Now that the State Fair of Texas has ended its 2024 run, a crane lowered Big Tex from his spot in Fair Park. Some families came to watch Big Tex as he was moved Wednesday morning.

Texans have warm memories of Big Tex, the massive statute that greets State Fair visitors. He elicits childhood memories of corny dogs, rides, and ...

Big Tex, the beloved State Fair of Texas icon, returns to Fair Park on Friday. (If you’ve been under a rock lately, the big guy burned down last October… ...

Last year, iconic Texas State Fair greeter/statue Big Tex celebrated his sixtieth birthday by, um, burning to the ground. This year, of course, he’s been rebuilt—bigger and Tex-er than ever ...

Big Tex is the tallest cowboy in the world and the Texas state fair mascot. We look back at how he burned down 10 years ago, and the secret operation to build a new one.

Many have had good fun at the expense of Big Tex, the 52-foot cowboy that burnt down in Dallas today. But Big Tex was an institution, an icon of the State Fair of Texas, as big and bold as the ...

DALLAS — Big Tex, the metal cowboy whose slow drawl of “Howdy, folks!” made him an icon of the State Fair of Texas for 60 years, was destroyed Friday when flames engulfed his 52-foot-tall ...

Big Tex will show off his look on the fairgrounds through the State Fair of Texas' run from Sept. 29 through Oct. 22. Here are the legacy Texas brands that come together to dress the Texas icon.

With a slow, sturdy Southern drawl, Big Tex has uttered his final "Howdy Folks" in this, his 66th year as the official State Fair of Texas icon.

The State Fair of Texas is underway at Fair Park. For nearly 65 years, Big Tex, the giant cowboy, has stood over the fair, greeting visitors. Here’s a history lesson.

"Big Tex is a 55-foot tall cowboy that is in love with Texas," said Rusty Fitzgerald, the senior vice president of operations at the State Fair of Texas.

The Big Tex statue was engulfed in flames on Oct. 19, 2012 in Dallas Texas. Allison Griffin via KTVT DALLAS State Fair of Texas attendees and employees had a scare when they saw the beloved Big ...