Reflecting on Mission San José’s 300 Years in San Antonio
The bells of Mission San José set the pace for everything I did growing up in 1950s-’60s South Side San ... Read More »
Ray Benson Reflects on 50 Years of Seminal Western Swing Band Asleep at the Wheel
One afternoon this March, the visage of Ray Benson, founder and leader of the band Asleep at the Wheel, flickered ... Read More »
Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: An East Texas Dogtrot House
Traces of Texas reader Kyle Terry submitted this fascinating photo of the L.D. Heath family in 1905. The ... Read More »
Wiseman House Chocolates in Hico Churns out Sweet Comfort in Uncertain Times
In the old normal, Kevin and LaDonne Wenzel welcomed a steady flow of visitors to their Hico chocolate shop ... Read More »
Let the Transformation of Bartlett Begin
It’s a thought that has probably occurred to almost every Texan at one point or another. You’ll be out there driving along, going from nowhere to someplace, when you pass through a foundering small town with a tragic downtown area, and you see the abandoned gas stations and empty stores and think ... Read More »
Brighten Up Your Camping Trip After Dark with Stargazing
Camping brings to mind full days of activities like hiking, climbing, and swimming. But one of the best parts of a camping trip actually happens when the sun sets for the day—stargazing. From any reasonably dark campsite in Texas, you can see prominent constellations, planets, and the moon. Some parks across the state have achieved designation as “dark-sky parks” because of their efforts to control light pollution, while some host star parties to introduce visitors to the night sky. Read More »
Mickey Mantle Made a Name for Himself in New York, but He’s Forever a Texan
One of the greatest baseball players who’s ever lived lies in rest inside Dallas’ Sparkman/Hillcrest Memorial ... Read More »
Take a Digital Texas Road Trip Through John Margolies’ Roadside America
Take A Digital Texas Road Trip Through John Margolies’ Roadside America Travel from Texarkana to El Paso via the ... Read More »
Shakespeare at Winedale Celebrates its 50th Anniversary Via YouTube
The June morning is still cool when members of the 2019 Shakespeare at Winedale summer class tackle the ... Read More »
Small-Town Business Spotlight: COVID-19 Inspired One DeSoto Restaurant Owner to Rebrand
For the Peaceful ThaiBinh owner ThaiBinh Ho, having a vegan restaurant was always his plan—but he didn’t want to compete with another vegan eatery located in the same plaza. But when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March, the other restaurant scaled down and eliminated its vegan offerings. Ho saw an opportunity to fill the gap. Read More »
Dr. James Ayres Reflects on 50 Years of the University of Texas at Austin’s Shakespeare at Winedale Program
In the fall of 1970, at a luncheon at the Winedale Historical Center in Round Top, philanthropist Ms. Ima Hogg ... Read More »
My Favorite Texas Trip: Through the Aisles of H-E-B
For the past three semesters, after long days of classes at the University of Texas at Austin and shifts at our ... Read More »
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