In the late 1800s, many German immigrants gravitated to east-central Texas, where they continued the…
Have you ever deliberately tried to spend a night in jail? And gladly paid for…
Texas Historical Commission (THC) markers across the Lone Star State note that Native Americans frequented…
Fittingly, Austin’s nucleus of intellectual activity—the University of Texas—is also its literary hub. With nearly…
On an unusually brisk April afternoon in 2018, county residents packed the courthouse square in…
Glance at a Fayette County map, and you’ll see German and Czech community names dotting…
On a desolate stretch of highway, some 75 miles southeast of Fort Stockton, a lonely…
News of the church dedication trumpeted from the front page of the local paper: “The…