History

Revisiting Cherry Springs, Texas’ Forgotten Dance Hall

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

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

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 »

The History of Dallas’ Waterfall Billboard

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

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

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

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 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

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 Magic of the Rio Grande Valley

The Valley By Danielle Lopez Photographs By Jomando ... Read More »

The Lost Underwater Towns of Texas

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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