Post dateJune 12, 2015 “Texas Rising” Review-Part 6/Battle of San Jacinto Let me start by saying that I had fewer complaints about this episode than...
Post dateJune 10, 2015 Johnny Gimble Tribute at Lukenbach, Texas Lukenbach, Texas has enjoyed a reputation as a Country & Western music venue since Jerry...
Post dateJune 8, 2015 Confederate Reunion Grounds Confederate Veterans of the Civil War created the Confederate Reunion Grounds in 1889 as...
Post dateJune 5, 2015 “Texas Rising” Review-Part 5/Landscapes and Manscapes I decided to cover Texas landscapes and uncover historical manscapes in one post, since...
Post dateJune 3, 2015 “Texas Rising” Review-Part 4/Was Emily West Texas’ “Yellow Rose”? The case of Emily West (Morgan), the storied “Yellow Rose of Texas”, is a...
Post dateJune 1, 2015 “Texas Rising” Review-Part 3/How ’bout them Braves? In Peter Jackson’s movie The Two Towers, we hear Samwise Gamgee say, “We’re not supposed...
Post dateMay 29, 2015 “Texas Rising” Review-Part 2/The Alamo Survivors Let’s talk a bit about the survivors of the Alamo–the actual survivors as well...
Post dateMay 27, 2015 “Texas Rising” Review-Part 1/The Aftermath of the Alamo We interrupt this regularly scheduled field trip summary to bring you a special rant...
Post dateMay 25, 2015 Liendo Plantation When Justo Liendo began growing cotton on his 67,000 acre Spanish land grant, it...
Post dateMay 22, 2015 Texas Civil War Museum Did you know that 47 Irish immigrants from Houston defeated 5000 Union troops who...