Rare 1936 USPC Co. crest and seal. $150. PayPal OK. If interested, email me. Besides the one in my personal collection, I have just five of them. Never saw any on eBay; I never knew they existed till now. Will sell two here now. They should do well and price will reflect that in future. Will never sell for less than I get here (unless a horde of them is found, LOL, unlikely). Very fine condition on both sides. Return privileges.
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A little research I did:

TEXAS WAR OF INDEPENDENCE (1835-36). The Texas War of Independence began in 1835, when Mexican President and General Santa Anna abolished the Mexican federal Constitution of 1824 and proclaimed the more centralizing 1835 constitution in its place. The new laws were unpopular throughout Mexico, leading to secession movements and violence in several Mexican states. War began in Texas, a province of Mexico, on October 2, 1835, with the Battle of Gonzales, and ended with Texas victory at the Battle of San Jacinto in April 21, 1836. The same year, the Texans declared creation of the Republic of Texas. Land disputes with Mexico resulted in the annexation and statehood of Texas by the US in 1845 and the Mexican War 1846-48.

TEXAS INDEPENDENCE CENTENNIAL (1936). Texans organized for their celebration of 100 years of Texas independence in 1936. A Texas Centennial Commission was established to choose a location and discuss finances for the celebration. The committee selected Dallas, a location that could provide the most funding for the Central Centennial Exposition. This event ran from June 6, 1936, to November 29, 1936, and presented buildings, exhibits, displays, and other projects devoted to two subjects: history and progress. The exposition cost approximately $25,000,000 and was noted for being the first fair held in the Southwest.

FORT WORTH FRONTIER CENTENNIAL (1936). However, there was a not-always-friendly rivalry between Fort Worth and its neighbor, Dallas. Amon Carter, the Fort Worth newspaper publisher and city booster, decided to go another route with his city’s celebration. “Go Elsewhere [Dallas] For Education, Come to Fort Worth For Entertainment” read the billboards, thousands of them, spread over several states. Costing $5,000,000, this event ran from July 18, 1936, to November 14, 1936. It depicted life and civilization on the Texas frontier, including exhibits on railroads, music and entertainment.

LAVISH FT. WORTH EXPO. The Fort Worth Frontier Centennial, Fort Worth's special observance of the Texas Centennial, was planned to portray the culture and atmosphere of the old frontier. It was financed by a local bond drive. Billy Rose of New York's Broadway was employed to stage the entertainment. The spectacle covered 162 acres and cost $5 million. The Old West lived again in Frontier Village, in which Sunset Trail was lined with livery stables, general stores, an old church, and other buildings typical of the 1870s to 1890s. A railroad train with wood-burning locomotive and wooden coaches demonstrated transportation of the same period. Exhibits included Sally Rand's N_ude Ranch, Jumbo (a musical circus), the Pioneer Palace (a restaurant and dance hall for presentation of burlesque shows and square dances), and a replica of Will Rogers' den on his Santa Monica, California, ranch. The West Texas Chamber of Commerce exhibit presented modern West Texas. The most publicized part of the celebration was Casa Mañana, "the House of Tomorrow," in which seats and tables to accommodate 3,500 spectators faced a revolving stage on which Billy Rose presented his musical show. The musical show's theme was the historical development shown in four world's fairs: the St. Louis Fair of 1904, the Paris Fair of 1925, the Chicago Fair of 1934, and the Texas Centennial of 1936. So popular was the celebration that it was presented again in 1937.

LINKS:
¶ http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/lkt01
¶ http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/lkt03
¶ http://library.uta.edu/spco/timeframes/fw_centennial.html (YouTube video of the Expo)
¶ http://www.csun.edu/~barrettc/documents/FortWorthForEntertainment-TDT.pdf (very nice PDF depiction of the Billy Rose Casda Manana show, and great picture of bubble dancer Sally Rand as she is best remembered)
¶ http://www.britishpathe.com/video/frontier-centennial (black and white Pathe video of the Frontier Centennial 1936, no sound).
¶ http://www.texascooppower.com/texas-stories/history/sally-rand-barely-there (article on Sally Rand at the Centennial).

Robert
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The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937) saloon scene with faro game in progress.
http://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/StillsD_Westerns.htm