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Happy Birthday, Johnny Gimble!
Post dateMay 28, 2021

Happy Birthday, Johnny Gimble!

I just love Johnny Gimble. 🙂 An exemplary member of “The Great Generation”, Gimble...
Post dateMay 26, 2021

Birthday of John Wesley Hardin (but I doubt it was happy)

John Wesley Hardin‘s father was a circuit-riding Methodist preacher. When his son was born...
A Reader Shares…
Post dateApril 14, 2021

A Reader Shares…

Corsicana reader C. Robert Keathley, fellow Texas Aggie and retired teacher of Texas History,...
Texas: Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
Post dateApril 9, 2021

Texas: Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder

In the process of studying history, historians are bound to discover heroes they like...
Happy Birthday, Juan Seguin!
Post dateOctober 26, 2020

Happy Birthday, Juan Seguin!

Juan Seguin is a Texas hero who tugs at my heart strings. Born in...
Happy Birthday, John Heisman – Honorary Texan
Post dateOctober 21, 2020

Happy Birthday, John Heisman – Honorary Texan

John Heisman, the man for whom football’s Heisman Trophy is named, was not born...
Happy Birthday, Red McCombs!
Post dateOctober 19, 2020

Happy Birthday, Red McCombs!

As I’ve prepared this Happy Birthday series, I’ve realized that all babies come into the...
Let the FUN Begin!
Post dateJanuary 3, 2020

Let the FUN Begin!

  Looking for something to put the “Zippity” back in your homeschool “Doo-dah”? How...
A Tribute to Kurt Kaizer
Post dateNovember 11, 2019

A Tribute to Kurt Kaizer

Contemporary Christian music composer Kurt Kaiser was born in Chicago on December 17, 1934...
Two Texas Artists Worth Knowing
Post dateSeptember 30, 2019

Two Texas Artists Worth Knowing

Some really great Texans were born in September, including these two who contributed much to...

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