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Meet Isabella Neff, the Mother of Texas State Parks

Her son, Gov. Pat Neff, established the park system in 1923

By Traces of Texas
May 2, 2023
The lit interior of one of the rooms within Longhorn Cavern State Park.

History

How Longhorn Cavern Was Carved by Hand

By Bobby Alemán
May 2, 2023

Freddy Fender Gets His Due with A Texas Historical Marker

By Steven Hughes
April 26, 2023
A black and white picture of a group of people in costumes

Embracing Tradition and Texas Politics, Cornyation Reigns Over San Antonio’s Fiesta

By Kirk Walsh
April 21, 2023

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Waco’s Historic Suspension Bridge Reopens After Getting a Fix-Up

By Gene Fowler
April 20, 2023
A slab of wood has Scrabble-like tiles that are arranged with a quote from Lady Bird Johnson: "Where Wildflowers Bloom, So Does Hope." Other tiles contain painted wildflowers.

The Cabinet Oak Project Celebrates Art, a Historic Tree, and LBJ’s Legacy

By Clayton Maxwell
April 19, 2023
On the narrow patio of honky-tonk Broken Spoke, musicians Alvin Crow and Ian Stewart, dress in western attire, perform with acoustic guitars.

Austin’s Broken Spoke Dance Hall Finally Gets Its Texas Historical Marker

By Jen Hamilton Hernandez
April 14, 2023
A bison rolls in the dust in front of a group of other bison

History

What the Heck Is Cattalo?

By Mary Beth Gahan
March 28, 2023
View looking upward at Allie Victoria Tennant's "Tejas Warrior" statue and the curved exedra (semicircular architectural recess) at the front entrance of the Hall of State building at Fair Park in Dallas.

Sightseer

The Restored Hall of State Tells the Story of Texas at Fair Park

By TH Staff
March 28, 2023
A vintage photograph of a man in a white shirt holding a large snake

Vintage

Snake Farms Were Big Business in the 1900s Rio Grande Valley

By Traces of Texas
March 28, 2023

The Return of Dallas’ Legendary Longhorn Ballroom

By Michael Corcoran
March 23, 2023
A large black grand piano contained inside of a plexiglass case in a museum

Music

Bobbie Nelson’s Grand Piano Finds a Home at the Bullock Texas State History Museum

By Michael Corcoran
February 28, 2023
A man with a hat and white linen outfit inspects a plant in a black and white image.

Vintage

A Local Boy’s Pioneering Efforts To Protect the Big Thicket in East Texas

By Traces of Texas
February 28, 2023
A display of a whiskey still, barrel, jars and more at a museum that is meant to recall the Prohibition era.

History

‘Moonshine Capital’ Glen Rose Recalls the Tumultuous Era of Prohibition

By Kathryn Jones
February 28, 2023
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