History

Forgotten Conflict

When historians expound on the most important action in the Civil War, they usually focus on battles fought east ... Read More »

In the closing decades of the 19th Century—and especially after the arrival of the railroad in 1877—many ... Read More »

The Caddo Indians were among the first Texans, moving into the Neches Valley about 1,200 years ago. For nearly a ... Read More »

Billy the Kid, one of America’s most notorious gunslingers and Wild West frontier outlaws, was shot dead in New ... Read More »

Looking up into the thick pine canopy of deep East Texas, it’s hard to believe that the pristine forests the ... Read More »

They headed north from Cardwell Flats on April 1, 1866. Crockett Cardwell, who operated a trading post and ... Read More »

After a 330-year journey, the legendary French ship La Belle has landed at the Bullock Texas State History Museum ... Read More »

Concordia Cemetery in central El Paso doesn’t look like much at first sight. The disparate collection of ... Read More »

It could be worth another look through that musty box of family records before packing it into the corner of the ... Read More »

Doug Baum’s farm outside of Waco looks like most others in Central Texas. There are a few scattered, scrubby ... Read More »

The desert canyonlands formed by the Rio Grande, Devil’s, and Pecos rivers may appear inhospitable to travelers ... Read More »

After crossing the Red River into Texas in December of 1832, Sam Houston’s first stop was the city of ... Read More »

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