1 A line owned by Gen. Armstrong ran to Laredo in the 1850s. 2  Stage Lines Through Texas As early as 1835 stagecoach operations began in Texas, and were closely tied to government mail contracts. 3  Riding The Stage in Old Texas In 1853 stagecoach lines were the main mode of travel from Texas to other parts of the country.
For nearly sixty-two years, Mount Washington, New Hampshire held the world record for the fastest wind gust ever recorded on the surface of the Earth: 231 miles per hour, recorded April 12, 1934 by Mount Washington Observatory staff.
Big waves along Washington's coast. 1  High energy. 2  The Pacific Northwest coast has one of the highest wave energy levels in the world. 3  Big storm waves. 4  Winter storms can generate waves more than 22.8 feet (7 meters) high. 5  Getting bigger. 6  Between 1975 and 1999, the largest storm waves off the coast of Washington increased in height from 26 feet (8 ...