Fort Hood- Like the State of Texas, Fort Hood is big and boasts of being the largest active duty armored  post   in the United States Armed Services. Fort Hood covers a total of 339-square miles and is the only post in the United States that supports two full armored divisions.

Dublin Texas is the home of the first Dr. Pepper bottling company. Established in 1891, the plant is the oldest continuous bottling plant in America, bottling for over 100 years and still continuing today (2003). This plant still uses pure cane sugar rather than cheaper corn syrup now used by most bottlers, including other Dr Pepper plants.

DP is the oldest soft drink in America.

Dr. Pepper Museum
105 E. Elm Street
Dublin, Texas
Phone: 254-445-3939
over 100 years of Dr Pepper advertising memorabilia on display. Take a tour to see America's oldest continious bottling plant, bottling for over 100 years. Taste some the "Dublin" Dr Pepper and see what all the fuss is about!

Tarleton State University, member of The Texas A&M System, provides quality programs of undergraduate, graduate, and non-traditional education. The student body includes representatives from 229 Texas counties, 28 states, and four foreign countries. Stephenville, Texas has been recognized as one of the top 100 best small towns in the nation, and the city and University have been designated one of the safest college towns in Texas and in the nation. The Tarleton Core Curriculum provides a solid liberal arts foundation for all students. Tarleton offers 67 undergraduate and 23 graduate programs as well as a doctoral program in Educational Administration. Degree areas include agriculture, business administration, teacher education, allied health, the fine arts, social sciences, physical and biological sciences, humanities, mathematics and technology. Still other degree areas include preparation for professional schools such as dentistry, engineering, law, medicine, and veterinary medicine

Location: Stephenville, Texas (population 15,000)
Centers: Tarleton State University System Center--Central Texas, Killeen, Texas
Dora Lee Langdon Center in Granbury, Texas
Richard C. Schaffer building in Fort Worth, Texas
W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas, Thurber, Texas

Erath County- home to nationally recognized Dairy Farms

Southwestern's 700-acre campus is located in historic Georgetown, Texas, on the edge of the Texas Hill Country and just north of Austin - the state capital. The first institution of higher learning in Texas, chartered by the Republic of Texas in 1840. Affiliated with The United Methodist Church. selective, four-year, independent, undergraduate national liberal arts college consisting of The Brown College of Arts and Sciences and the Sarofim School of Fine Arts.

Round Rock Express Minor League Baseball Team- Triple-A Pacific Coast League.
Dell Computers- Round Rock, Texas

Bell
Bartlett, Belton, Clear Creek, Fort Hood, Harker Heights, Heidenheimer, Holland, Killeen, Little River, Little River Academy, Morgan’s Point, Resort, Nolanville, Pendleton, Rogers, Salado, Temple, Troy Bleiblerville

Coryell
South Mountain, Oglesby, McGregor, Gatesville, Evant, Copperas Cove

Erath
Alexander, Bluff Dale, Bunyan, Chalk Mountain, Clairette, Dublin, Duffau, Edna Hill, Hannibal, Harbin, Highland, Huckabay, Johnsville, Knob Hill, Lingleville, Morgan Mill, Patillo, Purves, Sapoak, Selden, Stephenville, Thurber, Victor, Welcome Valley

Falls
Chilton, Lott, Marlin, Otto, Perry, Reagan, Rosebud, Satin

Hamilton
Hico, Hamilton, Evant

Milam
Buckholts, Cameron, Milano, Rockdale, Thorndale

Robertson
Hearne

Williamson
Anderson Mill, Bartlett, Cedar Park, Florence, Granger, Georgetown, Hutto, Jarrell, Liberty Hill, Leander, Round Rock, Taylor, Thrall, Weir

• Washington On The Brazos (Museum)
•  Round Rock Express