Hey there! First I just wanted to say thank you for the opportunity! This is the first time Im entering your contest but definitely not the last! Thanks again!

Im from a small town of 24,000 in Texas called Corsicana. We dont have very many places to go but what we do have is community. The people of Corsicana have a big love for their town. We are located an hour south of Dallas, which is known for quite a lot. We are known as the "Fruitcake capital", being the home of Collin Street Bakery. We do have a small craft airport, Navarro Community College, a beautiful lake, and many wonderful parks. Our downtown area is beautiful. Old brick streets are still used and the buildings are all the same unique buildings from the beginning. Some fun facts of Corsicana...

• Corsicana was established in 1848 to serve as the seat of government for Navarro County, which the first Texas legislature had created two years earlier. The county was named after Jose Antonio Navarro, a Texas patriot. When asked what the new town should be called, Navarro replied, "Call it Corsicana after the island of Corsica, the birthplace of my father." Corsicana was a typical post-Civil War cotton town in the black lands of northeast central Texas. The city first adopted its Home Rule Charter in 1917 and last amended in May 2007.

• Corsicana is where oil was first discovered west of the Mississippi, thus Corsicana became the first Texas oil boom town, and one of Texas' wealthiest cities.

• In 1898, the state's first oil refinery was built by a new local company called Magnolia Petroleum Company (known today as Mobil). Another local startup, The Texas Company (Texaco) began shortly thereafter.

• Corsicana was one of the first cities in Texas to use natural gas for lighting and fuel.

• Lyman T. Davis first delivered his famous chili in downtown Corsicana in 1895. He started canning his chili in 1921 and named it "Wolf Brand" after his pet wolf. A picture of the wolf is still found on the label to this day. The company is now owned by ConAgra Foods.

Hope you enjoyed a small look into our little big town! Stop by a visit if youre ever in the area!