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November 18, 2015
The Google of Texas
Answers to all of Texas's most pressing questions can be found in the brand-new edition of the Texas Almanac.
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Texas History
November 18, 2015
The Great Pyramide
A Christmas carousel built nearly a century and a half ago is a welcome reminder of Texas’s deep German heritage.
Arts & Entertainment
October 21, 2015
Voice of the Pines
In search of the mysterious, absurdist, and lyrical East Texas writer William Goyen.
The Culture
October 21, 2015
Guest of Honor
The dishes, glassware, and silver that John F. Kennedy never got to use.
Texas History
September 17, 2015
Remains to Be Seen
Peace and quiet among our most famous gravestones.
Texas History
August 19, 2015
Will Jim Crow Be on the Test?
The textbooks are all right.
Texas History
August 14, 2015
The Long, Strange Journey Of Lee Harvey Oswald’s Gravestone Back To Texas
The presumed killer of John F. Kennedy died in Texas, but his gravestone didn't rest in peace.
The Daily Post
August 13, 2015
The University Of Texas Is Moving The Jefferson Davis Statue From the Main Mall
Four other Confederates will maintain their vigil over the university, but Jefferson Davis is being moved out of plain sight.
Arts & Entertainment
August 13, 2015
The Cowgirl Way
The story behind rodeo star Tad Lucas’s little red riding boots.
Arts & Entertainment
August 13, 2015
All the Way With LBJ
As five new books make clear, our thirty-sixth president refuses to be consigned to the dustbin of history.
News & Politics
July 23, 2015
Rites of Passage
LBJ, voting rights, and a complex legacy.
Texas History
July 23, 2015
Old News: An Illustrated Look at Curious Headlines From a Bygone Era
From the Bryan Daily Eagle, July 7, 1910
Texas History
July 23, 2015
Mr. Bryan’s Magical History Tour
A trove of Texas memorabilia.
Texas History
July 23, 2015
Father Figure
Stephen F. Austin was a Texas pioneer—of image management.
News & Politics
July 23, 2015
While We’re Young
Twenty-two Texans on why they will (or won’t) go to the ballot box.
Texas History
June 12, 2015
Out of the Box
Among other things, Charles Goodnight basically invented the food truck. (He called it the chuck wagon.)
Texas History
June 11, 2015
Old News: An Illustrated Look at Headlines From a Bygone Era
“Our water squirters again find employment by amusing themselves in sprinkling our streets.” —San Saba County News, April 7, 1893
The Daily Post
May 28, 2015
Hakeem Olajuwon, the Rockets Star Who Valiantly Fought to End Sneaker Violence
As Houston basketball fans mourn the end of the Rockets season, we remember the efforts of one of the team’s all-time greats.
Texas History
May 13, 2015
Ich Bin ein Texan
A 181-year-old book reminds us that Texas was once much more German—and far more radical—than we realize.
Texas History
May 7, 2015
Old News: An Illustrated Look at Headlines From a Bygone Era
“Lightning killed near Blossom, Tex., a mule and cow at the same time. They were a mile apart.”—Jefferson Jimplecute, May 1, 1908
Texas History
May 7, 2015
A Mighty Wind
In drought-ravaged West Texas, cotton farmers find good omens in unlikely places.
Texas History
April 9, 2015
Sterling Success
A century ago, no battleship could do without a twelve-gallon silver punchbowl with matching cups and ladle.
Texas History
April 7, 2015
Coming Soon: A Large Confederate Memorial on I-10, Just Inside the Texas State Line
The Confederate Memorial of the Wind in Orange will remind 55,000 motorists a day of the rebel heritage many Texans would just as soon forget.
Texas History
March 23, 2015
Texas History in 601 Words
The story of Texas can be reduced to one sentence: somebody has something somebody else wants and will put up a fight to get.In the beginning, these fights were over land. The Spanish explorers came here in the 1500’s; ignoring native peoples, they claimed a vast region that included
Texas History
March 18, 2015
The Apache Amulet
A keepsake taken from a fallen warrior’s body 135 years ago hasn’t lost its power.
Texas History
March 13, 2015
Old News: An Illustrated Look at Curious Headlines From a Bygone Era
“Pistol carrying is now so prevalent here as to be a first-class nuisance. The young men, white and black, hardly consider themselves in party attire unless they have on a pistol.”—Brenham Weekly Banner, May 27, 1886
The Daily Post
March 12, 2015
National Transportation Safety Board Considers Reinvestigating the Plane Crash That Killed Buddy Holly
Oh boy.
Texas History
February 3, 2015
Remember the Long Rifle
The most effective weapon of the Texas Revolution, even if it couldn’t save the mission’s defenders.
Texas History
January 9, 2015
Old News
An Illustrated Look at Curious Headlines From a Bygone Era.
The Daily Post
January 8, 2015
Does “Selma” Get LBJ Wrong?
The Golden Globe-nominated film about the Civil Rights Movement is the subject of some unexpected controversy regarding its depiction of the relationship between Martin Luther King and President Lyndon Johnson.
Texas History
December 5, 2014
Old News
An Illustrated Look at Curious Headlines From a Bygone Era.
Texas History
November 12, 2014
Old News: An Illustrated Look at Curious Headlines From a Bygone Era
“Tramps are overrunning the towns of Eastern Texas, and will soon overwhelm Austin.” —Weekly Democratic Statesman, December 16, 1875
The Culture
November 6, 2014
That’ll Be the Frames
Buddy Holly’s trademark black-rimmed glasses were a key part of his public persona. But he was too blind to see it that way at first.
Texas History
October 21, 2014
Bottle Rocket
Lone Star was just a brew for dads and cowboys, until Jerry Retzloff helped turn it into the coolest beer in the country.
Texas History
August 5, 2014
The Livermore Cache
Why did hunter-gatherers bury their arrow points on the tallest peak in the Davis Mountains?
The Daily Post
August 1, 2014
1983 New York Times Profile Of Austin Showcases The Fact That Austinites Have Always Complained About The City Changing
'Booming Austin Fears It Will Lose Its Charms' is a story that could be—and has been—written any number of times over the past 30+ years, the evidence shows.
Texas History
July 10, 2014
Old News: An Illustrated Look at Curious Headlines From a Bygone Era
“An irate gentleman went for the city editor of the Dallas Herald a few days ago, but was met with a six-chambered apology-maker. It might as well be understood now that all local editors in Texas have their pants made with pistol pockets in them.” —San Marcos Free Press, June 19,
News & Politics
July 10, 2014
Sam Rayburn’s Bates List Finder
The legendary speaker of the House had his own version of a little black book—and it included numbers for a florist, a fishing buddy, and two future presidents.
Texas History
May 13, 2014
Old News: An Illustrated Look at Curious Headlines From a Bygone Era
“There are so many mad dogs in Denton county that people won’t send their children to school, and people riding about o’nights ride like Arabs on dromedaries, crossing their nice little legs in front of them.” —Weekly Democratic Statesman (Austin), June 3, 1875
Texas History
May 9, 2014
Spanish Gauntlet
Faced with the realities of a rugged land, a band of sixteenth-century explorers left behind their dreams of conquest, as well as this chain mail glove.
News & Politics
April 11, 2014
First Class All the Way
RIP Robert Strauss.
Texas History
April 11, 2014
Remember the Tejanos!
Tejanos at the Alamo.
Texas History
March 12, 2014
Old News: An Illustrated Look at Curious Headlines From a Bygone Era
In this installment, the missus of a sheep farmer visits Waco—as a mister.
Texas History
March 4, 2014
Sallie Tate’s Emancipation Dress
A rare relic of slavery in Texas—and one woman’s freedom.
Texas History
February 12, 2014
Old News: An Illustrated Look at Curious Headlines From a Bygone Era
In this installment, the King Ranch receives a mighty substantial shipment of barbed wire.
Texas History
February 5, 2014
A Brief History of Peeing on the Alamo
An El Paso man pled guilty to the most heinous offense against Texas history imaginable: Peeing on the Alamo. Does this make him the next Ozzy Osbourne?
Texas History
January 10, 2014
History Revisited
No ideas but in things.
Texas History
January 9, 2014
Santa Anna’s Chamber Pot
The story behind an unusual trophy of the Texas Revolution.
Texas History
January 9, 2014
Old News: An Illustrated Look at Curious Headlines From a Bygone Era
In this installment, Dallas feasts for six months on something called the "boss turtle."
Texas History
January 9, 2014
Two Texans
Former state demographer Steve H. Murdock troves his data to illustrate the average Texan in two every different years—1950 and 2050.