A Local Boy’s Pioneering Efforts To Protect the Big Thicket in East Texas
The Big Thicket of Southeast Texas is one of Earth’s most biodiverse regions, home to more than 4,300 ... Read More »
‘Moonshine Capital’ Glen Rose Recalls the Tumultuous Era of Prohibition
Red flames flicker under a century-old still at the Somervell County Historical Society Museum in Glen Rose. ... Read More »
Waco’s Dr Pepper Museum Reopens Historic Bottling Room with New Exhibition
Just a three-block walk from the crowds at Magnolia Market in Waco is the Dr Pepper Museum, where visitors can ... Read More »
From Soap Creek Saloon to Willie Nelson’s Picnic, 1973 Was the Year Austin Music Peaked
Back in 1986, while Stevie Ray Vaughan was becoming an MTV guitar hero, three Austin acts—Charlie Sexton, the ... Read More »
Houston’s 1940 Air Terminal Museum Preserves the Culture of Flight
From a frieze over the entryway of the 1940 Air Terminal Museum, Mercury, the Roman god of messengers, reaches ... Read More »
Armadillo Day is Texas’ Response to Punxsutawney Phil
Every Feb. 2, an oracle emerges from his cave to deliver his predictions to a captivated populace. This oracle is ... Read More »
A Playful Day at Barton Springs in Austin
In 1837, settler William “Uncle Billy” Barton moved his family to a remote Hill Country creek near its ... Read More »
A Photographer Captures Divine Inspiration in Texas’ Transcendent Landmarks
From the ancient Chisos Mountains to the majestic Piney Woods to the roar of waves crashing on the South Padre ... Read More »
Hemphill Remembers the Columbia Disaster 20 Years Later
In the days following the Columbia space shuttle’s disintegration over East Texas 20 years ago, the Piney Woods of ... Read More »
Dry January? These Texas Counties Are Dry Year-Round.
When January rolls around, many people participate in the monthlong sabbatical from alcohol known as Dry or ... Read More »
Go on a Treasure Hunt at the State Archives Building in Austin
A Texas trivia question: Where would you go to find reports from state hospital inspections in the 1950s and ... Read More »
The Curious Historical Trend of Photographing Children in Goat-Drawn Carts
Given the ubiquity of cell phones today, it’s hard to believe photographers once carved out a living taking ... Read More »
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