We take for granted the smooth paved roads of today. But before 1900, most roads in Texas were not paved,…
Browsing: Legacy
Known as the “Broadway of America,” the Bankhead Highway was one of the nation’s earliest transcontinental roadways, stretching from Washington,…
In the 1950s, the magazine Texas Parade wrote, “Not since Cheops erected his great Pyramid in Egypt, perhaps, has so…
Aviation History in the State Archives
What does an East Texas town of 3,500 with a downtown youth council, a Panhandle town of 13,000 working on…
On an unusually brisk April afternoon in 2018, county residents packed the courthouse square in Karnes City, located about an…
T he draw of Texas—a mythic place of ample land and opportunity—is well known today. However, this was not always the…
Burt Compton’s Marfa Gliders
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