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The Magical Days of Aquarena Springs in San Marcos

The Magical Days of Aquarena Springs in San Marcos

Spring Lake has attracted humans for millennia, its plentiful fresh water providing relief for indigenous Clovis ... Read More »

A Huntsville Museum Offers a Rare Chance to Step Into the Room where Sam Houston Died

A Huntsville Museum Offers a Rare Chance to Step Into the Room where Sam Houston Died

The Steamboat House in Huntsville not only protects artifacts of Texas history at the Sam Houston Memorial ... Read More »

Boaters Pose in Front of the Marble Falls Around 1900

Boaters Pose in Front of the Marble Falls Around 1900

The 1951 completion of the Max Starcke Dam on the Colorado River submerged the Marble Falls, which were once a ... Read More »

Unveiling the Stories of Black State Senators in Post-Civil War Texas

Unveiling the Stories of Black State Senators in Post-Civil War Texas

Fifty-two African American men served as Texas legislators during the Reconstruction era that followed the Civil ... Read More »

The History of Juneteenth in Photos
Sprechen Sie Texas Deutsch? How a Variation of German Once Ruled In Fredericksburg

Sprechen Sie Texas Deutsch? How a Variation of German Once Ruled In Fredericksburg

Of all the towns where German is still spoken in the state, aka the Texas “German Belt,” that fading ember burns ... Read More »

The Raising of Galveston After the 1900 Hurricane

The Raising of Galveston After the 1900 Hurricane

In the aftermath of the devastating 1900 hurricane, Galveston faced the arduous work of rebuilding. Most famously, ... Read More »

The Tragic Tale of a 17th-Century French Colony’s Collapse

The Tragic Tale of a 17th-Century French Colony’s Collapse

The Spanish soldiers were braced for a fight as they bushwhacked the brushy banks of Garcitas Creek, just a few ... Read More »

Fredericksburg: A History

Fredericksburg: A History

  On May 8, 1846, a train of ox carts carrying 120 pioneers rumbled to a halt, 4 miles north of the upper ... Read More »

175 Years of Fredericksburg in Photos

175 Years of Fredericksburg in Photos

A Visual History of Fredericksburg By Traces of Texas The stories and photos of Fredericksburg included ... Read More »

From Horses to Model Ts To Pick-up Trucks, The History of Texas Transportation

From Horses to Model Ts To Pick-up Trucks, The History of Texas Transportation

Horse Before the Cart Traveling Texas wasn’t always so easy By John LumpkinÁlvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, one of ... Read More »

Looking Back on the Dedication of the LBJ Library 50 Years Ago

Looking Back on the Dedication of the LBJ Library 50 Years Ago

This May marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the LBJ Presidential Library at the University of Texas. A ... Read More »

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