Texas Originals

Family Roots and Freedom Colonies

Lareatha Clay grew up knowing her history and understanding from an early age the importance of…

Built To Last

Scurry County preservationist Paula Hatfield’s family roots are in East Texas, but since moving to…

Every Pictograph Tells A Story

A diminutive lady with white hair, sparkling eyes and an easy laugh scrapes a reddish-brown…

Service Mission

As you walk into the Refugio, Texas, home of Bart Wales, one of the first…

Coastal Odyssey

Hurricane Harvey vented its wrath on Texas in September 2017 and left catastrophe in its…

Trekking Through Texas

Doug Baum is standing at the entrance to Petra, Jordan, the first-century capital of the…