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Downtown Christmas Lights in the Capital City in 1947
Austin had a population of about 115,000 when photographer Neal Douglass took this picture of Congress Avenue ... Read More »
Home on the Texas Range, Where the Longhorns and Bison Play
An up-close visit with a Longhorn or bison can be humbling. The animals’ large chestnut-brown eyes reveal a complex Read More »
Explore San Felipe with the Town Mayor, a Descendant of a Slave from the Days of Stephen F. Austin’s First Colony
San Felipe, the hub of Stephen F. Austin’s original colony, may be the most historically significant Texas town ... Read More »
On the West Texas Frontier, Judge Roy Bean Doled Out Justice as the ‘Law West of the Pecos’
Perched on a dusty ridge overlooking the Rio Grande, the tiny town of Langtry lies in the thick of the Lower Pecos ... Read More »
Fredericksburg Was a Tiny House Haven Long Before HGTV
Spanning 3.5 acres along West Main Street in downtown Fredericksburg, the Pioneer Museum chronicles the history of ... Read More »
Explore History at Frontier Texas! Museum in Abilene
At Frontier Texas!, interactive exhibits explore the century (1780-1880) when the Rolling Plains transformed from ... Read More »
History, Art, and Colorful Fall Foliage Distinguish the Great Plains Town of Canadian
Not far from the banks of the Canadian River, tucked among the River Valley Pioneer Museum’s artifacts of Panhandle Read More »
Help Yourself to Sausage, Biscuits, and a Side of History at the King Ranch
My kids know I’m happy to travel for a meal, particularly when huevos are involved, but in their minds, this was ... Read More »
Explore Frontier Life in San Antonio at the Yturri-Edmunds Home
Before the first railroad line reached San Antonio in 1877, the villa was known as “the city of adobes,” according ... Read More »
Any Day Above Ground Is a Good One at the Quirky National Museum of Funeral History
For the past eight years, the treasury of exhibits about the cultural practices and traditions surrounding death ... Read More »
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