Living history in Corpus Christi A time machine floats in Corpus Christi Bay. Step aboard the USS Lexington, the world’s oldest aircraft carrier and now a museum, and travel into a past full of heroes and danger. First, some context. Corpus Christi has been a military town since U.S. General Zachary Taylor’s army set up
Public works brighten the desert in El Paso In the vast desert of West Texas, El Paso is bringing color to the landscape. Since 2006, the city has reserved two percent of the budget of all capital improvement projects for public artwork. Since then, El Paso’s Public Art Program has com- pleted more than 50
Nothing says Texas like a windmill spinning in the breeze, pumping water from deep beneath the hard, baked soil. And, if it’s authentic Texas, it will have an iconic name stamped on the tail – Aermotor. The first Aermotor windmill was introduced in 1888 in Illinois, although other windmills existed at the time. Only 24
It’s late 1892 and livestock far outnumber the 600 or so humans in the new Texas Panhandle town of Amarillo. Imagine riding your horse into town to do your weekly errands, including a stop to check out the new bank, Amarillo National Bank (ANB). Tie up out front and mosey into the bank at the
If you were to survey Texans on the things they love most about their state, we can guarantee some of these things would make the list: bluebonnets, barbeque, Tex-Mex, high school football, Dr Pepper, sunsets, George Strait, small towns and Texas businesses. Bluebell, Buc-ee’s and Dairy Queen have the following and admiration of many Texans,
Originally called El Valle Kennels and established in 1935, Barkerhaus Kennels is the oldest operational kennel in El Paso. Although the name implies a spin on the sound of a dog’s voice, Barkerhaus is actually named after founders Stephen and Frances Barker. Originally from Missouri, the Barkers moved to El Paso in 1929. Mr. Barker
Keith Glasscock, a Permian Basin oilfield worker, often spent his spare time searching the windswept sandy dunes near Midland for stone artifacts left by the…
Picture an elegant glass of a deep red, Texas wine. Where do you picture yourself drinking that wine? Fredericksburg, perhaps, the town considered to be…
Fort Worth earned a reputation as one of the rough and tumble towns in the Old West, and most of the mayhem took place in…
It’s a somewhat-hard-to-find oasis in the shadow of downtown San Antonio, but those who do locate the Casa Navarro State Historic Site enrich themselves with…
