How Mesquite Became the Rodeo Capital of Texas
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Gliding across Lake Carolyn in Irving, I sip a flute of sparkling cider while watching suburbia unfold around me.
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As I walked toward the Joshua Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Waxahachie, I noticed a blackbird on the roof fluffing its feathers.
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On Christmas mornings, once the flurry of opening presents dies down, my mom always brings out the cookie tray.
Prepare a Dutch Oven Feast at Lake Tawakoni State Park
The Texas State Parks system marks its 100th anniversary this year. With 89 parks, natural areas, and historic sites to choose from, visitors can experience all kinds of outdoor activities.
Dallas Celebrates 150 Years of Deep Ellum
A little more than a mile from where Dallas founder John Neely Bryan’s reconstructed cabin marks the first settlement of the city, Elm Street crosses under the Central Expressway and ushers in a different vibe.
The Tale of Texas Billy Mays, the GOAT of Table Shuffleboard
Billy Mays would lean over his end of the shuffleboard table and pick up a metal-and-plastic puck.
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The Texas General Store might sound like a place you could pick up groceries or other odds and ends.
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What the Well? Why It Took Mineral Wells So Long to Become the Official Wellness Capital of Texas
Located about an hour west of Fort Worth, Mineral Wells is a small town built on the idea of wellness, as people flocked to the area starting in the late 1800s to drink the local well water that became famous for its healing properties.
Before Peaches, Watermelons Ruled in Parker County
Heading into the second weekend of July, residents from all over Parker County brace themselves as their historic square transforms into a vibrant jubilee celebrating all things peach.
Larry McMurtry’s Last Auction Sale
Miss Football and Friday Night Lights? It’s Time for Texans to Give Rugby a Shot.
The concourse of Choctaw Stadium filled with rugby fans as lightning illuminated the night sky over Arlington.
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The Texas State Parks system marks its 100th anniversary this year. With 89 parks, natural areas, and historic sites to choose from, visitors can experience all kinds of outdoor activities.
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Celebrate the Mother Road at the Inaugural Route 66 Festival in Amarillo
When author and photographer Candacy Taylor began researching her book Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America, Amarillo landed on her radar.
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Of all the quintessentially Texan books, Lonesome Dove ranks right up there. And while most readers are familiar with its iconic descriptions of the dusty land, many may not know the local spots that gave author Larry McMurtry the inspiration to write his historical epic.
A Texas Take on White Castle Sliders
Treat Yourself to a Glamping Weekend at Palo Duro Canyon State Park
The Texas State Parks system marks its 100th anniversary this year. With 89 parks, natural areas, and historic sites to choose from, visitors can experience all kinds of outdoor activities.
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Warstic Baseball Bats Are in a League of Their Own
The poet Lord Tennyson said spring is the time when “a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” In a way, he was right.
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The Return of Dallas’ Legendary Longhorn Ballroom
Asleep at the Wheel was getting ready to play the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas on May 13, 1975, when a reporter knocked on the bus door to tell them that their hero, Bob Wills, had just passed away.
Pop Culture and History Converge on Fort Worth’s Stars of the Stockyards Tour
When drovers headed cattle north up the Chisholm Trail in the late 19th century, Fort Worth was the last stop for supplies before crossing the Red River and entering Native American territories.
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Imagine hopping on a trail in Farmersville, about an hour northeast of Dallas, and pedaling a bike, hiking, or riding a scooter all the way to New Boston, eight miles from the Arkansas border.
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In the Texas Panhandle, a Farmer Turned Woodcarver Chisels Out a Name for Himself
In the front yard of a house in Tyler’s Brick Street Historic District stands what was once a dead tree.
Decatur’s LBJ Grasslands Are a Paradise for Nature Lovers
Meandering down a dirt path surrounded by native prairie all around, I feel calm as leaves crunch under my feet and grassland unfolds in front of me.
Mike Leach, an Iconoclast of College Football, Leaves Lasting Legacy in Texas
Trying to find a single story to define the life of Mike Leach is an impossible task.
For Fans of Christmas Lights, a Carriage Ride in Highland Park Is Peak Holiday Fun
I am a Christmas lights devotee. Perhaps it’s because my father, an otherwise outstanding parent, never allowed me and my mother to festoon our suburban house in colorful lights.
Murals and ‘Ted Lasso’ Billboards Highlight Texans Playing in 2022 FIFA World Cup
Three of the 26 players representing the United States Men’s National Team at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar hail from Texas.
Explore American Soccer, from its Foundations to its Greatest Stars, at the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Frisco
As the U.S. Men’s National Team kicks off its World Cup run in Qatar this week, soccer fans don’t have to travel across globe to explore the foundations of American soccer and the homegrown players who have taken the American game to the world’s biggest stages.
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How Fort Worth’s Dickies Went from Work Wear to Fashion Trend
When I was growing up in and around Fort Worth, Dickies was ubiquitous. Eating biscuits and gravy on Saturdays at the Bronco Café in my then-small hometown of Mansfield, I’d watch local ranchers and farmers clad in Dickies pants and dirt-covered boots read the local paper over coffee.
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This spring, an amateur fossil hunter prospecting around the North Sulphur River happened upon a skeleton emerging from a streambed 80 miles northeast of Dallas.
As the Emerald Ash Borer Expands Its Texas Invasion, There Are Ways to Help Stop the Spread
In 2002, a species of small, jewel-like green beetle appeared in Detroit. Called the emerald ash borer and originally found in northeastern Asia, the beetle sought out a particular target—ash trees—to lay their eggs, leaving its larvae to feed on the trees’ insides.
Amid Drought, the Texas Peach Crop Is Arriving Later—and Sweeter—Than Usual
Better late than never. That sums up the Texas peach crop in 2022. After a slow start this summer, succulent freestones are hitting the shelves of family-owned fruit stands throughout the state in ample supplies that may last through September.
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With a New Album Out, 81-Year-Old Delbert McClinton Reflects on His Six-Decade Career
“You’re 81. What the heck are you making a new record for?”
It’s an honest, semi-innocent question to pose to singer-songwriter Delbert McClinton when I get him on the phone the other day.
Relive the Days of Arcades and Rush at the Texas Pinball Festival in Frisco
Back in 2001, pinball was in one of its periodic downturns. New machines had dwindled almost to zero and there was only one manufacturer left on the planet.
Houston Artist JooYoung Choi Takes Audiences on a Fantastical Trip to the Cosmic Womb at the Crow Museum of Asian Art in Dallas
Contemplative art that explores important themes of race, culture, and identity need not be somber in tone.
A Newly Renovated Museum Celebrates Cleburne’s History as a Railroad Town
It was Oct. 21, 1881, when about 1,000 Cleburne residents—a quarter of the town’s population at the time—gathered to cheer as the very first train pulled into town.
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Our Editors’ Picks From 2021
Our favorite essays and stories from 2021 taught us untold histories, brought us around Texas without leaving our homes, and invoked a slew of emotions, from tears to laughter.
With Distinctly Designed Ceramic Fixtures, Martha and Beaumont Mood Lit Up Midcentury Texas
When Belle Starr Married Outlaw Jim Reed, Her Legend as ‘the Female Jesse James’ Began
As with so many figures from the wrong side of the law in the raw days of frontier Texas, it’s difficult to sort the facts from the fiction about Belle Starr.
Preserving the Mexican Barrio in Dallas’ Oak Cliff Neighborhood
Born and raised in Dallas, Ruben A. Arellano moved to the city’s Oak Cliff neighborhood when he was around 13 years old.
