It’s quite an amazing experience to run your fingers over an area of dirt, sift through pebbles and soil, feel…
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The Authentic stories bringing to life the unique heritage of people, places, and things in Texas.
For almost a half-century, he’s crisscrossed the state as sort of a “detective,” gathering artifacts and clues, assessing the evidence…
“West Texas Heritage” is a term that saturates Belt Buckle Distillery—the “Big Country’s” first and only distillery. Located in…
As a native San Antonian, I have visited every historic site, all the museums multiple times, and have been to…
Origin stories are usually pretty hard to nail down. Who was the first to stir up a martini? Who was…
Garland Holt Richards grew up thinking everyone had a historic frontier fort in their backyard. Born in San Angelo…
When is a Cinco Peso coin not a coin? When it’s a Texas Ranger badge. A badge is something we…
Eyes wide open, Steve Schwartz takes a long look at “Old Sparky” and reads about “riding the thunderbolt.” “This is…
“Prolific” cannot begin to describe Mike Cox, the celebrated Texas author of more than 30 non-fiction books and hundreds of…
Golden hour in East Texas – when the soon setting sun illuminates the Spanish moss and the nighttime hum is…