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8 unusual facts about The Woodlands


25368 Gailcolwell

It is named after Gail Colwell, an American educator in The Woodlands, Texas.

25544 Renerogers

It is named after Rene Rogers, an American educator in The Woodlands, Texas.

Bigger Than My Body

"Bigger Than My Body" appeared on two of these releases, the California performance at Mountain View and the Texas performance at The Woodlands (and runs for 6:17, almost two minutes longer than the album and single version).

Conn's

is an electronics and appliance store chain headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, United States.

Hise Austin

He is currently a teacher at Wheatley High School in Houston, Texas, and is a pastor for the White Stone Church in The Woodlands, Texas.

Larry Izzo

Izzo attended Broad Run High School in Ashburn, Virginia and then McCullough High School in The Woodlands, Texas, and won varsity letters in football as a running back/safety, and in baseball.

Lone Star College System

The headquarters of the Lone Star College System are located in The Woodlands and in unincorporated Montgomery County, Texas.

Sally Ride

Two elementary schools in the United States are named after her: Sally K. Ride Elementary School in The Woodlands, Texas, and Sally K. Ride Elementary School in Germantown, Maryland.


Kevin Beirne

Beirne was a star outfielder and wide receiver for McCullough High School in The Woodlands, TX where he was a teammate of future NFL player Larry Izzo.

The Woodlands College Park High School

The Woodlands College Park High School (Home of the Cavaliers) is a high school in The Woodlands, SPD area of Montgomery County, Texas in the United States that is operated by the Conroe Independent School District (CISD).

Woodforest Bank Stadium

Woodforest National Bank (based in the nearby development of The Woodlands, Texas) bought the rights to the name for $1 million from Conroe Independent School District, the stadium's owner.


see also

Gunnergate Hall

Numerous chainsaw sculptures have been created in the woodlands by Steve Iredale.

H. petiolaris

Hydrangea petiolaris, a species native to the woodlands of Japan, Korea and Sakhalin in easternmost Siberia

Haslemere

James Cholmeley Russell (1841–1912), a barrister, financier, property developer and railway entrepreneur, lived at The Woodlands, Merrow and latterly Longdene House, Haslemere, where he died on the 29 August 1912.

Jasminum multipartitum

Starry Wild Jasmine is naturally found in the woodlands of the Eastern Cape and Kwazulu Natal, as well as inland as far as Johannesburg.

Live at The Woodlands

Live at The Woodlands is the first live album from Crystal Lewis was released on June 15, 1999.

Montgomery Community College

Lone Star College–Montgomery, formerly known as Montgomery College, a two-year college between the towns of Conroe and The Woodlands in Montgomery County, Texas

Purcarel

Pùrcarel quarry is the name of a little natural circular hollow, about 60 metres in diameter, located in the woodlands of the little Bertignano Lake, near Viverone, Province of Biella in Piedmont, Italy.

Red-tailed Comet

Common to frequent in the woodlands and scrub typical of the dry Interandean valles extended up into Polylepis forests, and into the shrubby transition zones to high elevation puna or the moister cloud forests.

Schutz, Germany

In 1723, there was a dispute among Schutz, Manderscheid, Bleckhausen and Niederstadtfeld over how the woodlands of Idler and Ruckbein should be divided.

Sunriver Resort

The Meadows golf course was designed by acclaimed architect John Fought and the Woodlands golf course was designed by the renowned architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr.

TAZARA Railway

The woodlands include Brachystegia trees, while a variety of flowers, among them the rare Eulophia norlindhii orchid, flourish in the grass beneath the trees.

The Woodlands High School

The Woodlands High School Band was honored by the John Philip Sousa Foundation with the Sudler Flag of Honor in 2003 to recognize its high standards of excellence in its concert activities over several years.

Tröbnitz

At this date Sorbs cleared the woodlands near the confluence of the Roda (former Rodaue) and the Rothehofbach.

Verticordia insignis

It is found along the Darling Scarp, Northam, and is well distributed in the woodlands and heath surrounding Perth.