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Show I Next to the Pilot Hons. Did you ever hear how this little bouse on the top of a steamboat came to be called a'fexasl Nof Well, about the time that Texas was admitted some one built a little coop next to the pilot house on top of the cabin, and then some one else added to it in size. It bad then assumed size sufficient to have a name, but no one knew what to call it, until finally it was suggested that it be given the name of tbo new state, because it was next to the pUot house. This was dona Since then the Texas has been improved and the pilot house bas been raised and set on top of it. The idea when it was originated was to give tbe officers someplace to sleep where they would not be disturbed. In those days there was a great deal of gambling on the river, and it was impossible to sleep on tbe cabin deck during certain hours. It is still the officers' and cabin crews' quarters, living as well as sleeping, the captain's room being a large one and occupying the front quarter. Globe- Democrat. |