Post dateJanuary 26, 2024 Remembering Texas’ Role in NASA History is not just about long-ago events. History is being made every day. I...
Post dateJanuary 24, 2024 Texas Adopts the Lone Star Flag On January 25, 1839, the congress of the Republic of Texas adopted the Lone Star...
Post dateJanuary 22, 2024 Domingo Terán de los Rios becomes First Governor of Spanish Texas On 23 January 1691, the Count of Galvez (as in Galveston) appointed Domingo Terán de...
Post dateJanuary 19, 2024 Waterloo Chosen as Capital of Texas Did you know that Austin was not always the capital of Texas? Several cities can...
Post dateJanuary 17, 2024 Moses Austin Gets His Grant On January 17, 1821 the government of New Spain finally granted Moses Austin’s request...
Post dateJanuary 15, 2024 Did You Know…Popeye the Sailor was a Texan? Cartoonist Elzie Crisler Segar may have been born in Illinois, but Popeye the Sailor,...
Post dateJanuary 12, 2024 The Luckiest Man in Texas If you asked me to name the luckiest man in Texas, I’d put my...
Post dateJanuary 10, 2024 Texas Ushers the World into the Petroleum Age On January 10, 1901 drillers struck oil just south of Beaumont, TX. The discovery at...
Post dateDecember 27, 2023 The Battle of Galveston On New Year’s Eve 1862, the city of Galveston, Texas, had been seized and...
Post dateDecember 18, 2023 The Bexar Remonstrance On December 19, 1832, the residents of San Antonio became the first to hint...