Jeff Salmon

Pilgrimages. Throughout history people have traveled great distances to visit the places connected to the origins of their deep passions hoping to be transformed by the journey. They travel to visit the sites of their religious forefathers or to stand…

…And the men who made the plane that trained the flyers that won the war.

On Sunday, July 17, 1955, families across America sat down in their living rooms and tuned into ABC to watch a live television broadcast that would mark the dawn of a new era in American culture and shape tourism for…

In 1972, a movie production crew arrived in Huntsville to film in and around the state prison. The spectacle made quite an impression on a young Richard Linklater.“I was in 5th grade, and [director] Sam Peckinpah, Steve McQueen and Ali…

Movies take us on journeys, sometimes to places far away from our own experiences, sometimes through emotions that feel safer to experience through the medium of film. Interestingly, movies can let us experience a place we know well in a…

Just 20 years ago it would have been a challenge to find a few good film festivals in Texas. But the Texas Film Commission currently has 114 Texas film festivals in its database, with Austin and Houston each hosting more…

The first word spoken from the moon was the name of the first president of the Republic of Texas, and two things happened in 1908 that, more than six decades later, set that in motion. In early 1908 the head…

With 254 counties in Texas, it can be difficult for one to stand out from the crowd. Add the fact that Cass County is not named for a hero of the Texas Revolution but instead for a failed 1848 U.S.…