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 dateDecember 22, 2014 Happy Birthday, Lady Bird Johnson! The National Wildflower Research Center in Austin opened to the public on December 22,...
Post dateDecember 16, 2014 Lawrence Sullivan “Sul” Ross Another Texas General, Laurence Sullivan Ross, assumed command on December 16, 1863 of a...
Post dateDecember 15, 2014 The Celebrated Second United States Cavalry Regiment In 1855 the US Congress approved four new regiments. One, the Second United States...
Post dateDecember 8, 2014 Happy Birthday, Mission Concepcion! On this day 259 years ago in 1755, San Antonio’s beautiful Mission Concepcion was...
Post dateNovember 17, 2014 The End of the Texas Trail Drives On 17 November 1884 cattlemen meeting in St. Louis passed a resolution to ask...
Post dateOctober 24, 2014 Famous Texan – Gene Roddenberry When we think of explorers and pioneers, we usually think of history, but one...
Post dateOctober 22, 2014 Llano Estacado …means “staked plains” or “palisade plains.” However you translate it, it’s a huge high...