Authentic Place Fair Park More than Home to the State Fair of Texas – An Architectural, Historical and Cultural Gemby David Bush and Jim ParsonsIt was an understatement for New York Times architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable to say Fair…
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Keith Glasscock, a Permian Basin oilfield worker, often spent his spare time searching the windswept sandy dunes near Midland for…
The first major vegetable crop grown in Texas might reduce you to tears — sweet tears.But first, some history. The…
Chef Kaiser Lashkari’s Himalaya Restaurant wasn’t the first eatery in what is now known as Houston’s Mahatma Gandhi District, or Little India.A…
On February 23, 1945, after a hard-fought and costly battle on Iwo…
In 2005, Gov. Rick Perry designated Elissa the official Tall Ship of…
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Glen Rose is billed as the Dinosaur Capital of Texas, but the…
It’s hard to miss Fort Worth’s iconic Joe T. Garcia’s when…
Let’s get the obvious out of the way: when you’re voted…
For thousands of years, man has been compacting dirt, water and…
When Jesus “Chuy” and Marylou Uranga bought a small drive-in in…
Texas Originals
Robert Earl Keen rightfully deserves the reputation he’s earned as a talented singer-songwriter,…
One of history’s ironies is how weather expert Dan L. Smith came…
Doug Baum is standing at the entrance to Petra, Jordan, the first-century…
Lareatha Clay grew up knowing her history and understanding from an early age…
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In 1768, the Spanish Crown granted a charter to a fledgling settlement on a ford of the Rio Grande in the colonial frontier province of…
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Golden hour in East Texas – when the soon setting sun illuminates the Spanish moss and the nighttime hum is getting ready for the serenade. The light reflects off the creamy, coffee colored water, rippling as…
