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A City Plan in Colonial Texas
Post dateJune 16, 2017

A City Plan in Colonial Texas

Green DeWitt received permission from the Mexican government to establish a colony of 400...
James Kerr
Post dateJune 5, 2017

James Kerr

James Kerr was a man of many talents. During his lifetime, he worked as...
Happy Birthday, Texas…Again!
Post dateMarch 29, 2017

Happy Birthday, Texas…Again!

Texas first joined the United States as the 28th sovereign state in the Union...
Two Texas Birthdays
Post dateMarch 3, 2017

Two Texas Birthdays

March is Texas History Month! Did you know that both Sam Houston and the...
The Louisiana Purchase
Post dateJanuary 16, 2017

The Louisiana Purchase

When Spain returned Louisiana to France in 1800, one of the stipulations of the...
Learn to Spot the Seeds of Conflict
Post dateJanuary 13, 2017

Learn to Spot the Seeds of Conflict

In the last post, I issued a challenge to be on the lookout for...
Post dateNovember 18, 2016

Happy Birthday, Robert LaSalle and Baron de Bastrop

Some people in Texas’ history (okay…maybe several of them) are more than a little...
Post dateNovember 16, 2016

Happy Birthday, Vice-President James Nance Garner and Wiley Post!

A LOT of famous Texans were born toward the end of November and the...
Happy Birthday, James “Red” Duke!
Post dateNovember 14, 2016

Happy Birthday, James “Red” Duke!

An icon is a symbol, and the Texas icon is larger than life–a maverick...
Post dateNovember 9, 2016

Happy Birthday, Gail Borden!

Do you know what these three pictures have in common? To answer that question,...

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