The Past Is Present in the East Texas City of Marshall
Open Road | November 2022 Echoes All Around A grandson grapples ... Read More »
Roadside Oddity: The Lone Grave in Hearne
If you’ve ever traveled through East Central Texas—say, from Austin or Dallas to College Station—you’ve probably ... Read More »
Joe Ely Looks Back on His 50-Year Career Ahead of Austin City Limits Hall of Fame Induction
It has been quite a month for Joe Ely. The Flatlanders, the Lubbock trio he first played and recorded with in ... Read More »
Did an East Texas Preacher Beat the Wright Brothers Into the Sky?
The turn of the 20th century was a time of technological dreams. The harnessing of petroleum had spawned the ... Read More »
Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel Puts Texas Music History Up for Auction
There comes a time in every person’s life when they must look around at their many possessions and declare: This ... Read More »
Who Is Colleen Hoover, the Texas Author Taking the Romance Genre By Storm?
Take a glance at any major bestseller list, and you’ll spot the ubiquitous brightly colored trade paperbacks ... Read More »
A Brief History of the Rise and Rise of Texas Skyscrapers
The recent announcement that construction will soon begin on Texas’ tallest skyscraper came as a surprise to ... Read More »
New Alamo Statues Featuring African Americans Tell A More Complete Story of the Texas Revolution
When Lubbock-based sculptor Eddie Dixon received a phone call about sculpting a statue for the Alamo, the caller ... Read More »
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with 8 Books By Texas Authors
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, and to shine a light on the rich diversity of literary talent in Texas, ... Read More »
The Comanche Trail in Big Bend Recalls a Bygone Era of Tribal Raids into Mexico
The final months of summer were both the best and worst parts of the year in the Big Bend country during the ... Read More »
There’s Never Been A Better Time to Visit Fort Worth
I pull up to a ramshackle wood-plank building on the slower side of the Fort Worth Stockyards on a Saturday ... Read More »