Issue 26
Your New Authentic Texas Reading Experience
We’re thrilled to introduce you to our freshly redesigned magazine aimed at bringing you Texas heritage tales from the trails in a more enjoyable reading experience. See more about this update and what to expect over the next two weeks as we continually improve. Read More >
Local
Think back to elementary school. The prospect of gym class may have had you thinking of dodgeball, basketball, or climbing…
The life-size storefront silhouettes of musicians on Galveston’s Market Street suggest an entertainment venue for partygoers. However, upon entering the…
The first major vegetable crop grown in Texas might reduce you to tears — sweet tears. But first, some history.…
The Stanzel Model Aircraft Museum Features Toys That Really Fly
Western Son Distillery continues to grow in Pilot Point Bottles, with liquids…
If American vernacular music has an archetypal instrument, it’s certainly the guitar, and…
LIfe
While most of Authentic Texas’s “Trail Drives” follow auto routes, this one…
Planning a three-hour tour around Canyon, Texas? Maybe a visit to…
In Andrews, Texas, half a century ago, two best friends had…
Its Sunday afternoon, and the final group arrives at the 18th…
Texas Originals
Burt Compton’s Marfa Gliders
O n an October afternoon among tree-lined heights of Canadian, Texas, a hint…
I t’s an irony, no doubt, that the men’s correctional institution operating since…
Scurry County preservationist Paula Hatfield’s family roots are in East Texas, but…
Texas Historical Commission
Texas Historical Commission (THC) markers across the Lone Star State note that Native Americans frequented natural springs to hunt animals drawn to the reliable…
TSLAC
Two different scenes from past Texas summer nights stir our imagination and lead to new adventures. You can visit these scenes in person and…
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Features
As a native San Antonian, I have visited every historic site, all the museums multiple times, and have been to the Alamo more times than I can count on both hands, and most toes. But there…