Athens, Texas - Small Town, Big Name on Waymarking.com

In keeping with Athens tradition, the creator of politics and government, the city of Athens, Texas has city council meetings twice monthly on the second and fourth Mondays.

A little known fact of Athens, Texas is that a local farmer, JB Henry, was the creator of the black-eyed pea as we Southerners know it today. It was a legume grown for livestock feed, but Henry mastered the drying technique and when it was featured in a national newspaper, the Humble Cow Pea became common table food and even good luck for those that could get them. Now it is tradition in the south to eat Black-Eyed Peas on New Years Day to bring the year in right.

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