An April 1943 Day on the San Augustine Square
From 1935 to 1944, the Farm Security Administration dispatched photographers across the country to document ... Read More »
Preserving the Legacy of Rosenwald Schools in Texas
A teenage Diane Paul poses in her marching band uniform—one leg hitched in the air, her hand perched carefully ... Read More »
Exploring the East Texas Roots of Sam Houston — Texas’ First National Hero
TOP IMAGES: The San Jacinto Monument; a portrait from about 1860 at the Sam Houston Memorial Museum A grassy park ... Read More »
On the Trail of Cabeza de Vaca, Texas’ First Travel Writer
On the Trail of Cabeza de Vaca, Texas’ First Travel Writer Exploring the Lone Star State through the eyes—and ... Read More »
Happy and Carefree Days at the Old Store on Clear Creek
Had you traveled to Bell County, just west of Killeen, in the early 1930s, you might have met John Wesley ... Read More »
Stephen Harrigan on His Big and Wonderful Chronicle of Texas
Stephen Harrigan has written about Texas for most of his life. He was born in Oklahoma and grew up in Abilene ... Read More »
Photo: Fort Worth families made the most of this snowy day in January 1889
Winter in Texas means everything from Christmas tamales to New Year’s black-eyed peas, Gulf Coast fishing to ... Read More »
A Fredericksburg Native Reckons With His Hometown’s Evolution From a German Enclave to a Tourist Destination
“Do you know much about this town?” “I suppose so,” I answered. I was starting across Main Street in ... Read More »
My Hometown: Bay City, agricultural town on the Bay Prairie
Bay City sprouted from the fertile bottomlands that stretch between the Colorado River and Caney Creek, just ... Read More »
Against All Odds, Caddo Lake Prevails
The great cypress swamp is lovely, dark, and deep. There is no debating this. The wildly intricate and critter-infested maze of bayous, lakes, ponds, sloughs, and interconnected channels known as Caddo Lake and Big Cypress Bayou is one of the country’s most spectacular nature shows. It contains arguably the most diverse collection of species in Texas. The place has a mystical feel, too, an impression enhanced by the ghostly Spanish moss that drapes the trees, by the cypress roots known as “knees” that rise from the swirling mists like Excalibur in the Arthurian legend, by the lily pads with lotus flowers that spread everywhere and suggest Celtic fairylands. Read More »
Traces of Texas Is on a Quest to Preserve the State’s Past Through Photography
“Somebody should photograph all this vanishing Texas before it’s forever lost.” What began as a chronicle of one man’s love affair with a state became one of the biggest online communities devoted to the history, people, and culture of the Lone Star State. Read More »
New Management in Place for 7 of Texas’ Most Historic Sites
This week, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department transferred seven sites, including the San Jacinto Monument, Washington-on-the-Brazos, and the Port Isabel Lighthouse, to the Texas Historical Commission. Aimed at efficiency, the change is not expected to result in changes for visitors. Read More »
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