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Circuit Riding Preachers

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,...

Francisco Coronado explored New Mexico, the Texas plains, and Kansas searching for the fabled...

Juan Seguin is a Texas hero who tugs at my heart strings. Born...

Texas has no shortage of legends and heroes, but Samuel Maverick so embodied the...

Who do you cast to play one of Texas’ greatest heroes?Well, if you’re Walt...