Rancho de las Cabras
Rancho de las Cabras means “Ranch of the Goats”, and that’s just what it was....
A City Plan in Colonial Texas
Green DeWitt received permission from the Mexican government to establish a colony of 400...
James Kerr
James Kerr was a man of many talents. During his lifetime, he worked as...
Happy Birthday, Texas…Again!
Texas first joined the United States as the 28th sovereign state in the Union...
Two Texas Birthdays
March is Texas History Month! Did you know that both Sam Houston and the...
The Louisiana Purchase
When Spain returned Louisiana to France in 1800, one of the stipulations of the...
Learn to Spot the Seeds of Conflict
In the last post, I issued a challenge to be on the lookout for...
Happy Birthday, Robert LaSalle and Baron de Bastrop
Some people in Texas’ history (okay…maybe several of them) are more than a little...
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!
An icon is a symbol, and the Texas icon is larger than life–a maverick...