Main Street Remake
With its spreading oak trees and architecture from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the scene is what you might expect to see in a cinematic depiction of Texas small-town life before interstate highways, strip malls, and big cities wrested rural downtowns of their vitality. But this is no time warp. Thanks to public and private restoration efforts, a strong local economy, and a convenient location between Houston and Austin, La Grange’s downtown square thrives with a charm that feels both vital and vintage. Read More »
Pioneers of Posh
It’s safe to say that an elegant, 19th-Century mansion was not what I was expecting to see as I drove down a ... Read More »
Hail to the Boys of the CCC
When I was a child, Texas’ state parks were beloved vacation destinations. I became intimately familiar with ... Read More »
Liberty Delivered
Remember the Alamo? It was there that William B. Travis penned his famous letter, signed “Victory or Death,” on ... Read More »
Frontier Spirits
Some say my lodging for this evening—the commander’s quarters at historic Fort Concho—is home to a ghost. About 13 ... Read More »
Forgotten Conflict
When historians expound on the most important action in the Civil War, they usually focus on battles fought east ... Read More »
Hot Dish
In the closing decades of the 19th Century—and especially after the arrival of the railroad in 1877—many ... Read More »
Tribal Treks
The Caddo Indians were among the first Texans, moving into the Neches Valley about 1,200 years ago. For nearly a ... Read More »
Mystery Solved?
Billy the Kid, one of America’s most notorious gunslingers and Wild West frontier outlaws, was shot dead in New ... Read More »
Pine Curtain of the Past
Looking up into the thick pine canopy of deep East Texas, it’s hard to believe that the pristine forests the ... Read More »
The Drover’s Dream
They headed north from Cardwell Flats on April 1, 1866. Crockett Cardwell, who operated a trading post and ... Read More »
Landing of La Belle
After a 330-year journey, the legendary French ship La Belle has landed at the Bullock Texas State History Museum ... Read More »
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