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Street
Name Trivia
Austin, Fredericksburg, McAllen and Weslaco
by
Joe Foster |
Austin:
The
terrazzo star under the dome of the Texas State Capitol is the zero milestone
for Austin.
Downtown Austin streets running north and south (skipping
Congress Avenue) are named for Texas rivers: Sabine, Red River, Neches, Trinity,
San Jacinto, Brazos, Colorado, Lavaca, Guadalupe, San Antonio, Nueces, and Rio
Grande. |
Fredericksburg:
The first letters of streets intersecting Main Street heading southeast from the
center of town spell "ALL WELCOME".
(Adams, Llano, Lincoln, Washington,
Elk, Lee, Columbus, Olive, Mesquite, and Eagle)
The first letters
of streets intersecting Main Street heading northwest from the center of town
spell "COME BACK".
(Crockett, Orange, Milam, Edison, Bowie, Acorn, Cherry,
and Kay) |
McAllen:
A
set of McAllen avenues are named alphabetically for trees:
Ash, Beech, Cedar,
Date Palm, Ebony, Fir, Gumwood, Hackberry, Ivy, Jasmine, Kendlewood, Laurel, Maple,
Nyssa, Orange, Pecan, Quince, Redwood, Sycamore, Tamarack, Upas, Vine, and Walnut.
After skipping a few avenues, they go at it again with flowers:
Camellia,
Daffodil, Esperanza, Fern, Gardenia, Hibiscus, Iris, Jonquil, Kerria, Larkspur,
Mangold, Nolana, Orchid, Primrose, Quamasia, Redbud, Shasta, Tulip, Ulex, Violet,
Wisteria, Xanthisma, Yucca, (passing Y-Z avenue of all things), Zinnia.
Finally, I see a set of birds, (roughly in same area of town, not as neatly placed,
but generally in order):
Avocet (tough to find), Bluebird, Cardinal, Dove,
Eagle, Falcon, Flamingo, Goldcrest, Hawk, Heron, Jay, Kiwi, Lark, Martin, Mynah,
Nightingale, Oriole, Pelican, Robin, Sandpiper, Swallow, Thunderbird, Toucan,
Umar, Umbrellabird, Verdin, Warbler, Xenops, Yellowhammer, and Zenaida.
Whitewing is between the trees and flowers for some reason. |
Weslaco:
A set of avenues in Weslaco were named for mostly
NORTHERN states on the north or both sides of town, and a few southern states
on the southern side. They run north to south, with a few other Texas nationalistic
terms thrown in:
BORDER, Colorado, REPUBLIC STREET/CALLE DE LA REPUBLICA,
Oklahoma, Ohio, Georgia, Louisiana, Indiana, Nebraska, Missouri, TEXAS BOULEVARD,
Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Tennessee, Florida (next to ORANGE Ave.), Michigan, Oregon,
Utah, and Nevada. | | |
