A Relative of German Settlers Retraces Her Ancestors’ Arduous Path to the Texas Hill Country
am the daughter-in-law of German settlers who arrived in Indianola, now underwater but once an immigration hub and ... Read More »
In San Angelo, A Celebration Remembers the Mysterious ‘Lady in Blue,’ Who Evangelized to Jumanos
The young Franciscan nun in the cobalt-colored cloak was, quite literally, a vision in blue to the Jumano Indians ... Read More »
Photo: The Texas Basket Company in the 1930s
This undated photo of a Crystal City farmer driving a truck packed with spinach baskets hangs on an office wall at ... Read More »
The Surrender of Santa Anna
In 1886, 50 years after the Battle of San Jacinto, Austin painter William Henry Huddle set out to interpret a ... Read More »
Jefferson’s ‘Diamond Bessie Murder Trial’ Plumbs 19th-Century Mystery
It was the O.J. Simpson trial of its day. Reporters descended on the northeast Texas town of Jefferson to chronicle Read More »
Texas Highways Magazine Celebrates 45 Years of Traveling Texas
If there’s one thing Texans can agree on, it’s their love of wildflowers. A field of native blooms graced the ... Read More »
Taking the Waters: The Fascinating History of Texas’ Mineral-Water Resorts
Dr. John Sutherland would have died in the Battle of the Alamo had William Travis not dispatched him as a messenger Read More »
Class Up Your Look in a Peter Brothers Custom Hat that Brims with History
Willie Dedmon calls himself a walking billboard for Peters Brothers Hats, the historic Fort Worth haberdashery. His Read More »
Explore the Birthplace of Boogie Woogie Along US 59 in East Texas
The heavy left hand mimicked the rumble of steam locomotives on iron rails, while the right played melodic ... Read More »
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