A New Exhibit Reflects on Texas’ Contributions to 250 Years of America
Step inside the Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building, an imposing granite structure next to the ... Read More »
Why Is El Paso Nicknamed “El Chuco?”
Over the years, El Paso has been known by many names. Some are self-explanatory: “Sun City,” “the Boot Capital of ... Read More »
The Curious Case of the Cayuga, Texas’ Floating Capital
At the Convention of 1836, delegates drafted the Texas Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the ... Read More »
Remembering Dallas’ Marriott Motor Hotel
Drivers on the newly completed Interstate 35 through Dallas were welcomed with a novel sight in 1960: a sign for a ... Read More »
When the Queen of Flowers Reigned in Houston’s Magnolia Park
At first glance, Reyna's Florist on the corner of 75th Street and Avenue I might look like any other flower shop ... Read More »
The History of Gillespie County’s One-Room Schoolhouses
When Leroy Pehl enrolled at the Luckenbach School in 1948, he was one of four students in the first grade—but they ... Read More »
The Evolution of Texas’ Recording Industry
Texas music recording history changed forever on the fourth floor of a hotel on San Antonio’s River Walk. For ... Read More »
This Almost-100-Year-Old Ferry Route Is Still a Thrill
I have never been a boat girl. Still, one rainy Sunday morning in April, I found myself riding a vessel in ... Read More »
Seeing Stars in the Chihuahuan Desert
My empty nest was closing in on me. I texted my friend Anne, also the mother of absent college kids: ... Read More »
When Smithville Baked the World’s Largest Gingerbread Man
TThe 1998 Sandra Bullock movie Hope Floats may have put Smithville on the map, but the small Bastrop County town ... Read More »
The Spirit of Musician Rick Nelson Lives on in De Kalb
De Kalb, population 1,421, is a tiny town tucked away in the northeast corner of the state. But 40 years ago this ... Read More »
Meet Angelina, the Namesake of Texas’ Only County Named for a Woman
If you find yourself wandering through the Piney Woods, you’ll see the same name over and over: Angelina. In ... Read More »
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