Oh fer cryin' out loud, dawgie frog (or, is it froggie dawg?) ... Toadsuck, Texas didn't die because of the railroad! Awww, hell nah! It disappeared in a puff of abject embarrassment because its most notable citizen became a governor of Oklahoma. They couldn't bear the shame!
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence