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Juneteenth!

On January 1, 1863 Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation proclaiming “that all persons held as...

Field trips don’t always have to be planned. Sometimes they can be a welcome...

The Waco Mammoth Site is so unique it is under consideration as a national monument in the...

Moses Austin had pioneering in his blood. Born October 4, 1761, he was 15...

On June 9, 1894 workmen from the American Well and Prospecting Company went to...

Houston began with approximately 1200 Texians in his volunteer army, but after the slaughter...

No one is too old or too young to act heroically. At the age...

The youngest man to die at the Alamo on March 6, 1836 was 15-year-old...

March is Texas History Month, but the tension was had been building since at...

On February 25, 1911 Quanah Parker died. Quanah was the son of Comanche Chief Peta...