History

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

How NASA and the Space Race of the 1960s shaped Houston as we know it today

By Anthony Head

March 24, 2022

A brightly colored painted scene featuring bluebonnets, a field of bluebonnets, a tree, and a barn

A 1920s Modernist Interpretation of Texas Bluebonnets

By Traces of Texas

February 24, 2022

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

By Michael Corcoran

January 27, 2022

A young man in a cowboy hat wearing the number 76 stands next to a large cow

Raising ’em Right for Stock Show Season

By Traces of Texas

January 27, 2022

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A sepia photograph of a three-story stone hotel with several vintage cars parked out front

Remembering the Beaton Hotel of Corsicana’s Oil Boom Days

By Traces of Texas

December 23, 2021

The Comanche Medicine Mounds Remain a Spiritual Refuge for the Storied Tribe

By W.K. Stratton

December 23, 2021

Villa de Austin

San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site Recreates Early Texas Life with New Villa de Austin Townsite

By Dave Montgomery

December 1, 2021

Visit These 100-Year Old Texas Landmarks That Have Stood the Test of Time

November 25, 2021

A group of people sit and stand around an ornate carriage with a ferris wheel in the background

A Traveling Show Rolls into Small-Town Texas in 1921

By Traces of Texas

November 24, 2021

Follow Texas’ Indigenous Roots Along El Camino Real de los Tejas

By ire'ne lara silva

November 24, 2021

A white building with green shutters peeks through lush green bushes

The French Legation in Austin Echoes With Wild Tales of Texas’ First Days as a Republic

By James L. Haley

November 24, 2021

The outside of a white adobe building with a red and white checkered walkway

Everything You Need to Know About Texas State Historical Markers

By Julia Jones

November 24, 2021

A Visual History of Cowboys in Texas

By Traces of Texas

November 17, 2021

When Belle Starr Married Outlaw Jim Reed, Her Legend as ‘the Female Jesse James’ Began

By John Nova Lomax

November 1, 2021

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