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
Browsing: #Summer 2016
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
Plunge deep into Texas’ past If diving into 3.5 million gallons of crystalclear, 76-degree water sounds like a welcome respite from midsummer heat, Texas has just the place to enjoy it. Oh, and it’s 500 miles from the beach. Bubbling up from the sands of the Chihuahuan Desert just south of I-10 in the Trans-Pecos
Bandera’s National Day of the Cowboy LONG GONE are days of walking down a Main Street lined by hitching posts on either side. Knotted rope and wood have been replaced by charging stations and parking meters paid for via text message. With rapid progress comes the threat of not properly appreciating the past, and that’s
America’s No. 1 State Park “Palo Duro Canyon State Park has been the lifeblood for an abundance of cultures,” says park superintendent Shannon Blalock. Its rich history tells the stories of people, industry and times long ago. As stewards of the park, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s State Parks Division takes pride in sharing the
A world-class event in Wichita Falls What started as an idea to celebrate the centennial of Wichita Falls’ founding has become the largest single-day 100-mile bicycle ride in the nation — and one of the largest in the world. American pioneers and ranchers settled the Wichita Falls area in the 1860s, and when the Fort
Texas' Official Seashell The Texas shoreline off the Gulf of Mexico is 624 miles long, but the plains of Texas — in the form of shallow water and bays with sandy or muddy bottoms and an abundance of clams and oysters — are still visible if you look in the right places. The lightning whelk,
