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Kerrville, in the Hill Country, is known for its beautiful landscapes, galleries, boutiques and rivers. But the town also has…
Tyler and roses are permanently linked in the minds of Texans. According to The Handbook of Texas (TSHA), the first…
Much has happened since Beaumont was established on the Neches River in…
As you are traveling on “The Last American Highway,” U.S. Highway 83,…
Section 2 of an 1870 law gave the Rio Grande Railroad (RGRR)…
As with many European groups who faced religious oppression in the middle…
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Many of those traveling on Interstate 20 about an hour (or 70…
Many people are surprised to learn that in various prehistoric eras…
America has always had a fascination with transport, from the historic…
One of my best childhood memories is walking into the family…
Texas Originals
Many people spend a small fortune to spend an evening with a…
Doug Baum is standing at the entrance to Petra, Jordan, the first-century…
I t’s an irony, no doubt, that the men’s correctional institution operating since…
As you walk into the Refugio, Texas, home of Bart Wales, one…
Texas Historical Commission
On an unusually brisk April afternoon in 2018, county residents packed the courthouse square in Karnes City, located about an hour’s drive southeast of…
TSLAC
Faith is central to the story of Texas. One of the most iconic scenes in the story of our state took place at the…
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When young university student, Donna Shaver arrived at Padre Island National Seashore in 1980 from Syracuse N.Y., she fell in love with both the ocean and saving an endangered species. “I had never seen the ocean…