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 ...

Fire destroyed Big Tex on Friday, leaving behind little more than the metal frame of the 52-foot-tall metal-and-fabric cowboy that is an icon of the State Fair of Texas.

In today's edition of Big Tex 101, we offer you an up-close-and-personal look at his new home. For the past couple of weeks, the new Big Tex has been resting in a big white tent at Fair Park.

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 ...

news Texana Five years after the fire, Big Tex burns bright as a punk art icon In those five minutes or so when he went from a kitschy cowboy to a charred metal frame, the idea of Big Tex transformed.

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.

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… ...

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.

From small town Santa Claus to iconic Texas cowboy, here’s everything to know about Big Tex.

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 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.