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
Fifty-two African American men served as Texas legislators during the Reconstruction era that followed the Civil ... Read More »
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
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 Spanish soldiers were braced for a fight as they bushwhacked the brushy banks of Garcitas Creek, just a few ... Read More »
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
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
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
This May marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the LBJ Presidential Library at the University of Texas. A ... Read More »
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 »
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