DALLAS (AP) — Even a year after Big Tex burned down, it’s tough for Elisabeth Bridges to think about what happened to the beloved icon that her grandfather built.
“I felt like one of our family had died,” she said.
She cried.
“I was just really glad that my grandfather didn’t get to see that.”
In 1952, Jack Bridges created a gigantic cowboy that would welcome crowds to the State Fair of Texas.
Big Tex became a big hit.