The Colorado-Texas Tomato War is an annualTop Ten Reasons Dave Wiens Will Beat Lance Armstrong at the Leadville 100 , Reason 10.) Twin Lakes is going to have its annual Coloradoans vs Texans tomato war a couple weeks early. It won’t go well for Lance., By Gregg, August 12, 2009, Mountain Bike Review event held at Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado. It was started in 1982 by local hotel owner Taylor Adams, ended circa 1991, and was revived in 2011. The event, held in September, pits hundreds of Coloradans and Texans throwing ripe tomatoes at one another, as Coloradans attempt (and generally succeed) in overrunning an "Alamo" built of straw bales and defended by the typically outnumbered Texans.
The combatants are identified by souvenir T-shirts sold by Ms. Adams. The event is based on the rivalry perceived by Coloradans against Texan visitors to the state. The tomato war is considered the source for the bumper sticker "Keep Colorado beautiful: put a Texan on a bus."Tomato wars , by goingsolo, Colorado Local Customs - Culture - VirtualTourist
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External links Tomato Battle Tomato Wars - A Dirty Business, August 25, 2008, McCook Daily Gazette