Informative Speech: Harlingen, Texas

Specific purpose: I will familiarize the audience about the city name Harlingen in the state of Texas.

Thesis statement: Harlingen is the second largest city in Cameron County. Today I will be informing you guys about the history, what makes Harlingen so unique and also the resources around the area.

Introduction

1. Did you know that Harlingen is the city with the least expensive cost of living in the whole United States?

2. Harlingen, Texas has been around for 112 years and a lot of changes have happened since it was first discovered.

3. My speech is important because maybe one day you will want to visit a different environment or even might be considering to move.

4. I’m very knowledgeable about this topic because I spend a lot of time researching information

According to the article history published in myharlingen.us the first population consisted mostly on Texas Rangers, Border Patrolmen and Lon Hill. A. in Harlingen Lon Hill built a house, barn and corrals that was to be used as Texas Ranger headquarters. B. Company A of the force was then moved from Alice to Harlingen to take up the job of making the "Valley" a safe place in which to live and a great place to start a family.

Transitions: Now that we have talked about the history of it let 's talk about what makes it so unique.

1. According to livingcostTX.org Harlingen is the city with the least expensive cost of living in the whole United States. A. Money doesn’t stretch as far as it used to, but there’s still a town in the U.S. where bread costs under a dollar and the monthly mortgage payment on a home sits below $850. B. Bloomberg Businessweek report that the cost of living in Harlingen, Texas is about 18 percent below the national average.

2. Harlingen has an Army Air force base and school that was used during WWII. A. By December of 1941, the construction on the field was completed and actual training of aerial gunners was getting