When young university student, Donna Shaver arrived at Padre Island National Seashore in 1980 from Syracuse N.Y., she fell in…
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Words used to describe John L. Nau III include successful business executive, inspiring leader, citizen advocate, collector, philanthropist, conservationist, and…
It’s an odd-looking set of buildings. A single story convento and a broken church (it was never a chapel) with…
The San Jacinto Monument is a towering tribute to a spectacular military triumph. The Battle of San Jacinto was a…
Despite challenges and a brief printing interruption, Authentic Texas is back in print and stronger than ever online. Texan resilience…
We’re delighted to be back in print! And, we’re as committed as ever to providing a quarterly printed magazine. It…
In March 1989, just two months into serving as First Lady of the United States, Barbara Bush established the Foundation…
“Nobody in the literary world would have touched a book narrated by a ranch dog who was five bales short…
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) is a treasure waiting to be discovered. Since its official beginning in…
On a workaday Tuesday noon, this stretch of historic Route 66 on the west side of Amarillo, Texas, looks like…