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Texas Annexation Day

Texas has the unique distinction of being the only state that was once an...

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...

A few more video clips and first-person accounts of the HemisFair 68, the International Exposition...

When the city of San Antonio celebrated its 250th birthday in 1968, HemisFair 68–a...

A large number of Germans immigrated to Texas in the 1840s and found the...

What began as a Happy Birthday shout-out to the Independence Baptist Church has happily...

You likely have not heard of Z. N. “Wildcat” Morrell, but he was a colorful...

Last summer I did a series about learning styles. I’ve just finished putting that...