Happy Birthday, “Babe” Didrickson Zaharias!
The Didricksons of Port Arthur, Texas named their new baby girl Mildred Ella, but...
Audie Murphy…the “real” Captain America?
Audie Murphy was born June 20, 1925 in Kingston, Texas and grew up to...
Oil!
On June 9, 1894 workmen from the American Well and Prospecting Company went to...
Road to Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto
Houston began with approximately 1200 Texians in his volunteer army, but after the slaughter...
Young Texas Heroes – Katy Jennings (10)
No one is too old or too young to act heroically. At the age...
Young Texas Heroes – William Philip King (15)
The youngest man to die at the Alamo on March 6, 1836 was 15-year-old...
Did You Know…Popeye the Sailor was a Texan?
Cartoonist Elzie Crisler Segar may have been born in Illinois, but Popeye the Sailor,...
Waterloo Chosen as Capital of Texas
Did you know that Austin was not always the capital of Texas? Several cities can...
How Cold Was It?
Many Texans experienced snowfall and freezing temperatures during December and have weathered another round...
Doris Miller
President Franklin D. Roosevelt called Pearl Harbor Day, the day Japan launched an unprovoked...