with a preposition... ) We should never take anything for granted - not even Big Tex!
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