Road to Revolution: The Runaway Scrape
As Mexican army marched toward San Antonio to lay siege to the Alamo, many...
Alamo Survivor Susanna Dickenson
Susanna Dickenson is one of Gonzales’ best known citizens, and one whose story has...
Celebrate Texas History Month with our FREE game!
March is Texas History Month, but the tension was had been building since at...
Happy Birthday, Samuel Lucchese!
Samuel James Lucchese–bootmaker, son of a bootmaker, grandson of a bootmaker–was born November 9,...
Rafael Gonzales, Namesake of Gonzales, Texas
Gonzales, capital city of the DeWitt Colony, was named in honor of Rafael Gonzales,...
Alonzo Álvarez de Piñeda
The Spanish government had a big problem. Their explorer, Hernando Cortez, had turned into...
Lorenzo de Zavala – Vice President of the Texas Republic
Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala y Sáenz was born October 3, 1788 in Tecoh, Yucatán....
Martin de Leon
Born in 1765 in Nuevo Santander (now the Mexican state of Tamaulipas), Martín De...
Francisco Coronado
Francisco Coronado explored New Mexico, the Texas plains, and Kansas searching for the fabled...
Juan Seguin
Juan Seguin is a Texas hero who tugs at my heart strings. Born...