People
Extraordinary Texans: Carolyn Boyd
Working as a muralist in the late 1980s, Carolyn Boyd traveled to the cliffs and rock shelters flanking the Pecos…
Extraordinary Texans: Alan Bean
One of only 12 people who has ever walked on the moon, former astronaut and Apollo Lunar Module Pilot Alan…
Extraordinary Texans: Armando Hinojosa
Front and center on the grounds of the Texas Capitol in Austin, the Tejano Monument’s life-size granite figures include an…
Extraordinary Texans: Harry Robinson Jr.
As president and CEO of the African American Museum in Dallas, Harry Robinson Jr. has turned his keen interest in…
Extraordinary Texans: Bill and Sally Wittliff
Several years after the death of Texas literary legend J. Frank Dobie in 1964, aspiring writer and photographer Bill Wittliff…
Extraordinary Texans: Dorothy Huang
Don’t eat this,” says cookbook author, culinary tour guide, and teacher Dorothy Huang, laughing as she shows a dried red…
Extraordinary Texans: Frederick 'Fritz' Hanselmann
Frederick “Fritz” Hanselmann holds many titles with the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University in…
Extraordinary Texans: Margo Martindale
You can take the movie star out of Texas, but you can’t take Texas out of the movie star. Actress…
Extraordinary Texans
A common thread runs among this year’s group of Extraordinary Texans: Each of them has pursued a dream, and each…
In the Creative Moment
The artist, inventor, architect, and teacher Buck Winn first beheld the hills of Wimberley in the late 1930s. Enchanted by…
Gather 'Round
The cowboy rides in from the West,mulling stanzas, lines and words.Winter delivers a fleeting restfrom the fences, trenches and herds.…
Extraordinary Texans
Each Texan has a story to tell. Each story comprises one thread in the special tapestry that is the Lone…