Fredericksburg: A History
On May 8, 1846, a train of ox carts carrying 120 pioneers rumbled to a halt, 4 miles north of the upper ... Read More »
175 Years of Fredericksburg in Photos
A Visual History of Fredericksburg By Traces of Texas The stories and photos of Fredericksburg included ... Read More »
Where to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo Across Texas
Children dress in traditional costumes for a Cinco de Mayo event in San Marcos. Photo by Kevin B. ... Read More »
Round Rock Native Takes City’s Soccer Club Semi-Pro
Round Rock Soccer Club, founded in 2017, launched in the United Premier Soccer League, one of many developmental soccer leagues. But after impressing the United Soccer Leagues organization, the team joins USL League Two, a semi-pro league below Major League Soccer, for the upcoming season. Read More »
Why San Benito Is the ‘Center of the Universe’
To understand why Rogelio Nuñez says the world revolves around San Benito, you have to understand his commitment ... Read More »
Artist Michael Tracy Is the Latest Pioneer Fighting to Preserve San Ygnacio
A work crew was doing maintenance in the small South Texas town of San Ygnacio a decade ago when one of its ... Read More »
From Horses to Model Ts To Pick-up Trucks, The History of Texas Transportation
Horse Before the Cart Traveling Texas wasn’t always so easy By John LumpkinÁlvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, one of ... Read More »
San Antonio Accordion Master Flaco Jiménez Lets His Accordion Do the Talking
Leonardo “Flaco” Jiménez is San Antonio music royalty. Known as “El Rey de Texas” for his mastery of the ... Read More »
Looking Back on the Dedication of the LBJ Library 50 Years Ago
This May marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the LBJ Presidential Library at the University of Texas. A ... Read More »
How an ‘88 Cadillac Led a Former Dallasite to the Love of His Life
Open Road | May 2021 Taken for a Ride A former Dallasite ... Read More »
A New Book Shines a Light on the Many Faces of Dallas-Fort Worth Musical History
Gene Fowler and William Williams spent more than a decade researching, collecting, and writing Metro Music: ... Read More »
Texas Historical Commission Seeks Artifacts for Brazoria County Black History Project
As a descendant of slaves from an East Texas plantation—Monte Verdi in Rusk County—I felt an ancestral ... Read More »