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Mission San Jose

Mission San Jose, founded in 1720, is the largest mission in North America–the...

On 8 December 1755–almost 262 years ago!–San Antonio’s beautiful Mission Concepcion was dedicated–though at...

Green DeWitt received permission from the Mexican government to establish a colony of 400...

James Kerr was a man of many talents. During his lifetime, he worked as...

As you know, I’m a HUGE fan of field trips. Texas has so many...

Few of us wake up in the morning with the expectation of doing anything...

Unless you’ve been living in complete isolation, it’s bound to have occurred to you...

Did you know that there are five varieties of bluebonnet “officially” recognized as the...

Texas first joined the United States as the 28th sovereign state in the Union...

March is Texas History Month! Did you know that both Sam Houston and the...