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Pratt: A True-Texan film: Deep In The Heart |
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Today
in Texas History: Teenage idol Buddy Holly dies in plane crash |
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Upshur County commissioner surveys county’s West
Texas property - why the heck does
Upshur Co. own land in Baylor and Throckmorton counties? Because they didn't
sell their school land as most did back in 1938. |
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Slideshow: A peek inside the Perot Museum of Nature & Science |
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Woodlawn Theatre, where "The Alamo" premiered might become landmark |
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Eastland County Museum Reopens with Grand Event |
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Film sheds light
on San Marcos River |
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Cowgirl made history with first indoor rodeo in 1917 |
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Film group to honor Lubbock’s Barry Corbin; Midland’s Douglass McGrath,
and; Dallas’ Meat Loaf |
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Feud fueled advances in heart surgery |
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Goliad churches approved for historical markers |
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40 years later: questions about Gulf ship sinking |
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Historic Galveston amusement pier to rise again |
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2012 Miss Snake Charmer Pageant Applications Available |
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Harold Branch, Texas Baptist pioneer, dies at age 92 |
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Hearse used after JFK slain in Dallas sells |
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Beaumont played host to Miss Texas pageant in 1961 |
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Hangar sites identified at Plainview pre-glider school |
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Jan. 20th in Texas History: Heroism of the "Texas Division" in WWII |
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The World's Longest Flight, in Coach: Sydney to Dallas |
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Bartee Haile: Prominent politician switches sides in Civil War |
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Renovations proceeding on Historic Settles Hotel in Big Spring |
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Real sugar. Real Texas. Real sad. |
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Cornerstone of 1909 Zephyr church, found in pasture, goes to historical
park |
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"The Port Arthur Story" |
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Big blue crab replica planned for Rockport |
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Citrus Fiesta aims to honor Iraq, Afghanistan vets |
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Winter Texans thanked for presence in Valley |
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Award-winning kite festival to fly again in February at SPI |
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Jan. 17th in Texas History: Mexican Federalists declare independence at
Laredo convention |
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Slideshow: TCU's mascot transforms throughout history |
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League City’s had many first in 50 years |
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His tale to tell: Past owner of NCED prompts El Paso's public corruption
probe |
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Texas crews excavate bones of purported ex-slaves |
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Drought Impact Skips Sandhills Rodeo |
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Houston-native Beyonce
gets fly with golden booty named after her |
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Neal McCoy releases new video filmed in Longview |
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Broncos QB Tebow has family ties in Abilene |
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Iconic Hondo 'welcome' signs return |
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Ten 'must do's' at the Fort Worth Stock Show |
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Filmmakers producing movie on Ann Richards |
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Customers come from across Texas to snag the last of the Dublin Dr Peppers |
|
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Tejano monument groundbreaking is Friday at Capitol |
|
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Lyle Lovett
inducted into Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame |
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Nonprofit offers $10,000 to help save Ghirardi oak in League City |
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Ridglea Theater in Fort Worth wins recognition as historic place |
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A&M
analysis: Historical church in Belton is not beyond saving |
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Longtime Lufkin eatery closing doors after 60 years |
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Unusual Flying Lights Baffle Big Country Residents,
Dyess, Abilene Regional Can't Explain Strange Lights in Big Country Sky |
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Jan.
12th in Texas History: Ambitious French colonization scheme fizzles,
Crusading El Paso newspaper folds |
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Big Bend Mountain Biking Festival Slated for February |
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Dublin Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. Ceases Making Dr. Pepper, Changes Name |
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Famed Texas prison rodeo arena being demolished |
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Jan.
11th in Texas History: Texas troops captured at Arkansas Post,
Black
veteran honored for war bond sales |
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Jan.
10th in Texas History: Spindletop oilfield discovered,
Texas
aviation leaders die in plane crash |
|
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The Legend of Old Rip the Horned Lizard |
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East Texas Tales: Eisenhower Once Thought To Be From Rose City |
|
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Texas Rose Festival Announces Queen, Duchess, Theme |
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Ten Millionth Visitor Enters the Kimbell |
|
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Alleged Belton radio station coup still remembered |
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RodeoHouston announces full list of 2012 entertainers |
|
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Timothy Goodall Jr., noted boxing coach, dies at 78 |
|
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Marshall Music
Legend, David Alexander Elam, Dies |
|
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Beloved San Antonio golf course swings into history |
|
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Three brothers, former Rangers honored with memorial crosses |
|
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Unsung heroes: Officers, brothers died in line of duty |
|
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Birder watches 50 years fly by |
|
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Looking Back: Wayland students dined in 'Slaughter House' |
|
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Railroad History Rolls Into Fort Worth |
|
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Hays County man says he spotted UFO |
|
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Jan.
6th in Texas History: Viceroy appoints Coronado to find Seven Cities of
Cíbola |
|
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'Save Our Pig' group trying to save iconic Beaumont restaurant |
|
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Eastland County Museum Dedication & Ribbon Cutting February 1 |
|
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Three Kings Day (The Epiphany): El Paso bakeries ready more roscas for
celebration |
|
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In 1912, a small town began to think big: Corpus Christi |
|
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‘TEXAS’ to
perform at national convention |
|
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Galveston's Grand Opera House celebrates 117th birthday |
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Jan.
4th in Texas History: WBAP sets country music standard |
|
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New Texas Almanac is out |
|
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Texas'
Tall Ship, Elissa, campaign on track to reach goal in 2012 |
|
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Texas rancher trains dogs to tend to cattle |
|
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Deaf woman speaks through artwork |
|
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Trew Ranch hosted Rockledge rail site |
|
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East Texas rancher trains dogs to tend to cattle |
|
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Galveston ferry may be Texas' best tourist bargain |
|
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Robert Earl Keen is almost 56 years old |
|
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Pioneer preacher came to Corpus Christi in 1838 |
|
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El Paso Mission Trail offers new iPhone app |
|
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Sanderson railroad station nears the end of the line as preservation efforts
fall short |
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Dec.
28th in Texas History: First oil well in Ector County signals development of
Odessa,
Death
of blues king Freddie King |
|
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Searching for Bigfoot in Texas |
|
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Bartee Haile: Life of Texas judge inspires strange short story |
|
|
Big Sandy man finds his ‘Fortune’ on TV show |
|
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Wild boar, at 685 pounds, was one that didn't get away |
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Dec.
27th in Texas History: Stephen F. Austin dies,
Texas
Masons hold first meeting |
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Judge, former state rep. Junell makes 100th ascent of Guadalupe Peak |
|
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Texas Hall of Fame Dance Hall Shuts Doors |
|
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Christmas brisket is a Texas holiday meal treat |
|
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SE Texas civil rights pioneer dies |
|
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After 50 years of gold and white, downtown Fort Worth shimmers in a new
light |
|
|
Display is all it's cracked up to be |
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Dec.
22nd in Texas History: Escaped POW William Dyess resumes flying and dies in
plane crash,
First
Texas-German church services held in Houston |
|
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Toby Hamilton: Entwined with shooting at UT Tower in life, death |
|
|
SHUMLA School:
a nonprofit archeological research and education center |
|
|
New owners continue Christoval tree farm tradition |
|
|
New play about former Texas governor Ann Richards opens in DC |
|
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Marker to honor San Antonio labor agitator Emma Tenayuca |
|
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Dec.
21st in Texas History: South Texas Democrat political boss Jim Wells dies |
|
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Bartee Haile: Broken date with Crockett saves young friend’s life |
|
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Cooley writes about DeBakey feud, reconciliation |
|
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Beaumont native became king of Texas in 1950s |
|
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Texas Historical Foundation donates $62,500 to Goodnight Home |
|
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Dalworthington Gardens lights display is one to remember |
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|
Dec.
20th in Texas History: Garrison at Goliad declares independence,
Duval
County Democratic leader shot, opening door for Parr dynasty,
Driskill Hotel opens in Austin |
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JFK's hearse to be sold at Dallas auction |
|
|
OS Museum in Post has unique collection of art |
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Dec.
19th in Texas History: Rival Lubbock County towns consolidate,
Albany
jail reopens as a museum,
San
Antonio presents grievances to Mexican state legislature |
|
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Owl Drug is an institution in Coleman |
|
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Retracing the sad saga of a Lubbock baseball legend |
|
|
Commodore Perry Estate opens in Austin |
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Dec.
16th in Texas History: Sul Ross takes command of Confederate cavalry brigade,
Republic of Fredonia stillborn in Nacogdoches |
|
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HSU graduation: Cowboy completes long journey to taking his diploma |
|
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Beaumont-native & country singer Billie Jo Spears dies at 73 |
|
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Excavation begins at Navarro County slave cemetery |
|
|
Photo: Southbound Train in Fall Folliage near Nacogdoches |
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Confederates, at war's end, flee to Mexico |
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Dec.
13th in Texas History: Spanish mapping expedition heads for Texas,
Moore
leads sortie of Texas Navy |
|
|
Cowgirl Museum Celebrates Sandra Day O’Connor |
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Editorial: Bexar County should give up plans to get documents back |
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Dec.
12th in Texas History: Fiery preacher denounces WT professor,
Red
Rovers leave for Texas,
Toonerville Trolley opens for business |
|
|
'Dallas' returns to city it made famous |
|
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Civil-rights pioneer, UTEP coach McCarty dead at 96 |
|
|
Vintage courthouses light up the night |
|
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West Texas doctors relish roots, saving lives |
|
|
Looking Back: Plainview joined national call to arms |
|
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Conspiracy theories about Jack Ruby are quashed by his dog |
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Dec.
9th in Texas History: Martín de Alarcón appointed governor of Texas,
Founder
of Negro National League dies |
|
|
Total lunar eclipse begins at 5:33am Central in Texas Saturday |
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Dec.
8th in Texas History: Southwestern colleges form athletic conference |
|
|
The Lone Star Celebration Christmas Tree in the
Texas House |
|
|
Come
celebrate Texas City’s centennial |
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|
Dec.
7th in Texas History: Waco-native Doris Miller shoots back at Japanese
attackers,
Noah
Smithwick banished from Texas as "a bad citizen",
West
Texas Historical and Scientific Society organized |
|
|
Bartee Haile: Sam Houston made as many enemies as friends |
|
|
Galveston’s historic Jean Lafitte Hotel to become apartments |
|
|
LBJ Library undergoing major renovation |
|
|
East Texas auctioneer to shine on ‘Storage Wars: Texas’ |
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Dec.
6th in Texas History: U.S. government okays the building of the Port Isabel
lighthouse,
Leadbelly dies |
|
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Artists collaborate to 'make ol' Guy [Clark] proud' |
|
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Iconic Big Tex Got His Start As East Texas Santa |
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Dec.
5th in Texas History: Texans assault Mexican garrison at Béxar,
Philosophical Society of Texas founded in Houston,
"Dusky Deamon" Bill Pickett born in Travis County |
|
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Craddock: Politician took a gamble with pledge |
|
|
Willacy County celebrates centennial |
|
|
Victim of Southeast Texas serial killer identified four decades later |
|
|
Dec.
4th in Texas History: Matador Ranch sold,
Carl G.
Cromwell, ignoring orders, brings in world's deepest oil well |
|
|
Vows spoken on TV by former HSU students are fond memory for widower |
|
|
Looking Back: Plainview prepares for war |
|
|
Music teacher helps artists find their voice |
|
|
Old Houston not forgotten at park's museum village |
|
|
Willacy County celebrates centennial |
|
|
New book on East Texas outlaws ‘Bad to the Bone’ |
|
|
Former McAllen attorney now starring in movie with Eric Roberts |
|
|
Valley-born filmmaker Steven Escobar breaks Guinness world record |
|
|
First Oral Arguments Heard in Austin McCloud Appellate Court Museum |
|
|
Dec.
2nd in Texas History: Lucy Pickens's face appears on Confederate $100 bills,
From
Peck to Tomball to "Oil Town U.S.A.",
"Angel
of San Antonio" weds longtime love |
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|
Dec.
1st in Texas History: Missouri Pacific enters Texas,
Rancher
accidentally shot on train,
Cartoonist's career begins |
|
|
Thompson: David Robinson's Hall of Fame speech was a marvel |
|
|
Trains at NorthPark offer city views along the tracks |
|
|
Nolan County Man Battling Drought the Old-Fashioned Way |
|
|
Enron: Ten Years After |
|
|
UT alumnus, Oscar Griffin, Jr., remembered for Pulitzer Prize |
|
|
Pecos Independent & Enterprise editor who won Pulitzer for Estes scandal
dies |
|
|
Pine floors a mystery at Governor's Mansion |
|
|
Looking Back: Education often hit-and-miss for pioneer children |
|
|
Carroll school district appears ready to sell historic building |
|
|
Burmese students are adjusting to life in East Texas |
|
|
The dream palace: How rescuing the Paramount Theatre 25 years ago reinvented
downtown Abilene |
|
|
Pep, Texas celebrates 66 years of Thanksgiving |
|
|
Modern Dallas coming to grips with Kennedy assassination |
|
|
3RF Astronomy Camp:
Star Party
dates are here |
|
|
Cuero in the running for turkey racing bragging rights |
|
|
William B. Travis, yes a descendant, running for Denton Co. sheriff |
|
|
Story stirs JFK assassination debate |
|
|
Dallas remembers JFK assassination: Nov. 22nd, 1963 |
|
|
Historians Claim New Research Shows Oswald Acted Alone in JFK Assassination |
|
|
'Luck' led journalist to exclusive on JFK assassination film |
|
|
Three Rivers Foundation Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus |
|
|
Depleted Texas lakes expose ghost towns, graves |
|
|
Nov.
20th in Texas History: Secretary of State recommends republic grant
copyrights, Texas
heroes at Tarawa |
|
|
State, DRT agree on Alamo trademark |
|
|
High School rodeo in Texas |
|
|
A&M’s “Century Oak” Given “Famous Tree of Texas” Designation |
|
|
Aggies remember Bonfire tragedy |
|
|
Waco mammoth site on its way to becoming a national monument |
|
|
Dallas Native Clayton Kershaw Easily Wins NL Cy Young |
|
|
Renovations Planned for Dealey Plaza |
|
|
Abilene Man Discusses Discovery of Oswald's Rifle |
|
|
Bartee Haile: Early Texas aviators risk their lives to defy gravity |
|
|
Lost JKF Assassination Tapes For Sale |
|
|
PETA morons ask Turkey, Tx to change name to Tofurky for Thanksgiving |
|
|
Obituary: Drummer Doyle Bramhall, a Dallas native, dies at 62 |
|
|
Girl Scouts of the USA celebrates its 100th birthday in Houston |
|
|
Cooke Co. Courthouse rededicated at its centennial |
|
|
97-Year-Old Anderson County Courthouse An East Texas Landmark |
|
|
Lone Star Adventure - Alligator Gars
- these things scared me when I was a kid on Lake Stamford with my
grandfather. |
|
|
Texas Historical Commission looks into dried lakes |
|
|
Drought produces a mystery at Richland Chambers Reservoir |
|
|
San Antonio River influences the Goliad area |
|
|
International
artist retires to San Marcos |
|
|
Minimum bid $25K for Travis-signed Alamo receipts |
|
|
Drought damage: Resilient ecosystem faces historic threat |
|
|
Bartee Haile: Fifties were golden for TCU under Abe Martin |
|
|
Texas urged to preserve World War II internment camps |
|
|
23rd Heritage Syrup Festival Offers Attendees Savory Treat |
|
|
Midlander’s story included in George W. Bush Institute |
|
|
Historic Fort Worth Stockyards meatpacking plant will be demolished |
|
|
Galveston: The destruction of the Royal Yacht |
|
|
Pro-American propaganda in the Panhandle |
|
|
Event touts birding in the Rio Grande Valley |
|
|
Nov.
7th in Texas History: Consultation takes a step toward the Texas Declaration
of Independence |
|
|
Faces of the Texas Renaissance Festival |
|
|
A dream that traveled from Germany to Texas |
|
|
Workers discover ancient bones at Amarillo plant construction site |
|
|
Thanks to music archive, show will go on |
|
|
Lubbock music legend Butch Hancock to show art at show |
|
|
DMN Editorial: 50th anniversary of JFK assassination deserves a silent
dignity |
|
|
Nov.
3rd in Texas History: Pecos high bridge sees its dawn over the Sunset Route |
|
|
Levelland remembers 1957 "close encounter" |
|
|
Artifact from Germany connected to Prince Solms |
|
|
WFAA's Bert Shipp writes book on the Texas TV news industry |
|
|
Update:
Demolition delayed one year,
Asarco smokestack: El Paso group wants to save landmark |
|
|
Sixth Floor Museum to commemorate 1963 JFK death |
|
|
Paranormal Activity in Texas: "Voice of the Unknown" |
|
|
Henderson haunted house is historical, too |
|
|
West Texas story, symphony takes center stage in Buffalo Gap fundraiser |
|
|
Winters ranch has grown to 9,500 acres |
|
|
Texas Quilt Museum opens Nov. 13 |
|
|
History Crawl celebrates Houston's 175th birthday |
|
|
Plainview Band Boosters began 73 years ago |
|
|
New dinosaur species named for Perot family |
|
|
Ex-Broadway producer, author dies in Boerne, credited with "discovering"
Paul Newman |
|
|
Smith Cemetery Receives Historic Cemetery Designation |
|
|
Group to pursue historic designation for icon in El Paso's Lower Valley |
|
|
Iconic Pig Stand No. 41 in Beaumont set to be demolished |
|
|
Glenn Eller of Katy wins gold, sets new Pan American Games shooting record |
|
|
Ballinger cowgirl, 79, still has her true grit |
|
|
Are
Fort Crockett's buildings historical? |
|
|
Zavalla's Ellermann wins Season 3 of History Channel's America's Top Shot! |
|
|
Champion mutton buster
- the photo bodes well for the future of Texas! |
|
|
Legislature Names October 26th as Chicken Fried Steak Day |
|
|
Historian: Struggle for Texas independence revolved around economic issues |
|
|
Del Rio reaches 100 years of aviation Wednesday |
|
|
Trolley days: El Paso transit veteran shares career memories |
|
|
Volunteers Clean Historic Irving Slave Cemetery |
|
|
Coffin parade provides Halloween fun on San Antonio River |
|
|
Ancient skull
found at Lake Georgetown |
|
|
SMU centennial celebrated with historical film |
|
|
Oct.
25th in Texas History: Texas State Fair opens in Dallas,
"Star
Trek" creator beamed from Earth |
|
|
Looking Back: Gov. Allred helped Plainview celebrate 50th anniversary |
|
|
Penny
Postcards from Texas |
|
|
A story of Pratt's
grandfather, faith & nature's challenge |
|
|
Trew: Dams make water, wild creatures return |
|
|
Fort
Crockett celebrates 100 years on island |
|
|
Bartee Haile: “I’ll drink all the oil in West Texas!” |
|
|
The wild west returns to the Panhandle |
|
|
Family feels at home in San Antonio's famed Jingu House & Tea Garden |
|
|
ACU group debunks mysterious Anson Lights |
|
|
Murder of Abilene woman 30 years ago featured in new Texas Monthly |
|
|
Fort Davis' 50th anniversary fete a success; events continue Saturday |
|
|
Former H.L. Hunt home in Dallas up for sale |
|
|
Golden Sweet Potato Festival starts today in Quitman,
Gilmer crowns its 2011 Yamboree Queen |
|
|
Baylor's Texas Collection features author, homecoming |
|
|
Velasquez is one of Tejano's chief architects |
|
|
Prehistoric bones discovered at Spring Lake |
|
|
Want to rent a yurt? New Texas State Parks Guide can tell you where to go |
|
|
Private rail car owners stop in Galveston |
|
|
Steven Seagal: The Border's Newest Deputy |
|
|
4
movie companies have filmed scenes in Texas City |
|
|
Dust storm roils through Texas South Plains, Lubbock-area -
Listener photos,
more |
|
|
101 years ago today, remains of Father of Texas left Brazoria County |
|
|
Oct. 18th in Texas History: Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant begins
production,
Follower of Mexican anarchist causes train crash,
Cowboy detective dies in California |
|
|
Survivors remember 1991 Luby's massacre in Killeen |
|
|
Luby's massacre: A timeline of events |
|
|
Texas historical marker unveiled at Camp Verde Park to honor Penateka
Comanches |
|
|
Looking Back: 1928 Plainview HS athletes cheered on by all-male,
all-female pep squads |
|
|
Texan takes home Ms. Senior America Crown |
|
|
Some of El Paso's landmarks fight to survive |
|
|
35 years later, no kicker has topped 69-yarder by ACU's Johansson |
|
|
Brown Co.'s Jerry Campbell & family featured in A&E series American
Hoggers |
|
|
RR Auctions:
Texas & Western Auction Featured Items Preview |
|
|
Texas City's centennial birthday girl dies |
|
|
Vernon's Santa Rosa Palomino Club, Texas' official ambassadors on horseback,
invited to 2012 Tournament of Roses Parade |
|
|
Denison celebrates Eisenhower's birthday and honors veterans |
|
|
Oct. 14th in Texas History: Frustrated ex-ranger killed when he smashes
his malfunctioning rifle against rock,
Future general and president born in Denison |
|
|
41 years and standing strong: Arby's in Wichita Falls one of rare
originals in U.S. |
|
|
Victoria Sheriff's Office celebrates 175 years of service |
|
|
Aviation history of the Big Bend will be on display this weekend |
|
|
Rangerette Couple celebrates 70th anniversary |
|
|
More graves found in Navarro County reservoir |
|
|
Skull at Lake Georgetown could be prehistoric |
|
|
An Oral History of the Dallas Music Scene |
|
|
October 12th in Texas History: First Roman Catholic Mass in Texas
celebrated,
Future publisher joins Galveston News as office boy |
|
|
Cooke County Courthouse Restoration in Final Stages |
|
|
San Antonio lawmakers seek Missions Park expansion |
|
|
Alamo-related documents to be sold online
- Livingston will appear on Pratt on Texas, Friday, 14 October |
|
|
Looking Back: Floydada man on family history quest |
|
|
R.A. Brown
Ranch founder from Virginia plantation |
|
|
Plainview's Emily Falkenberg twirls her way to Peru |
|
|
Texas Rose Festival President Striving To Increase Tyler Tradition's Appeal |
|
|
Economist cites Top 10 Texas events |
|
|
'I always feel safe in El Paso:' Laura Bush spent summers in Canutillo |
|
|
Fort Davis National Historic Site will dedicate new land purchased |
|
|
Texas Tech, Will Rogers and the legend of A&M |
|
|
West Texas Wind Festival slated for Oct. 15 in Roscoe |
|
|
Blaze spares 30-foot mural in San Antonio |
|
|
San Juan Basilica shifts pilgrim house to hotel |
|
|
Former Dallas Cowboy, author of North Dallas Forty, Peter Gent dead at 69 |
|
|
Cleburne's 70-year-old stadium earns historical marker |
|
|
Texas Tech, A&M rivalry came to head with horse kidnapping |
|
|
Lueders' Clear Fork Cemetery recognized by State Historical Commission |
|
|
Fire destroys 131-year-old San Antonio building,
Locals look back on Wolfson |
|
|
Floydada's Punkin' Days means fun for the entire family |
|
|
Star-Telegram leaves its Fort Worth headquarters after 90 years |
|
|
Looking back at Midland County’s first sheriff -- Theodore Maskyline Ray |
|
|
Texas Forts Trail Board Elects Directors |
|
|
Fried Food Chef Starts State Fair Test Kitchen |
|
|
Texas museum to return Orthodox frescoes to Cyprus |
|
|
42nd Annual German Sausage Festival coming to Slaton on 16 October |
|
|
Sul Ross hosts 66th annual NIRA rodeo this weekend |
|
|
Edinburg actor popping up on TV more often
- great comment on Whataburger! |
|
|
Sept.
29th in Texas History: Texas native and former slave earns Medal of Honor in
Union Army,
First
Polish church in America consecrated |
|
|
Llano Estacado Winery celebrates 35th year with annual Grape Day |
|
|
Fire Burns Some Of Set For 2003 Film 'The Alamo' |
|
|
Shop hop to celebrate 175th Texas anniversary |
|
|
New duds for Texas State Fair’s Big Tex |
|
|
Coastal Bend documentary film receives recognition, but not TV's highest
honor |
|
|
Longtime Dallas TV kids' show host, Mr. Peppermint, dies at 84 |
|
|
HemisFair construction erased North Street |
|
|
'Pan Am' Life Was Real For San Antonio Woman |
|
|
RIP: Arch West, creator of Doritos, dead at 97 |
|
|
Gem in the rough: Officials push for historic Camino Real Hotel upgrades |
|
|
Texas author and naturalist Meinzer honored with lifetime achievement award |
|
|
Looking Back: A full-service station |
|
|
'Bubble
Boy' legacy celebrated on his 40th birthday |
|
|
San Antonio man's UFO video a big hit online |
|
|
Civil rights-area, Oswald photographer dies at 82 |
|
|
Bartee Haile: Frontier calvaryman wins highest medal twice in one year |
|
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League City volunteer firefighter, 92, loves work |
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NASA aircraft flown by Rick Husband calls Amarillo 'home' |
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Vandals again target historic San Antonio mission |
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Military's arrival changed Abilene, historian Robert Sledge says at talk |
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Old No. 1: Guy Clark, approaching 70, stays engaged in the moment |
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Iconic "Texas" theater in Seguin almost completely restored
- gorgeous |
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Crew topples 300-foot Asarco smokestack in El Paso, was tallest
stack in Texas |
|
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Johnson Space Center Celebrates 50 Years |
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Many
Texas museums participating in Smithsonian's free museum day Saturday |
|
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Hidden History: Comal County Cotton Gins |
|
|
A story of bravery during the 1947 Texas City
Disaster - short, beautiful story |
|
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Texas
Attorney General sues Fort Crockett owners |
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Sept.
20th in Texas History: Texan flies in first airship? |
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Caprock Canyon bison once again roaming free |
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Chandler Historical Museum to recall Senator Yarborough, town's past |
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Jim Ned Valley learning history's lessons |
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Nolan Ryan received Golden Spur Award in Lubbock |
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Looking Back: Plainview's everything store turns 75 |
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TWU celebrates 50 years of desegregation |
|
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Stamp honors political trailblazer Barbara Jordan |
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Diocese of Corpus Christi announces centennial celebration |
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Downtown Dallas’ historic post office is latest address for urban living |
|
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Texas State prof maps Buddy Holly’s short, swift rise |
|
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UT commemorates 128 years of progressive change |
|
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Memorial for tragedy: 10 years after the Queen Isabella Memorial Bridge
collapse |
|
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Eastland to Celebrate Legend of "Ol' Rip" with Old Rip Fest |
|
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Sul Ross grad “Tony the Vet” completes walk to Ground Zero |
|
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Sept.
15th in Texas History: The Crash at Crush |
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Fort Worth's Kimbell Acquires Poussin Masterpiece for $24 Million |
|
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Some small Texas towns face population declines |
|
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SMU's Playboy Club Past |
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Farewell to the historic Robles House |
|
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Survivor of Queen Isabella Causeway collapse recalls disaster |
|
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Chuck wagon winners announced by Cowboy Symposium |
|
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Million dollar safety issues force closing of Garza Theater in Post |
|
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Magazine's spread on small-town Texas life features AHS football |
|
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Old Amarillo High becomes history - literally |
|
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Vintage plane returns: Vehicle built by Abilene's first airport manager |
|
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Sept.
13th in Texas History: Fence-cutting war reaches Mabel Day's ranch,
Philanthropist Alexander Sanger dies,
Abolitionist minister lynched in Fort Worth |
|
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Historic building fell on hard times: Veramendi Palace |
|
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South Padre Island, Port Isabel Plan Ceremony for Causeway Collapse
Anniversary |
|
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Hurricane Ike no match for three island widows |
|
|
San Antonio tells UT to give up its archives |
|
|
Cache of projectile points reflects Lubbock area's distant past |
|
|
Sept. 11th in Texas History: Mexico tries to take back Texas, captures
San Antonio |
|
|
Entrepreneur plans barbecue tours of Cowtown at $75 |
|
|
Floyd County Fair history |
|
|
Last Frontier Ranch Heritage Tour scheduled |
|
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Replica of the Texas
building at the 1098 St. Louis World's Fair was dreamed to be Wayland
Baptist Univ.,
Dr. Waylands are not related |
|
|
Happy 75th, Buddy Holly! |
|
|
Mission San Juan's restoration begins |
|
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Oktoberfest celebration: German culture coming to El Paso |
|
|
Tollets, TV coverage increase Lubbock fun on Buddy Holly's 75th
birthday |
|
|
State Fair of Texas judges blown away by Fried Bubblegum at Big Tex
Choice Awards |
|
|
The Duke still looms large for audiences at Snyder festival |
|
|
1908 Hale Co. courthouse vote sparked bitter court fight |
|
|
Relevance of Buddy Holly's music seen in its embrace by future generations |
|
|
For
generations, cruising was the pastime in Texas City |
|
|
Texas City has a lot to celebrate at 100 |
|
|
Butler
Longhorn Museum given fresh start |
|
|
Brooks County celebrates 100 years with festivities all weekend |
|
|
Marfa Lights Festival for Labor Day |
|
|
Friday night lights are growing dimmer |
|
|
Officials move forward with Upshur County Courthouse restoration project |
|
|
Library displays 19th century police relics |
|
|
Fried bubblegum, deep-fried salsa make annual State Fair of Texas finals |
|
|
Texas historical records in danger because of poor preservation, task force
warns |
|
|
Readers share memories of a very different North Texas |
|
|
"Legendary" Midland oilman Cy Wagner dies at 77 |
|
|
RIP: Cactus Pryor, Austin radio and TV pioneer, dead at 88 |
|
|
Hangar 25 Air Museum in need of volunteers |
|
|
Historic Texas Droughts Remembered |
|
|
Mills County courthouse rededicated Saturday after restoration |
|
|
Hotter 'N Hell bicycle race underway in Wichita Falls this weekend |
|
|
Seawall ‘paid for itself’ in 1909 storm |
|
|
Plainview High's 1928 one-act play won state |
|
|
Interurban helped put League City on the map |
|
|
Valley's role in LULAC foundation |
|
|
'Buddy' actor Busey to join Everly, Asher as speakers during Holly star
ceremony |
|
|
Billy Bob's Texas is toast of Paris. And Sweden. |
|
|
Son of former projectionist working to restore Ridglea Theater |
|
|
Date Set For End to Tarrant County Clock Tune Up |
|
|
In with the old: San Jacinto Title brings historic building back to life |
|
|
Harrison County museum gets new look for showcasing history |
|
|
Texas ghost town reappears due to drought |
|
|
Harris County Courthouse opens after $65M renovation |
|
|
Texas sues author over 'Don't Mess With Texas' romance novel |
|
|
History at stake at Hye post office |
|
|
Aug.
23rd in Texas History: Loyalist warns governor of anti-Mexican sentiment in
Nacogdoches,
San
Patricio deserters face court-martial,
Carl
Crane, aviation pioneer, makes first automated landing |
|
|
Trew: Early settlers had too much or not enough |
|
|
The Great Texas Land Rush is on |
|
|
Looking Back: Hale Center welcomed train |
|
|
Nine film teams reap honors at 2011 Corpus Christi 7-Day Film Project |
|
|
Lone Star Flight Museum leaves Galveston for Houston |
|
|
Corpus Christi council to vote on 1914 Nueces County courthouse |
|
|
New
Texas City Museum surprises many |
|
|
Mission San José set to re-open its historic church |
|
|
Former Diamond Hospital getting face-lift |
|
|
Historic radio station demolished in Gainesville |
|
|
Brownwood railroad museum keeps chugging along |
|
|
Aug.
16th in Texas History: French adventurer marries Spanish official's daughter,
Irish colony founded in South Texas,
Civil
rights attorney killed in accident |
|
|
Reality TV visits Texas, if there’s a point |
|
|
New Clock restaurant transcends time, still packs in patrons after 40 years |
|
|
Aug.
15th in Texas History: Sublett nominates Sam Houston for president of the
Republic of Texas,
First
Feast of the Assumption celebrated in Praha,
Future
superior of Refugio Sisters of Mercy takes religious vows |
|
|
Looking Back: Tax appraisals more than doubled in 1908 in Hale Co. |
|
|
Collin County Rewind: A Look Back in History |
|
|
Ransom Canyon was a cattle ranch before it was a town |
|
|
Murder defendant in 1912 relied on the 'unwritten law' |
|
|
Aug. 13th in Texas History: U.S. agent advises against recognition of
Texas independence,
Black infantrymen allegedly attack Brownsville citizens |
|
|
Library at UT to mark LBJ’s birth |
|
|
Aug. 8th in Texas History: Raiding Comanches soundly defeated at Plum
Creek,
Giant sinkhole appears at Boling Dome,
Eccentric ornithologist and editor dies |
|
|
Bedazzled: Boot maker Tony Lama celebrates
centennial with special boot -
gorgeous! |
|
|
'Endangered' historic designation for LaGrave Field isn't a hit |
|
|
Fort Worth landmark gets local history wrong |
|
|
Aug.
11th in Texas History: Decline continues as Spanish officer leaves San
Xavier missions,
Mysterious fire destroys evidence against Parr political machine |
|
|
Hurricane Allen put an end to Texas heat wave in 1980 |
|
|
Houston’s Idylwood District is latest to get national historical status |
|
|
Research Shows Texas Having A Link To Antarctica |
|
|
Developers hope to restore historic Stonewall Jackson Hotel in San
Benito |
|
|
Texas City museum to debut $1.8 million investment |
|
|
Great
grandson of El Paso's first mayor turns 100 |
|
|
Grave of Tim Cole, who was wrongfully convicted in Lubbock, to get
historical marker |
|
|
The real drama lies behind the scenes of
"Texas" |
|
|
‘Big Tex’ Outfitted In New Shirt Chosen By Online Voters |
|
|
Aug.
2nd in Texas History: Texans oust Mexicans in battle of Nacogdoches,
Law
arrives west of the Pecos,
Legislature grants the M-K-T (Katy) a Texas charter |
|
|
Former Miss America, 1947, Recalled As ‘Texas Tornado' |
|
|
Fred Clement made his living working in the oil patch |
|
|
East Texas community of Cuney hanging on |
|
|
45
years later, UT Tower shooting rampage remembered |
|
|
Tower Shooting Officers Honored with New Facility |
|
|
Aug.
1st in Texas History: First election in Texas,
Gunman
opens fire on students at UT,
Baylor
declares himself governor of Confederate Territory of Arizona |
|
|
John Wayne Film Festival continues 72 hours non-stop in Snyder |
|
|
Watermelon festival brings Knox City together |
|
|
75th Annual XIT Rodeo & Reunion |
|
|
Book
marks Texas City’s 100th anniversary |
|
|
July
31st in Texas History: Pirate resigns as ruler of Galveston Island |
|
|
Colorful history blazes on at drugstore in Albany |
|
|
July
29th in Texas History: Fire-breathing preacher indicted for murder,
Eisenhower signs bill creating NASA |
|
|
The history
of Wolfforth |
|
|
Zephyr 13-year-old debuts in one of the year's biggest films |
|
|
Business is booming for one Texas spur maker |
|
|
Dallas native Gina Carano kicks her way out of the ring and into movies |
|
|
July
28th in Texas History: Riot flares in Dallas protest march,
First
American matador debuts in Guadalajara |
|
|
Texas colonists warm up for the revolution |
|
|
Dale Watson Criticizes Tiger Airways In New Song,
YouTube
video |
|
|
Amarillo filmmaker loved the classics |
|
|
Comal County to consider replicating unearthed historic tile |
|
|
July
27th in Texas History: Democrats deny civil rights activist right to vote in
primary,
County
government comes to a new area of the Panhandle |
|
|
Daughters of the Republic of Texas President, Patterson discuss Alamo’s
future |
|
|
Kilgore Shakespeare Festival celebrates 25 years |
|
|
Original 1931 truck cab returns to Beaumont's Fire Museum |
|
|
Spaces: Good vibrations in the house of S.A.'s piano man |
|
|
July
26th in Texas History: Sweethearts of the Cattle Trail Marry,
Nolan
Expedition goes on last Comanche raid in Texas,
United
States flag raised on Texas island, Sam Houston died in Huntsville in
1863 |
|
|
Houston
McCoy looks back on the UT Tower shooting,
Part 2 |
|
|
Some suspect serial killer in 1971 Galveston deaths |
|
|
City of Ralls began as an energetic frontier town |
|
|
July
25th in Texas History: Old Galveston lives again in restored Ashton Villa,
First
Odd Fellows lodge chartered in Texas,
Texas
enlistee dies heroically and is awarded Medal of Honor |
|
|
Harold's Pit Bar-B-Q in Abilene leaves a legacy of love |
|
|
Texas coach inspires a generation of swimmers |
|
|
Mineola Museum memorializes mineral water |
|
|
San Benito farm hosts some of Valley's finest dining |
|
|
The
Beach Hotel’s wildlife menagerie |
|
|
Vanished from Victoria: The Krehmeier and Phillips ditches |
|
|
July 24th in Texas History: Confederacy grows as Baylor defeats Yankees
in Arizona and declares himself governor,
Town of Kyle established,
World War I camp construction begins |
|
|
July 22nd in Texas History: Confederate general dies after famous last
words,
African-American civil rights advocate achieves ballot,
Oldest newspaper in Panhandle debuts |
|
|
Texas couple’s goal: Visit all 722 Whataburgers |
|
|
Buffalo Gap, fewer than 500 but so much to brag about |
|
|
Gruene Hall featured in new Target ad campaign |
|
|
After shuttle lands, Houston's Mission Control to go quiet |
|
|
Iconic 'Gone With the Wind' dress at UT faded forever |
|
|
130 Year Old Train Depot Scheduled For Demolition |
|
|
July 20th in Texas History: Texas boxer becomes first black world
heavyweight champion,
Legendary Texas architect dies,
Meusebach resigns as Adelsverein commissioner |
|
|
Harlingen beauty wins Miss Teen USA 2011 |
|
|
Saint Jo residents to rescue Stonewall Saloon |
|
|
Buried in battle: Uncovering a mystery at the San Jacinto Monument |
|
|
July
19th in Texas History: Sam Houston relieves Edwin Moore of command of the
Texas Navy,
St.
Denis arrives at San Juan Bautista,
T&P
finally reaches Fort Worth, touching off celebration,
Texas
outlaw fatally wounded in robbery |
|
|
Texan's work takes root at Ground Zero |
|
|
Tejano Monument gets closer to completion |
|
|
Nolan Ryan named recipient of the prestigious Golden Spur Award |
|
|
'Home on the Range' fame escapes composer at Ballinger home |
|
|
July
18th in Texas History: War Department mobilizes "T-Patchers",
Texas
soldier fights heroically in France,
State,
city, and school reach settlement over Spanish archives of Laredo |
|
|
1971 was Lee Trevino's year: The El Paso golfer won US, Canadian and British
national titles in 1 month |
|
|
Texas prisons' top investigator leaves life of true crime stories |
|
|
West Texas compost blown up repeatedly in 'Cowboys and Aliens' |
|
|
Countdown to
the Texas Rose Festival Underway |
|
|
On Location: 50 Years Of Movie Magic In Marfa, Texas |
|
|
City of Hutto celebrates 100 years |
|
|
Dallas Spirit: A memory from the early days of flying |
|
|
July 15th in Texas History: German-language paper founded in San Antonio,
Unhappy colonists start "war" and evict Hedgcoxe |
|
|
Battle of Corpus Christi marker will be re-installed Saturday |
|
|
The Bend Ranch Rodeo is fast approaching |
|
|
Concho pearl the star of locally produced movie |
|
|
Texas Historical Commission’s WWII initiative wins prestigious national
award |
|
|
July
14th in Texas History: San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway enters
receivership,
New law
authorizes sale of state land to finance education,
Hughes
ends record-setting round-the-world flight in New York |
|
|
Tom Perini Reveals Method Behind "America's Best Burger" |
|
|
Official Tall Ship of Texas, Elissa, no longer seaworthy |
|
|
City Of Dallas Sees Big Things From ‘Dallas’ Reboot |
|
|
Historical exhibit at courthouse documents Nueces County's past |
|
|
Piloting ‘Dallas’ Rebirth: TNT airs preview tonight |
|
|
Fans and friends remember Dallas radio personality Cuzzin’ Linnie |
|
|
July
11th in Texas History: Texas presidential candidate drowns in Galveston Bay,
Racial
disturbance rocks Longview |
|
|
Buffalo Gap lecture series shines light on San Angelo's Fort Concho |
|
|
Prestigious firearm maker, Remington, names rifle after East Texan |
|
|
Smith County Rededicates Monument Honoring Namesake |
|
|
Tule Lake once one of the southern Panhandle area’s biggest attractions |
|
|
University, Ryan O'Neal spar over Fawcett portrait |
|
|
Museum spotlights El Paso mayors in new exhibit |
|
|
Texas
City: Historical reunion becomes public party |
|
|
Jewish in West Texas |
|
|
King James Bible makes public debut |
|
|
Hill Country town remains deeply split by Civil War-era monument |
|
|
July
10th in Texas History: Spanish governor issues ordinance on cattle branding,
State's
oldest public library chartered in Galveston,
English
writer leaves Texas,
San
Antonio preservationist and architect dies |
|
|
Life of astronaut McCool, Lubbock Coronado grad, was unforgettable to all
who knew him |
|
|
Demise
of shuttles brings bittersweet memories of Amarillo's Rick Husband |
|
|
Beaumont astronaut calls his first shuttle flight 'pure excitement' |
|
|
New era of 'Dallas' headed to TNT next summer |
|
|
Texans involved in U.S. Men's National Team eight-nation world championship
in Austria |
|
|
Downtown Dallas' landmark Lone Star Gas complex
getting a redo - wonderful |
|
|
July
8th in Texas History: Alfonso Steele, one of the last remaining San Jacinto
veterans, dies,
Mysterious fires in North Texas,
Mundine
proposes extending franchise to blacks and women,
UT
Board of Regents opens UTEP to African-American students |
|
|
Plans under way for event celebrating aviation in the Big Bend |
|
|
Help preserve a historic Texas cemetery |
|
|
Authors to speak about excavation of 17th century shipwreck off coast |
|
|
1967 Astroworld model heads for Houston library |
|
|
July
7th in Texas History: Republic of Texas repulse Mexican invasion,
Gritten
keeps Gonzales loyal to Mexico,
Border
businesswoman attends ceremony at Big Bend National Park |
|
|
Leddy Boots: A Texas tradition being carried forward |
|
|
Mayor of Paris, Texas, who was born in Pakistan, is proud to be an American |
|
|
July
6th in Texas History: Once the wealthiest man in Texas dies in 1878,
Order
of the Sons of Hermann founded,
Dr
Pepper incorporates,
Civil
rights leader Lulu White dies |
|
|
Campaign to save Texas fossilized dinosaur tracks |
|
|
Rare Revolutionary War era book found in Austin College archives
|
|
|
East Texan Josh Tomlin sets Major League Baseball record |
|
|
July
5th in Texas History: Governor Pease launches Callahan expedition,
Texas's
first licensed pilot dies,
Margaret Borland dies of "trail fever" |
|
|
Texas museum houses antique safe |
|
|
Tyler's Fitzgerald House is full of history |
|
|
Festivals and good food beckon in West Texas |
|
|
Film festival rolls into Archer City |
|
|
During Littlefield bash, former Jennings band mate recalls music legend |
|
|
Centennial attracts thousands to Slaton |
|
|
New Braunfels swim coach a big influence after 50 years |
|
|
TV-Radio notebook: Recalling rulers of the airwaves |
|
|
Astroworld model to be on display at Houston library |
|
|
July
1st in Texas History: Greatest manager in Texas League history born,
Angry
soldiers burn Fredericksburg store, destroying early Gillespie County
records,
African-American bus franchise in Houston suburb is first in the South |
|
|
'Mr. Banks,' a Dyess institution, retires after 55 years |
|
|
June
30th in Texas History: Texas fiddler performs on first commercial country
music recording,
Historic Frontier Echo publishes first edition,
Henry
Flipper is dismissed from the military |
|
|
Cowboy Reunion in Stamford carries traditions, some stranger than others |
|
|
Cowboy Reunion comes to Stamford; here's the schedule |
|
|
June
29th in Texas History: Democratic convention ends as split party agonizes
over Catholic nominee,
Residents of homestead community petition for incorporation |
|
|
White buffalo big part of Big Country lore |
|
|
White buffalo to be named at sacred ceremony in Greenville |
|
|
Tree Sculpture Of Boxer Causes Controversy |
|
|
Cowboy
recalls era when cattle trail went up 37th street in Galveston |
|
|
Texas museum fights to preserve Tejano music |
|
|
Some historic buildings coming down in San Benito |
|
|
June
28th in Texas History: Texas humorist wins record libel award,
Texas
Jack Omohundro dies,
Texas
Senate ratifies women's right to vote |
|
|
Ballinger celebrates 125th birthday with cook-off and other festivities |
|
|
Historians make a revealing find inside Alamo walls |
|
|
Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Celebrates 138 Years |
|
|
Doctor, civil rights pioneer Ramiro Casso dies at 88 |
|
|
New look, purpose for Carol Burnett's San Antonio home |
|
|
Hardin-Simmons Cowgirls Celebrate 85 Years of Sisterhood |
|
|
Sweetwater rattlesnake hunt to appear on Animal Planet network |
|
|
June
22nd in Texas History: Austin Colony settlers clash with Karankawas,
Mexican
general investigates Texans' restiveness,
Medical
center for veterans opens in Kerrville |
|
|
Erickson: Bad places, Bad art |
|
|
June
21st in Texas History: American Revolution reaches Texas,
Kate
Ward begins her career as first river steamer on the Colorado,
Famous
trial lawyer born in log cabin |
|
|
Even at flood stage, Runningwater Draw water doesn't run very far |
|
|
Wellington Ritz Theatre goes for the gold |
|
|
Trew: Most everyone has interesting tidbits to share |
|
|
Space module on display at Bullock museum |
|
|
Race
On The River, An El Paso Tradition Returns |
|
|
June
20th in Texas History: Fort Clark established at Las Moras Springs,
Texas
senator delivers speech against martial law,
Feudists intensify conflict by lynching |
|
|
Fort Worth's vaquero sculpture prompts showdown over a six-shooter |
|
|
Antiques Roadshow finds treasure in El Paso |
|
|
Juneteenth: Emancipation Proclamation preceded 13th Amendment |
|
|
Former FBI agent who investigated Oswald dies |
|
|
Plainview: Beginning of the first National Roller Coaster Museum,
more |
|
|
June
19th in Texas History: Texas congressman calls Mexican president a
"spineless cactus",
"Cowboys' Christmas Ball" published,
Belated
emancipation forms the basis for Juneteenth celebrations |
|
|
Bartee Haile: ‘Little red arrow’ misses target in 1941 senate race |
|
|
Retired Texas dentist from Littlefield still active at 91 |
|
|
Swimming lesson at Schlitterbahn a world record |
|
|
Iconic Burleson drive-in restaurant to close, owners hope to reopen at new
site |
|
|
Dublin group fights to save 75-year-old school |
|
|
June
17th in Texas History: "Thundering Sounds of the West" opens in Palo Duro
Canyon,
Water
rises disastrously as rain gluts the Brazos rivershed,
First
TSHA annual meeting held in Austin |
|
|
Veterans brick fundraiser announced to help restore rotting Columbus ships,
Columbus Sailors
Association |
|
|
Frontier Texas to Host 'Historic Albany' Exhibit |
|
|
Houston's Wild Bill Hatten dead at 97 |
|
|
Texas-native, TV producer Bob Banner dead at 89 |
|
|
June
16th in Texas History: French Colonists arrive at La Réunion,
Founder
of Sacred Heart Academy joins Dominican order |
|
|
Texas Woman JoAnn Parks Talks To Crystal Skull (And Sometimes, She Says, It
Talks Back) |
|
|
June
15th in Texas History: Texas woman becomes the first black licensed pilot,
Race
riot erupts in Beaumont,
Roberts
family sells Nacogdoches landmark |
|
|
Clues From Grave Fail To Solve Mystery Of Legendary Texas Ranger’s Fate |
|
|
June
14th in Texas History: Black San Antonio political leader dies,
Higher
education comes to vast Big Bend region,
"Texas
bird lady" hatched in Corsicana |
|
|
Bison bones help tell Texas' prehistoric story |
|
|
Hotel
Galvez marks 100 years |
|
|
Trew: Texas place names describe unique stories of towns |
|
|
Looking Back: Wind wagon, land plane highly unconventional |
|
|
Westbrook: Lynn County history includes pages from Old West |
|
|
Texas poet sells her work at farmers market |
|
|
June
13th in Texas History: First Texan on U.S. Supreme Court dies in New York
City,
President signs appropriation for Naval Air Station Corpus Christi,
Fraudulent petition seeks organization of Loving County,
"Father
of black Baptists in Texas" dies in La Marque |
|
|
Albany: Carpenter makes custom wood caskets |
|
|
Robert E. Howard (Conan the Barbarian) fans converged on Cross Plains for
celebration |
|
|
Sand sculptor caps Dr Pepper celebration with 12-foot creation |
|
|
Cane-sugar soft drink just what the Dr ordered |
|
|
June 12th in Texas History: El Paso County gives rock art site to state,
Killing of sheriff precipitates ballad tradition,
Refugee conductor gives "demonstration concert" in San Antonio |
|
|
June 11th in Texas History: Armed robbers hit state treasury,
Luling philanthropist celebrates oil deal with huge barbecue,
Fantasy author commits suicide,
Pioneer public-health doctor dies |
|
|
Dublin the fun at Dr Pepper's birthday party |
|
|
Houston's architecture shares screen time with Sean Penn in film |
|
|
Flying Queens' Odom to be inducted into Women's Basketball Hall of Fame |
|
|
June 10th in Texas History: First armed clash between Anglo Texans and
Mexican troops,
Lone Star Boys' State founded,
Moses Austin dies |
|
|
Dalworthington Gardens marks 75 years as the rural oasis of the
Metroplex |
|
|
Munday group turning dilapidated church into theater |
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Buffalo Bill goes target shooting with Ben Thompson |
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Nacogdoches gears up for Blueberry Festival |
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Texas State archaeologist digs up clues to rock art painters’ lives |
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History in Plain Sight: Abilene owes existence to railroad |
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June 9th in Texas History: Water-well contractor accidentally discovers
first major Texas oilfield,
Galveston rabbi officiates at founding of historic Texas Jewish
congregation,
Texas poets wed |
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Hotel Galvez planning centennial celebration |
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Stamford's goal is to restore Carnegie Library |
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Rialto Theatre to re-open in Denison |
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June
8th in Texas History: Early Texas journalist heralds Long expedition,
Mexican
governor arrested trying to cross into Texas,
New
airport opens in Houston |
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Cross Plains man's career in rocketry got
launched in childhood - great story |
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Books on West Texas bring readers to early days on range |
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Mapping exhibit in Muleshoe tells story of Llano Estacado |
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Museum to feature times, sound of East Texas radio |
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New Braunfels newspaper began as German-only product |
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June
7th in Texas History: Republic grants large tract to prospective colonizers,
Construction begins on future Fort Sam Houston,
Novelist dies after fistfight |
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'Texas' brings thousands to Palo Duro State Park, Canyon & Amarillo area |
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1941 model home still a showplace |
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Trew: Water producers, grandmas make miracles |
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Mini train offers fun for families near Cedar Park |
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Texas Still Has Its Rustlers, and Men in White Hats Chasing Them |
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A Postcard Tour of Texas exhibit opens at the W. K. Gordon Center for
Industrial History of Texas |
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'Dallas,' 'Jeannie' star Larry Hagman nets $500,000 from auction of his
memorabilia |
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Historic Houston in color |
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Wildlife flourishes at Tacubaya Ranch in Brooks County |
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Powerful, rare symbol to American Indians: White buffalo born in N Texas |
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June
3rd in Texas History: Bilingual instruction mandated in Texas schools,
Horse
Marines splash into action,
Convention meets to discuss sectional crisis |
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Daughters of the Republic of Texas ponder role at Alamo |
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Former Caviel's Pharmacy in Lubbock expected to become African-American
museum |
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U.S. Rep. Bill Flores chosen to receive National Ranching Heritage Center
award |
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Peggy Sue selling Buddy Holly's Chevy on eBay |
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June
2nd in Texas History: Major Neighbors returns to San Antonio after leading
historic western surveying expedition,
Axe-wielding prohibitionist, Carry Nation, dies,
Texas
legislature establishes evanescent Wegefarth County |
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Amarillo native, actress Ernestine "Ernie Babe" Mercer dies |
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Celebration turns up new jewel in Collin County's historic crown |
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June
1st in Texas History: Folk Festival inaugurated in Kerrville,
Confederate partisan leader promoted,
LBJ
state historical park opens |
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Remembering “Dollar Bill” Clements, the Man Who Turned Texas Republican |
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Spring brings rare bird sightings to Valley |
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Waco madam's life recalled in new book |
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Celebrating 100 years of Hutto |
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Slatonites to mark city's centennial with celebration |
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May
31st in Texas History: End of an era: Fort Griffin closes down,
Last
passenger train leaves Dallas terminal,
San
Antonio merchant killed by Apaches,
"Village Blacksmith of Cumby" born in Tennessee |
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Trew: Texans a bit different, and I'm good with that |
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May
30th in Texas History: Spanish governor heads off French rule in South Texas,
"Rough
Riders" ordered from San Antonio to Florida,
El
Chico's founder born in Mexico |
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The John C.
Freeman Weather Museum in Houston |
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West Texas prehistoric paintings get laser study |
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Abilene Chrysler finished 11th in '51 1,600-mile race |
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Yellow paint stands test of time off I-27 due to 1989 crash |
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May
29th in Texas History: Texas-nurtured Hilton Hotels Corporation formed,
Texas
booster fair opens in Fort Worth,
Soil
Conservation Board established |
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Remembering the Jarrell tornado |
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What we love about South Padre Island - photos |
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May
27th in Texas History: Texas elects first Republican senator since
Reconstruction,
Famous
cattle trail debuts in print,
Houston
photographer announces "pictures on glass" |
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Bartee Haile: Civil War sex symbol got her start in Texas |
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San Antonio mural of Alamo battle awaits new home |
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Exhibit features Rock House fire pics |
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Volunteers work on unkept Yoakum cemetery |
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May
26th in Texas History: Historic clash leads to unionization of Texas
farmworkers,
"Goat-gland" doctor dies in San Antonio,
Travis
estate advertises for return of escaped slave |
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Houston Chronicle feature: West Texas wine pioneers |
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Texas horse farm run by nuns to close this weekend |
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LBJ Library releases Lady Bird's oral histories |
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Crazy Texas laws |
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Five Texas Sluts Worth Admiring |
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Master stonecarver adjusts mindset, welcomes tranquility of Haskell |
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May
25th in Texas History: American Academy of Arts and Letters honors black
Texas poet,
Woman
joins Union army in male disguise,
First
meeting of Texas Division of United Daughters of the Confederacy |
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Singing Sweetwater detective inspired by work |
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Mt. Olive designated as historical cemetery |
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May
24th in Texas History: El Paso civic leader and cigar manufacturer born in
Prussia,
Alleged
participants in mob killing go on trial,
Future
Alamo defender and survivor elope |
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Trew: 'Tumbleweeds' took outlaws to prison |
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Austin mayor commemorates Memorial Day Flood 30th anniversary |
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Rep sings to help designate western swing as official music of Texas |
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Cliburn piano
contest for amateurs kicks off |
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Brownsville breaks Guinness world record with 2,206 anglers |
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Famed Waco madam's salacious life came to a violent end in Bell County |
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Century-old grocery store in Natalia facing
challenges |
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May
23rd in Texas History: Landmark public education suit filed (Edgewood),
State
establishes agency to encourage immigration,
Bonnie
and Clyde gunned down in Louisiana |
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2010 Texas Poet
Laureate Karla K. Morton Wins International Indie Book Award |
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Malick is First Texan to win Palme d’Or at Cannes |
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Sallie Mickey was mainstay of Sandhill school, church |
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New fossil primate species found in West Texas |
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East Texas clan still ready for a battle that hasn't come |
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May
22nd in Texas History: Queen Elizabeth visits historic black church in
Houston,
LBJ
Library dedicated in Austin,
Mexican
theatrical company opens in San Antonio |
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Remembering Miss Wool and the river parade |
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Landmark Greenville bakery may close as mega-size fruitcake rival
threatens invasion |
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WASP Stearman to return to Avenger Field |
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May
20th in Texas History: Spanish king orders compilation of Texas-Louisiana
boundary data,
New
Amarillo becomes Potter county seat,
North
Texas settlement drew life from the railroad |
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No San Jacinto without steamboat ‘Yellow Stone’ |
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Newspaperman Ed Harte dead at 88 |
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May
19th in Texas History: Halley's Comet drops meteorite in northeast Texas,
Irish
trader takes citizenship oath,
Indians
take captives at Fort Parker |
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May
18th in Texas History: Attack on wagontrain precipitates decisive Indian war,
Legislature passes bill to study government reform in 1931 |
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An end to bootlegging Texas barbecue sauce |
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Midland County Files Lawsuit Over Courthouse Contract from 1800's |
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May
17th in Texas History: Republic of Texas defeats revolutionary plotters in
key action,
Last
Union prisoners leave Camp Ford |
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Looking Back: Death was a fact of pioneer life |
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Westbrook: The Rebel Drive-In brought together both 'North' and 'South' |
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May
16th in Texas History: Shooting starts bloody feud between ranchers and
rangers,
Austin
and Wharton engage the Moctezuma and the Guadaloupe,
Hispanic students stage historic walkout at Edgewood H.S. |
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Snyder celebrates 100th anniversary for railroad service |
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Pioneering women’s track coach Lyle dies at age 83 |
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Guitarist for R&B, jazz greats dies in Fort Worth |
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Legendary Hays Co. ranch sells to McAllen beer distributor |
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President Kennedy lectern San Antonio man made now at Witte Museum |
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May
13th in Texas History: After Southern surrender, Confederates score a last
victory in Texas,
Fiddler
Bob Wills dies,
Author
George Washington Daniels dies |
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In Anson, it's all in the pronunciation |
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Strange Lights Over the Big Country, What Are They? |
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Breaking into the business in Lueders, businessman finds his quarry in Texas
limestone |
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Brownsville a 'Texas treasure' for keeping history alive |
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Brownsville port endures sea changes in economy over 75 years |
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Ghost towns bring big changes in some Texas counties |
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Photographer Cabluck honored in Texas House |
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May
11th in Texas History: Waco hit by 1953 tornado,
Lubbock hit by 1970 tornado,
Construction begins at Toledo Bend Reservoir,
Army
officer charged with murders at Franciscan mission |
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Holly's widow: Plaza would be great for a wedding |
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Groundhog Day all over again in the Texas Senate |
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7 New Texas Paddling Trails Open Today |
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May
10th in Texas History: Dallas designates Federal Reserve Bank a historic
landmark,
Two
Texas women's organizations founded in Dallas,
Joan
Crawford dies,
Woman
mayor celebrated in national magazine |
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Smith's pioneer journal offers glimpse at earlier time |
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Museum dedicated to El Paso's Segundo Barrio |
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May 9th
in Texas History: Lynch mob in Sherman touches off riot,
Fugitive Confederate government officials captured in Georgia,
El Paso
workers walk out on Farah - and now
all of those plants are closed, stupid unions. |
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Buddy and Maria Elena Holly Plaza to be dedicated |
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The grass is browner, but life is sweeter: Washington native loves her
Sweetwater |
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Legoland’s Master Builder recreates the Rachofsky House |
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Stanley Marsh surprises Danish visitors |
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Nueces Lofts receives national historic designation |
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May 6th
in Texas History: Oldest active missionary Baptist church in Texas organized,
Former
Texan rallies Union troops, earns Medal of Honor,
Hood's
Texas Brigade rallies around General Lee,
Noted
Texas journalist Hugh Fitzgerald dies |
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Texas State Railroad Wins “Best Attraction” from Tx Travel Industry Assoc. |
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Book
planned to chronicle Texas City's history |
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Rice's ageless baseball coach is sitting pretty |
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San Antonio Brackenridge sky ride's gondolas among neat items up for auction |
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May 5th
in Texas History: Texas native Zaragoza repels French army on Cinco De Mayo
(correction to this story: cinco de mayo
is NOT a national holiday in Mexico),
Victory
over French marks origin of Cinco de Mayo celebration,
Pratt's photos of Zaragosa's fort in Puebla,
UT observatory dedicated in Davis Mountains |
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Bartee Haile: Deadly day of the twisters |
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May 4th
in Texas History: Texas Radical Republican involved in Haymarket Massacre,
Catholic Diocese of Galveston established,
Predecessor of Texas Conference of Churches founded |
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Latest woes for Alamo stewards? Rats and money |
|
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Leading countercultural Dallas journalist dies |
|
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Plan aims to preserve endangered downtown Dallas building with rich music
history |
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History Channel to feature San Antonio area racetrack on Top Gears |
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May 3rd
in Texas History: Spanish expedition leaves for East Texas,
First
heart transplanted in Houston,
Texan's
London loop-the-loop dazzles His Majesty |
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Preserving a piece of U.S. history in Cisco |
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Remembering the Jarrell Tornado |
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Senate honors slain Dallas police officer J. D. Tippitt |
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Noodle, Texas named after a dry creek bed |
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East Texas Tales: Devastating 1957 Storm Remembered |
|
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Ten Worst Things Texas Has Given to the Modern
World - depends on your point of
view. Obviously written by complete liberals. |
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11,000 attend Neon Desert Music Festival, second fest a certainty |
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‘7-Eleven Guy’ lives dream, brings family to America |
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May 2nd
in Texas History: Henry Robert, engineer and parliamentarian, born in South
Carolina,
Governor Coke appoints commander of Frontier Battalion,
Boerne
Village Band honored by German president |
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Texas theater reveals architectural wonders |
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Shootout from 127 years ago still at issue |
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Vandergriff's Major League Story Films in Fort Worth |
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Preserving El Paso's history in iron |
