Extraordinary Texans: Armando Hinojosa
Front and center on the grounds of the Texas Capitol in Austin, the Tejano Monument’s life-size granite figures ... Read More »
Extraordinary Texans: Frederick ‘Fritz’ Hanselmann
Frederick “Fritz” Hanselmann holds many titles with the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas ... Read More »
Extraordinary Texans: Bill and Sally Wittliff
Several years after the death of Texas literary legend J. Frank Dobie in 1964, aspiring writer and photographer ... Read More »
Extraordinary Texans: Carolyn Boyd
Working as a muralist in the late 1980s, Carolyn Boyd traveled to the cliffs and rock shelters flanking the Pecos ... Read More »
Extraordinary Texans: Harry Robinson Jr.
As president and CEO of the African American Museum in Dallas, Harry Robinson Jr. has turned his keen interest in ... Read More »
Extraordinary Texans: Dorothy Huang
“Don’t eat this,” says cookbook author, culinary tour guide, and teacher Dorothy Huang, laughing as she shows a ... Read More »
Extraordinary Texans: Alan Bean
One of only 12 people who has ever walked on the moon, former astronaut and Apollo Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean ... Read More »
Extraordinary Texans
A common thread runs among this year’s group of Extraordinary Texans: Each of them has pursued a dream, and each ... Read More »
In the Creative Moment
The artist, inventor, architect, and teacher Buck Winn first beheld the hills of Wimberley in the late 1930s. ... Read More »
Gather ‘Round
The cowboy rides in from the West, mulling stanzas, lines and words. Winter delivers a fleeting rest from the ... Read More »
Barbara Jordan: The Great Texas Orator
As the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the deep South, Barbara Jordan faced adversity on her road to success, but she did not let society’s limits define her. Read More »
All in the Family
Today's Texas State Park system, which includes more than 90 state parks, historic sites, natural areas, and ... Read More »
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