History

Investigating Waxahachie’s Haunted History

Investigating Waxahachie’s Haunted History

Paranormal activity has always been an interest for Sandy Bates Emmons. “I got it from my dad, who was into UFOs, ... Read More »

The Quest to Resurrect a Ghost Town

The Quest to Resurrect a Ghost Town

IT'SDEADAROUND HERE A GHOST TOWN ENTHUSIAST SEARCHES FOR THE ESSENCEOF THESE SCARCELY POPULATED ... Read More »

Discover Ancient History on a Tour of the Gault Site

Discover Ancient History on a Tour of the Gault Site

“You are in one of the most special places in the hemisphere,” said guide Sergio Ayala in his introduction of the ... Read More »

Do You Dare? Embark on a Frightful Texas Road Trip

Do You Dare? Embark on a Frightful Texas Road Trip

Take a trip through the spookier side of the state on cursed ships, in haunted hotels, and at sites of alleged ... Read More »

Looking Back at Neiman Marcus’ Fashion-Forward Legacy

Looking Back at Neiman Marcus’ Fashion-Forward Legacy

I’m standing under the classic red awnings that adorn the flagship Neiman Marcus, marveling at how this style icon ... Read More »

Old Bones Yield New Discoveries at the Waco Mammoth National Monument

Old Bones Yield New Discoveries at the Waco Mammoth National Monument

Roughly 65,000 years ago, a nursery herd of female and young Columbian Mammoths roamed the basin between the ... Read More »

The History Behind Texas’ First Woman Governor

The History Behind Texas’ First Woman Governor

Miriam Ferguson was an unlikely candidate for Texas governor when she ran on the Democratic ticket in 1924. A shy ... Read More »

Waco’s Dr Pepper Museum Explores the History of Convenience Stores

Waco’s Dr Pepper Museum Explores the History of Convenience Stores

Although it now sits motionless, the green Model T truck housed in Waco's Dr Pepper Museum once sputtered loudly ... Read More »

Revisiting the Texas Neighborhoods Where Astronauts Lived

Revisiting the Texas Neighborhoods Where Astronauts Lived

In July of 1975, local Texas newspapers published blow-by-blow accounts of the Apollo-Soyuz Mission. There were ... Read More »

How a Volcano Shaped the South Texas Landscape

How a Volcano Shaped the South Texas Landscape

Juan L. Gonzalez, a professor of earth sciences at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, hops out of the car ... Read More »

The Majesty of Gorman Falls

The Majesty of Gorman Falls

Often regarded as the highlight of a trip to Colorado Bend State Park, Gorman Falls spills down 70 feet over ... Read More »

Texas’ Historical Train Depots Get a New Life

Texas’ Historical Train Depots Get a New Life

In 1899, Belton’s red train depot was a stop on a 7.14-mile branch of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (the ... Read More »

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