By Barbara Brannon
Alan Bean, the fourth person to walk on the moon — as part of the Apollo 12 crew in 1969 — took a different path than his fellow astronauts once he retired. He began to paint, developing an idiosyncratic style used to capture astronauts and spacecraft.
The cowboy boot was essentially invented in Texas. Many assume the cowboy boot simply evolved in the U.S. and Texas from European conquistadors’ and settlers’…
Fort Davis is the highest town in Texas. Literally. Located at an altitude of more than 5,000 feet in the heart of the Davis Mountains,…
The state highway between Crockett and Nacogdoches roughly follows a prehistoric trading route through Texas…
The notorious gaudy cowtown of Tascosa, situated along the dramatic Canadian River breaks in the…
It was 1930. The Great Depression had begun, but falling crop prices and heavy debt…
For many, no trip to the coast would be complete without a shrimp dinner or…
The first word spoken from the moon was the name of the first president of…
One hundred years ago, in 1917, the United States entered World War I. The commemoration…
The iconic footwear of Texas has left tracks across the state’s heritage and culture from…
The King Ranch, which today sprawls across 825,000 acres of South Texas, has long been…
With such legendary bluesmen as Stevie Ray Vaughan and Lightnin’ Hopkins hailing from the Lone…
Nothing piques a highway explorer’s curiosity more than the roadside lure of a cavern or…
The Pecos cantaloupe is, arguably, the most famous melon to grace Texas’ produce scene. The…
Small clusters of people are gathered around telescopes, quietly murmuring about the different anomalies that…
Texas has plenty of back roads to explore but none quite like U.S. Highway 83.It…
Its Sunday afternoon, and the final group arrives at the 18th hole. “quiet please!” signs…
On tiptoes, atop the checkerboard floor, she leans against the marble- topped soda fountain counter…
Cynthia James has been working as a studio artist for over 30 years. Her dream…
Linda Pelon calls her studies into Comanche history the “research that won’t go away.” She…
On April 4, 2017, the Texas Department of Transportation — TxDOT, as most of us…
State and local dignitaries gathered at the Texas capitol on Oct. 11, 1970, to honor…
