Alliterative, rhyming, short, sweet … This one’s a winner.
Hutto’s a town of 28,000 (and growing!), 20 miles northeast of Austin. It dates back to 1855, and was originally a railroad town. It’s named after John Hutto, who provided the initial land.
The high school has 1,850 students and 120 teachers. They’ve won state titles in tennis and volleyball. Alumni include 2 NFL players.
They feature this rather odd mascot.
There are several possibilities with this one:
- A hippo broke loose from a circus train in town
- A comment from an opposing coach on Hutto’s beefy football players
- The Hippodrome Theatre
- Hippo Size Soda Water
It’s said to date back to 1923.
The town has really taken the hippo theme to heart.
There are supposedly over 1,000 concrete statues (with a guide to them all right here). The biggest is Henrietta, weighing in at 14,000 lbs.
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