One-hundred-fifty, years ago, in 1867, the South was in the middle of reconstruction following the Civil War, with Texas placed in the Fifth Military District…
In-Depth History
Early in 1869 an intense manhunt closed in on Cullen Montgomery Baker, a vicious desperado of early Texas. Although born in Tennessee, Cullen moved with his…
In the eastern United States, signs stating “George Washington slept here” have been used for many years to attract visitors to a variety of sites,…
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent. Henry David ThoreauAt a most basic level, literature uses the written word to helps…
We take for granted the smooth paved roads of today. But before 1900, most roads in Texas were not paved, but were graded or unimproved,…
Courage, Perseverance, and Innovation
How did aspiring landowners come to the future Lone Star State? One of the state’s most respected historians helps readers and visitors appreciate the earliest…
To many, the mention of Texas history conjures up the Battle of the Alamo, cattle drives and oil strikes. To be sure, these were defining…
Although tempting to think of Texas as different from the rest of the nation, the state’s religious development doesn’t sustain a claim to uniqueness. The…
On Sunday, July 17, 1955, families across America sat down in their living rooms and tuned into ABC to watch a live television broadcast that…
Perhaps the best way to experience Salado, a writer from Southern Living once offered, is to stumble upon it. You’re traveling I-35 between Austin and…
Movies take us on journeys, sometimes to places far away from our own experiences, sometimes through emotions that feel safer to experience through the medium…
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