
The History of Glen Rose Can Be Told Through Its Prehistoric Petrified Wood
Tucked along the meandering Paluxy River and among rugged, low-slung limestone cliffs, the village of Glen Rose has long attracted travelers as a natural wonderland.
Tucked along the meandering Paluxy River and among rugged, low-slung limestone cliffs, the village of Glen Rose has long attracted travelers as a natural wonderland.
The excitement rises with the temperature on a sunny June morning in the East Texas town of Athens.
When it comes to keeping our cool while out and about this summer, Texans have it pretty darn good.
The old saying about everything being bigger in Texas doesn’t hold up when it comes to the tall ships Elissa and Eagle.
Watch out, David Attenborough. As we see in Texas’ first feature length natural history film, the smooth Texas twang that Matthew McConaughey utilizes so well for Lincoln commercials is ideally suited to narrate captivating nature scenes, too.
Prairie lizards and Texas spiny lizards have a lot in common. True, the prairie lizard is a svelte 5 inches, while Texas spiny lizard, also commonly called the “fence lizard,” is a tank topping out at 11 inches.
In March 1972, a short writeup in the Kerrville Mountain Sun described what locals could expect at the town’s brand-new music festival.
Like thousands of other Texas pioneers, Virginia native John B. Omohundro headed for the Lone Star State after the Civil War, in which he had served as a Confederate scout.
On our visit to Meow Wolf in Santa Fe back in 2018, my wife and I came out with slightly different opinions.