Six Flags over Texas

60 Years of Six Flags Over Texas: How the Amusement Park Transformed Arlington and Its Young Employees

August 3, 2021 | By Stacy Schnellenbach Bogle

The first job I ever had was at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington.

The World’s Largest, Longest, Tallest, and Smallest in Texas

December 21, 2018 | By John Lumpkin

“EVERYTHING’S BIGGER IN TEXAS”

How often have you heard that? The New-York Tribune is said to have coined the phrase more than a century ago. Though not quite everything in the Lone Star State qualifies as the world’s largest, tallest, longest, or widest, plenty do. Hitting the road to find them is a gargantuan trip in itself.

The October 2023 issue of Texas Highways "Tastes Like Home"

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