Revisiting Cherry Springs, Texas’ Forgotten Dance Hall
In October 1955, an advertisement ran in The Radio Post, a weekly newspaper in Fredericksburg. The syndicated ... Read More »
Texas Travel Counselors Are Ready to Help
The kids won’t understand, but in the dark ages, before GPS and cellphones, motorists agonized over floppy ... Read More »
Preserving the Endangered Language of the Caddo
Growing up, Alaina Tahlate visited with her great-grandfather nearly every week. A language worker, he inspired ... Read More »
Columbus’ Missy Parker Is Preserving Town History
columbusPreserve andrespectMissy Parker came to Columbus to retire but ended up saving the 1886 Stafford Opera ... Read More »
The History of Dallas’ Waterfall Billboard
Dallas tends not to conjure up images of water cascading down craggy stone cliffs. However, locals and visitors ... Read More »
How Sacred Harp Singing Took Shape in Texas
About a dozen singers holding songbooks sit in a square formation in the middle of a parish house. In the center ... Read More »
In Search of Bozo Texino
Who is Bozo Texino? That’s a good question in need of some explaining. But better to ask first: What is Bozo ... Read More »
The Fight to Preserve the Mighty Montezuma Cypress
Eugene Fernandez steps out of his old 4Runner, holding a walking cane in one hand and a rusted machete in the ... Read More »
Follow the Fruit to South Texas
Follow the fruit to the southern tip of Texas. This is the state’s produce aisle, where 86,000 acres of sandy, ... Read More »
Sowing Roots at Brownsville’s Charro Days
Yaya, a 5-foot, 73-year-old ball of energy, darts around us, flitting in and out of the room, each time entering ... Read More »
The Magic of the Rio Grande Valley
The Valley By Danielle Lopez Photographs By Jomando ... Read More »
The Lost Underwater Towns of Texas
Two decades before his farm disappeared under the waters of the Toledo Bend Reservoir, A.A. McGraw was a young ... Read More »
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