Texas Historical Commission Seeks Artifacts for Brazoria County Black History Project
As a descendant of slaves from an East Texas plantation—Monte Verdi in Rusk County—I felt an ancestral ... Read More »
Galveston-Born Director King Vidor Was a Filmmaking Pioneer
Filmmaker King Vidor was only 6 years old when he survived the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history. The ... Read More »
A Chili Queen Holds Court in 1904 San Antonio
From the 1860s to the late 1930s, food vendors proliferated in San Antonio’s plazas. The mostly female vendors ... Read More »
Roadside Oddity: Bronze Bust of Knute Rockne in Rockne, Texas
Drive on Farm-to-Market Road 535 through the Bastrop County town of Rockne and you may notice a bronze bust on a ... Read More »
The Historic Austin Pizza Garden Building Seeks a New Lease on Its Long Life
Traveling south out of Austin on US 290 through the growing community of Oak Hill, hundreds of drivers a day ... Read More »
Reveling in the Beauty of a Field of Wildflowers near Breckenridge in 1935
Photographer Basil Clemons rambled the West and served in World War I before he arrived in the North Texas town of ... Read More »
A Traditional Healer Searches the Texas Brush Country for Medicinal Plants
The Brush Country of the South Texas borderland is a harsh place. Part Chihuahuan Desert and part Tamaulipan ... Read More »
German Immigrants Bucked Texas Conventions to Create Their Own Communities
Germans who visit Texas are often surprised to discover the depth of their homeland's influence on the Lone Star ... Read More »
Celebrate Texas’ Black History Through Historical Tours
“At the core, the work I do with Black Austin Tours is to honor my ancestors and give them the humanity they were often denied when they walked this earth,” Wallace says. “More importantly, I want people to know that they were here. That we are here. We weren't just enslaved people.” Read More »
Corpus Christi’s First Hispanic Police Officer and His 1936 Buick Roadmaster
Rafael Galvan Sr. was a pioneering figure in Corpus Christi, serving as the city’s first Hispanic police officer ... Read More »
3 Vintage Travel Guides That Ushered in Road Trip Culture
Before GPS, publications like the ‘Blue Book,’ ‘Green Book,’ and WPA's American Guide series guided travelers through Texas Read More »
The Little Known History of Texas’ Underground Railroad
Hundreds of Underground Railroad historical markers span the United States, conjuring images of covert escape ... Read More »
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