What the Heck is a Ghost Town?
Population: Unknown A road trip through the ghost towns of North Central Texas and beyond By Scott BedgoodThe ... Read More »
A Look At Terlingua’s Chili Origins
The so-called Great Chili Confrontation started on Oct. 21, 1967, when journalists H. Allen Smith and Wick ... Read More »
Inside the Effort for Black Cemeteries to Gain Historical Status
The nearly 3-acre patch of green off County Road 139 in Hutto was covered in weeds and trash for decades. Several ... Read More »
The National Park Service Gains Oversight of Marfa’s Historic Blackwell School
Marfa is set to become home to the state’s fifteenth site managed by the National Park Service following ... Read More »
Fort Lancaster State Historic Site Offers a Glimpse of Turbulent Times on the West Texas Frontier
Fort Lancaster still feels like it’s on the frontier. The U.S. military built the fort in 1856 during the ... Read More »
What Is Diez y Seis and Why Do We Celebrate It In Texas?
Situated so close to Mexico, Texas feels its southern neighbor’s cultural influence in almost every aspect. From ... Read More »
Learn Some Spooky Texas History on These Small Town Haunted Ghost Tours
Fall is just around the corner, and what better time than Halloween season to dive into the spooky and ... Read More »
New Discovery of Dinosaur Tracks Adds to Glen Rose’s Dino-mite Collection
Millions of years ago–113 million years ago to be more exact—before the Paluxy River flowed through limestone ... Read More »
How a Houston-Born Singer Became a Tex-Mex Star in the 1930s
Lydia Mendoza was only a teenager when she became an icon of Mexican American music. The year was 1934. The song ... Read More »
El Paso Artist Tom Lea’s ‘Pass of the North’ Is an Enduring Tribute to His Homeland
El Paso native Tom Lea, born in 1907, wore many hats over his 93 years, among them muralist, illustrator, ... Read More »
Ancient Mosasaur Discovery Has Us Wondering Where Texas Ranks for Fossils
This spring, an amateur fossil hunter prospecting around the North Sulphur River happened upon a skeleton ... Read More »
In ‘The Last Karankawas,’ Kimberley Garza Highlights South Texas Communities Often Overlooked
Like many Texans, Kimberly Garza first heard about the Karankawa tribe during her seventh-grade Texas history ... Read More »
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