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When Texas Highways Became the Official Travel Magazine of Texas

When Texas Highways Became the Official Travel Magazine of Texas

Decades before Texas Highways became a public-facing travel magazine, it was known by the slightly less charming ... Read More »

Singing Cowboy Tex Ritter’s Legacy Lives On

Singing Cowboy Tex Ritter’s Legacy Lives On

Of all the actors, musicians, sports figures, and entertainers known as Tex, the most famous is practically ... Read More »

How the Dallas Cowboys Became Kings of the Broadcast Booth

How the Dallas Cowboys Became Kings of the Broadcast Booth

If you’ve been watching NFL football, the No. 1 show on television, you might have noticed that the role of ... Read More »

The Folklore Surrounding the Neiman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookie

The Folklore Surrounding the Neiman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookie

On Christmas mornings, once the flurry of opening presents dies down, my mom always brings out the cookie tray. ... Read More »

Why Is Big Spring the Lighted Poinsettia Capital of Texas?

Why Is Big Spring the Lighted Poinsettia Capital of Texas?

Each December, people from all over trek to Big Spring to get into the holiday spirit. Beyond the houses and ... Read More »

Revisiting the El Paso Haunts of Pancho Villa

Revisiting the El Paso Haunts of Pancho Villa

One hundred years ago, rifle fire shattered the morning calm in Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico, roughly 400 ... Read More »

A Christmas Feast for San Antonio’s Newsboys

A Christmas Feast for San Antonio’s Newsboys

Thanks to the annual Newsboys’ Christmas Dinner in San Antonio, newsboy Gregorio Cortez was able to delight in ... Read More »

The Original Texans

The Original Texans

Tonkawa Creek spills over time-worn rocky bluffs and splashes into a clear blue-green pool at Tonkawa Falls ... Read More »

Ghost Hunting at the Abandoned Bomarton Church

Ghost Hunting at the Abandoned Bomarton Church

When it’s 3 a.m. and you’re standing in front of a century-old church, watching the lights on twirling ... Read More »

Remembering Fort Worth’s Caravan of Dreams

Remembering Fort Worth’s Caravan of Dreams

Forty years ago, a most unusual performance and arts space opened its doors in downtown Fort Worth. A two-story ... Read More »

In the Land of Woody Guthrie

In the Land of Woody Guthrie

Thelma Bray had lived in Pampa for almost 60 years when she first heard that America’s greatest folk singer, Woody ... Read More »

The Bittersweet Legacy of Hereford’s POW Camp

The Bittersweet Legacy of Hereford’s POW Camp

Buses filled with elderly men lumbered down dusty Panhandle roads and rolled to a stop at the edge of a cornfield. ... Read More »

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