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The Curious Case of the Baron de Bastrop

Bastrop County as well as the cities of Bastrop, Texas and Bastrop, Louisiana were named...

There were a number of considerations vital to Texas pioneers. Food. Shelter. Protection. After...

Life was hard on the Texas frontier, and 1200 miles lay between colonial Texas...

Samuel James Lucchese–bootmaker, son of a bootmaker, grandson of a bootmaker–was born November 9,...

Yup, cowboys are still very much a part of Texas! The trail drives only...

Benjamin Rush Milam–soldier, empressario, and entrepreneur–was born on October 20, 1788 in Frankfort, Kentucky. He...

Gonzales, capital city of the DeWitt Colony, was named in honor of Rafael Gonzales,...

The Spanish government had a big problem. Their explorer, Hernando Cortez, had turned into...

Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala y Sáenz was born October 3, 1788 in Tecoh, Yucatán....

Born in 1765 in Nuevo Santander (now the Mexican state of Tamaulipas), Martín De...