June 27, 2023 | By Emily Roberts Stone
The undercurrent of this month’s river stories is the tenuous stability of our beloved waterways. A combination of factors, including drought, population growth, and water rights issues, threatens the viability of some of the state’s most popular swimming holes and rivers.
July 29, 2022 | By Amelia Nonemacher
January 20, 2022 | By David Montgomery
Carved into the Central Texas Hill Country two decades ago by a one-of-a-kind flood, the Canyon Lake Gorge is one of the Lone Star State’s lesser-known natural treasures.
July 28, 2020 | By Heather Brand
For 95 years, Crider’s Rodeo and Dancehall in Hunt has opened every summer to crowds eager for rodeo action and dancing under the stars along the Guadalupe River.
July 18, 2019 | By Jacqueline Aguirre
If you didn’t start thinking about your summer plans in February, don’t fret.
April 30, 2019 | By Heather Brand
The down-home, open-air entertainment venue on the outskirts of Hunt got its start in 1925 when Walter and Audrey Crider hosted a rodeo, dance, and barbecue fundraiser to support the local school. The event proved so popular it was reprised the following year, then on a weekly basis throughout the summer by the late 1940s. Over the subsequent decades, the small-town attraction has grown and gained a statewide following
December 31, 2018 | By TH Staff
Texas Highways Editors share their favorite stories of 2018.
July 17, 2018 | By Emily Roberts Stone, Executive Editor
There’s something about a river that evokes feelings of nostalgia. Perhaps it’s the tie to something ancient—the current that ripples over our feet carries the same water that sustained native tribes and beckoned early settlers to its shore.
June 29, 2018 | By Clayton Maxwell
April 18, 2017 | By Matt Joyce
There’s something about the summer solstice that inspires adventure. As the official start of summer and the longest day of the year, the solstice illuminates a world of possibility with more than 14 hours of daylight.
January 13, 2015 | By
No need to go to the grocery store for rainbow trout at this time of year.
December 19, 2013 | By Celestina Blok
Seated on a large, flat rock along a tranquil section of the Guadalupe River, I hear the faint whoosh of my husband’s fly line as his cast cuts through the air.
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