Visit These 100-Year Old Texas Landmarks That Have Stood the Test of Time
Over the last 100 years, the Majestic Theatre has hosted performances by Harry Houdini, Duke Ellington, Cab ... Read More »
A Traveling Show Rolls into Small-Town Texas in 1921
In the 1920s, regular folks didn’t travel much because it was too expensive. But Texans have always loved a good ... Read More »
Follow Texas’ Indigenous Roots Along El Camino Real de los Tejas
It’s best to begin both journeys and stories in places without roads, preferably with at least one knee and one ... Read More »
The French Legation in Austin Echoes With Wild Tales of Texas’ First Days as a Republic
As capitals go, Austin was built fast and on the cheap. Republic of Texas President Mirabeau Lamar, upon taking ... Read More »
Everything You Need to Know About Texas State Historical Markers
History in the Marking Official historical markers explore the tales of Texas past By Julia JonesThough Texas is ... Read More »
A Visual History of Cowboys in Texas
Cowboys Through History By Traces of Texas ... Read More »
When Belle Starr Married Outlaw Jim Reed, Her Legend as ‘the Female Jesse James’ Began
As with so many figures from the wrong side of the law in the raw days of frontier Texas, it’s difficult to sort ... Read More »
The History of Indigenous Food Traditions in Texas
Native Foods Indigenous Texas food traditions date back thousands of years By Robyn RossPeople have lived in the ... Read More »
How a Scrappy Volleyball Team from West Texas Won the First 2 Women’s National Titles
Marilyn McReavy Nolen pulled into Alpine in the summer of 1968, headed from her family’s home in the West ... Read More »
The Old Nighthawk No. 2 in Austin
The Great Depression hit Austin hard. Unable to find a job, 29-year-old Harry Akin went into business for himself, ... Read More »
One West Texas Community Aims to Restore a Historic Local Church
“The philosophy behind the current restoration is that we want it to be an active and alive building,” Clara Bensen, the organization’s fundraising strategist, says. Read More »
The Complicated History of Texas Revolutionary Hero Juan Seguín
When Albert Seguín Gonzales was a boy, his grandmother told him stories about their ancestor Juan Nepomuceno ... Read More »
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