Post dateApril 10, 2024 Jim Bowie Actually, we’re not quite sure when James Bowie was born, but our best guess is...
Post dateApril 8, 2024 An April Riddle Riddle: How can a war end before it begins? Answer: On the calendar! From an official...
Post dateApril 5, 2024 Bluebonnets! Every Spring, God carpets the state of Texas in blue. But it wasn’t until...
Post dateApril 1, 2024 Road to Revolution: An April Fool? Here’s something to think about: Santa Anna was not always a dictator. The Mexican...
Post dateMarch 19, 2024 Young Texas Heroes – 4 Teens at the Alamo Earlier I wrote about William Philip King who, at 15, beseeched his father to...
Post dateFebruary 14, 2024 Ernest Tubb, Texas’ Troubadour On a cotton farm near Crisp, Texas (now a ghost town in Ellis County), Ernest...
Post dateFebruary 7, 2024 Remembering Fred Gipson Even if you don’t recognize Fred Gipson by name, it’s a rare Texas who...
Post dateJanuary 31, 2024 Remembering John Coffee “Jack” Hays Texas Ranger John Coffee “Jack” Hays was born in the community of Cedar Lick...
Post dateJanuary 8, 2024 Celebrating our 25th Year of Discovering Texas! It’s hard to believe I wrote the original version of Discover Texas 25 years...
Post dateDecember 11, 2023 Great Gift Ideas! Need a great gift idea that almost everybody seems to like? These two collections...