BIG TEX
TEXAS STATE FAIR
Gene Baker, with the State Fair, leans out on the shoulder of Big Tex to unfasten the lift cables on the north end of the State of Texas Fair's Midway in Dallas, Monday, Sept. 26, 2011. The 2011 State Fair, "A Timeless Tradition", is also the 125th anniversary of the Fair in Dallas. (AP Photo/Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Paul Moseley)
Before Big Tex was Big Tex, he was Santa Claus in Kerens, first displayed in 1949. He's world famous now as the centerpiece of the one of the largest state fair celebrations in the United States.
FROM:: Corsicana, Texas Daily Sun
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