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Happy Birthday, A. J. Foyt

Today we wish a happy birthday to Texas race car driver A. J. Foyt–“Super...

“Tex” Ritter was born Woodward Maurice Ritter on January 12, 1905 in Murvaul, Texas. Texas born...

On January 8, 1919, a little girl was born to the Gollner family in...

James Walker Fannin was born on the first day of 1804 in Marion, Georgia...

Today is the 155th birthday of Ida Weisselberg Hadra. She was born in Castroville...

David Gouverneur Burnet was born April 14, 1788 to parents of status. His father served...

Haden Edwards was one of the first Texas empresarios. His father was a senator who...

Here’s another record-breaking San Antonio hotel–the beautiful Palacio del Rio, built in record time in order...

I love history, but my degree is in architecture, so when it’s especially interesting...

Today we wrap up nostalgia week for the 1968 HemisFair, a World’s Fair in...