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The Battle of Galveston
On New Year’s Eve 1862, the city of Galveston, Texas, had been seized and...
Doris Miller
President Franklin D. Roosevelt called Pearl Harbor Day, the day Japan launched an unprovoked...
Texas Hill Country Regional Lighting Trail
If you live in the Texas hill country (or if you can manage to...
The First Thanksgiving in Texas
Happy Thanksgiving! …but… Did you know the very FIRST Thanksgiving on American soil was...
Six Great Texas Holiday Experiences
The Holiday Season starts even before Thanksgiving Weekend in some places around Texas. Here...
The Curious Case of the Baron de Bastrop
Bastrop County as well as the cities of Bastrop, Texas and Bastrop, Louisiana were named...
Circuit Riding Preachers
There were a number of considerations vital to Texas pioneers. Food. Shelter. Protection. After...
Early Texas Rights for Women
Life was hard on the Texas frontier, and 1200 miles lay between colonial Texas...
Happy Birthday, Samuel Lucchese!
Samuel James Lucchese–bootmaker, son of a bootmaker, grandson of a bootmaker–was born November 9,...