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The pink Texas State Capitol stands tall under a bright blue sky dotted with clouds

The Lost History of Texas Granite that Never Made it to the Capitol

Discover fractured chunks of sunset red granite along the old railroad route between Burnet and Austin

By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano
July 20, 2022
A large group of horses and buggies move through the water in front of a white building in a vintage photograph

Vintage

Rinsing Wagons in the San Antonio River

By Traces of Texas
June 30, 2022

Nature

How the San Antonio River Walk Became More Than Just a Tourist Attraction

By Wes Ferguson
June 30, 2022
That's All, Brother

Rumble Across the Texas Sky With the Commemorative Air Force’s Fleet of Vintage Combat Aircraft

By Pam LeBlanc
June 3, 2022

More

The Battle Between Two Lizards In Texas Is a Win for UT Arlington Biologists

By Asher Elbein
May 26, 2022
The exterior of an adobe building under a desert sky and mountains

History

Big Bend’s Oldest Surviving Adobe Structure Gets a Makeover

By Matt Joyce
May 26, 2022
A vintage photograph of a cockfight

Vintage

Cockfighting Flourished in Texas in the Early 1900s

By Traces of Texas
May 26, 2022
Three men in button-down shirts ride on a hand cart on train tracks going into a stone tunnel

History

The Hill Country Legacy of Old Tunnel State Park

By John Davidson
April 28, 2022
A black and white photograph of men standing near large logs and pieces of rock

Vintage

How Prison Labor Helped Build the Texas Capitol in the 1880s

By Traces of Texas
April 28, 2022
A richly lit interior of a library with large stained glass windows

Lockhart’s Library Is the Oldest in Texas Still in Its Original Building

By S. Kirk Walsh
April 6, 2022
A picture of a tan wooden airplane hanging from the ceiling of a well-lit building

Drive

See Texas’ First Airplane at Midland International Airport

By Julia Jones
March 24, 2022
A historical black and white photgraph of people working in a large control rooom with several computer monitors and screens

The Cold War, Texas, and the Birth of Space City

By Anthony Head
March 24, 2022
A brightly colored painted scene featuring bluebonnets, a field of bluebonnets, a tree, and a barn

Vintage

A 1920s Modernist Interpretation of Texas Bluebonnets

By Traces of Texas
February 24, 2022

History

Fort Worth’s I.M. Terrell High School Has a Legacy of Inspiring Jazz Standouts

By Michael Corcoran
January 27, 2022
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