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Dallas Celebrates 150 Years of Deep Ellum

Dallas Celebrates 150 Years of Deep Ellum

A little more than a mile from where Dallas founder John Neely Bryan’s reconstructed cabin marks the first ... Read More »

‘Slinging’ Sammy Baugh’s Groundbreaking Football Career

‘Slinging’ Sammy Baugh’s Groundbreaking Football Career

"Slinging” Sammy Baugh, pictured here as quarterback for the Washington Redskins (now Commanders), embodied ... Read More »

The Austin Powwow Is a Celebration of Indigenous Heritage and Culture

The Austin Powwow Is a Celebration of Indigenous Heritage and Culture

The drums are first. I’ve never been able to figure out if the drums echo my heartbeat or if my heart races to ... Read More »

What’s Old Is New Again at the Texas Science & Natural History Museum in Austin

What’s Old Is New Again at the Texas Science & Natural History Museum in Austin

Nearly 90 years ago, an advertisement ran in the Austin American-Statesman for a commemorative coin that would ... Read More »

The Tale of Texas Billy Mays, the GOAT of Table Shuffleboard

The Tale of Texas Billy Mays, the GOAT of Table Shuffleboard

Billy Mays would lean over his end of the shuffleboard table and pick up a metal-and-plastic puck. With one fluid ... Read More »

The Rise and Fall of the Texas Prison Rodeo
County Jail Museums Offer a Glimpse Into Texas’ Punitive Past

County Jail Museums Offer a Glimpse Into Texas’ Punitive Past

Locked Up Museums in historic jail buildings display the history of Texas crime and punishment By Robyn RossOld ... Read More »

The Historic Hotels That Housed Texas’ Most Infamous Outlaws

The Historic Hotels That Housed Texas’ Most Infamous Outlaws

I follow Heather Myles down the red-carpeted hallway of the Trucountry Inn in Brady, heading to the Bonnie and ... Read More »

What Happened to the Wild Bunch, the Most Notorious Train Robbers in the Old West?

What Happened to the Wild Bunch, the Most Notorious Train Robbers in the Old West?

While the men pictured appear respectable, they were actually infamous outlaws—members of what was known as ... Read More »

A New Memorial Honors Buffalo Soldiers History in San Angelo

A New Memorial Honors Buffalo Soldiers History in San Angelo

Named for the strong, burly buffalo that roamed the land, the U.S. Army’s first Black enlisted soldiers left a ... Read More »

First Fridays on the El Paso Mission Trail Uncover Region’s Storied Past

First Fridays on the El Paso Mission Trail Uncover Region’s Storied Past

In 1680, after nearly a century of persecution and maltreatment from Spanish colonizers, the Pueblo Indians ... Read More »

Looking Back to Luckenbach: 50 Years After the ‘¡Viva Terlingua!’ Sessions

Looking Back to Luckenbach: 50 Years After the ‘¡Viva Terlingua!’ Sessions

It’s considered one of the albums every Texan should know by heart. But when it was released 50 years ago, ¡Viva ... Read More »

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