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Singing Cowboy Tex Ritter’s Legacy Lives On

The Tex Ritter Museum in Carthage celebrates the popular star of stage, screen, and radio who died 50 years ago this month

By Joe Nick Patoski
January 11, 2024

Sports

How the Dallas Cowboys Became Kings of the Broadcast Booth

By Joe Nick Patoski
December 20, 2023
An open box of cookies with the words Season's Greetings on the lid

The Folklore Surrounding the Neiman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookie

By Sarah Thurmond
December 8, 2023

Why Is Big Spring the Lighted Poinsettia Capital of Texas?

By Marisa Charpentier
December 1, 2023

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History

Revisiting the El Paso Haunts of Pancho Villa

November 21, 2023
A young man makes an excited expression as he looks at a table with a Christmas feast

Vintage

A Christmas Feast for San Antonio’s Newsboys

By Traces of Texas
November 21, 2023
A black and white photograph of a group of Native Americans wearing traditional attire

History

The Original Texans

By Kathryn Jones
November 21, 2023

Ghost Hunting at the Abandoned Bomarton Church

By Daniel Norman
October 30, 2023

Remembering Fort Worth’s Caravan of Dreams

By Joe Nick Patoski
October 27, 2023
The exterior of a brick building with a sign reading "Harris Drugs" and paintings of guitars above the door

History

In the Land of Woody Guthrie

By Michael Corcoran
October 24, 2023
A view of a white chapel flanked by tall wire fences and scrubgrass

History

The Bittersweet Legacy of Hereford’s POW Camp

By Robyn Ross
October 24, 2023
A vintage photograph showing a man sitting in a wagon with a large team of dogs in front

Vintage

Traveling Texas by…Dog?

By Traces of Texas
October 24, 2023
A tall tower over the trees with a metal cap on top

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: The Mysterious Tower Along I-35 Takes Inspiration from Inventor Nikola Tesla

By Andrea Luttrell
October 13, 2023

Get Your Money’s Worth at these Historic Texas Bank Hotels

By Cynthia J. Drake
October 6, 2023
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