The Explosive History Of A Unique City

[@ka9202]

They never taught us this in 'Texas History' class in 7th grade

[@jacquimg2469]

Fascinating! There are so many details of life I don’t know.

[@markw.muesse4560]

I used to live in West and never knew this! Much obliged!

[@ryvirkelley5047]

Yes!

[@mikefranklin1253]

It is so goofy you'd think the government did it. The Crash at Crush. The locomotives were about to be scrapped, that's why the deal came up.

[@goldengryphon]

What wonderful, silly, absolutely Texas thing! Thanks for the story!

[@JEBavido]

I’d read about this before but didn’t know about the musical piece or that it was so near West. West is where the BIG explosion occurred just a few years back, so that area has some pretty explosive history!

[@raycox4139]

Well, I knew you weren't going to talk about the recent explosion in West, but maybe the harbor explosion in Texas City, or the school explosion in Rusk.

[@SophieMia806]

I've never heard that before. That's really interesting. Also, I love a good Scott Joplin song. The Entertainer is my favorite of his.

[@whitetrasharistocrat6251]

I have heard of the crush crash, it’s a cool story. Another interesting fact there are two organizations still operating in Texas that are older than Texas as a state. Both are located in Waco. Although previously located in different places Baylor University (02/01/1845) and the Grand Masonic Lodge of Texas (12/20/1837) both were founded before December 29 1845 when Texas became a state.

[@brendabernstein286]

I can say that I've heard about this. I've been to West Texas a few times.

[@wisdomcalls2475]

interesting🤔

[@pamlaenger6870]

You like explosions? Do a video on the Texas City disaster. It was really awful though. Sad.

[@barbarawest1205]

FYI: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_at_Crush