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  • Art: "Stampede" by John Troesser
    Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 1-28-10
  • POW camp chapel
  • WWII: POW Camp Chapel Restored
    Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 1-28-10
  • Smithville's Dexter
  • Animals: Smithville's Dexter - From Underdog to Best of (Picture) Show by Ted R. Krueger 1-27-10
  • Jerry Bywaters
  • People: Ten Things to Know About Jerry Bywaters by John Troesser 1-13-10
  • Parrots
  • Animals: Green Parrots by Ken Rudine 1-20-10
  • Rooms with a Past
  • Rooms with a Past: Texas’ Two White Elephant Hotels by John Troesser 1-8-10
    Big Spring’s Settles and Mineral Wells’ Baker
  • People: Mexico’s Gift to Opera, Rolando Villazón by Maggie Van Ostrand 1-2-10
  • Amelia Earhart
  • People: This Wild Bill Was No Hero by Murray Montgomery 11-20-09
    The Legend of Bill Longley
  • 15 Minutes of Separation: Ignacy Paderewski and Amelia Earhart in Toyah, Texas 11-11-09
  • Aviation: Vin Fiz Flyer by Clay Coppedge 11-19-09
    One of the first great aviation events in Texas...
  • Coppini
  • Column: Population Ranks by Mike Cox 11-19-09
    The historic urban population hierarchy and population figures dating back to 1850...
  • Sculptor: Pompeo Luigi Coppini by John Troesser 11-2-09
    Coppini's Life and His Works
  • Seguin ghost
  • Ghosts: In Search of Seguin's Headless Ghost by Ken Rudine 10-23-09
  • Ghosts: A Very Personal Ghost by C. F. Eckhardt 10-26-09
  • Ghosts: East Texas Ghosts by Bob Bowman 10-25-09
  • Zapata
  • People: Zapata by Maggie Van Ostrand 10-22-09
    John Steinbeck wrote it, Elia Kazan directed it, Marlon Brando starred in it: Viva Zapata! But how close did these great artists come to the real thing? The answer lay in a telling 1916 interview by reporter Guillermo Ojara, sent by his paper, El Democrata of Mexico City, to interview Zapata himself...
  • Fifteen Minutes of Separation: Mr. Guevara’s Neighborhood: Arts Flourish in Midday San Antonio Editor 10-9-09
  • Eagle Pass
  • Trip: Eagle Pass: No Country for Young Men Either or Looking for the Coen Brothers by Chris Adams 10-1-09.
  • People: Capt. J. D. Reed - The Story of a Cowboy by Linda Kirkpatrick 9-2-09
  • Column: Port Isabel Wireless by Mike Cox 8-27-09
    In 1915 the U.S. military had plans to install at Point Isabel a state-of-the-art radio facility that would provide virtually instantaneous communication as the government prepared for the possibility of a second war with Mexico...
  • Ben Milam cypress
  • Drives: U.S. 67 by Mike Cox 8-6-09
    It may not be the Mother Road, but U.S. 67 stretches 1,560 miles across five states, connecting Iowa to Mexico. Six hundred thirty-seven miles of U.S. 67 are in Texas, from Presidio to Texarkana...
  • Historic Tree: The Ben Milam Cypress Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson 7-26-09
  • Ghosts: Ghost Road in Hardin County by Bob Bowman 7-26-09
  • Texas Ranching : Texas Fever by C. F. Eckhardt 7-5-09
  • People: A Confederate Soldier in Texas: Full Metal Corset by Maggie Van Ostrand 6-18-09
  • Music: The Legendary Stardust Cowboy by Clay Coppedge 6-3-09
  • Travel: Lighthouses of Lake Michigan's Shores by Ken Rudine 6-2-09
  • Trip: Driving Around with Bonnie and Clyde by Robin Cole-Jett 5-15-09
  • People: Jesse James in Texas by Bob Bowman 5-17-09
  • Murals: America's Largest Art Gallery
    Murals: Old, New, Good and Bad
    TE photos 5-1-09
  • Food: Rio Grande Valley, Winter Texans and Texas BBQ by Ken Rudine 5-1-09
  • Historic Tree: Sam Houston Oak by Mike Cox
    Photos courtesy Sarah Reveley 4-13-09
  • Jails: Frontier Jails by Bob Bowman 4-26-09
  • Column: The Murder Maverick by C. F. Eckhardt 4-15-09
  • Trip: San Antonio Missions by Byron Browne 4-1-09
  • Drive:Old Military Road by Ken Rudine 3-1-09
    US 83 from Rio Grande City to Brownsville
  • People: Texas Cherokees by Clay Coppedge 3-16-09
  • Ghost Town: Deming's Bridge Matagorda Co Photos Courtesy Barclay Gibson 2-24-09
  • Historical Landmark: Last Remaining International Boundary for The Republic of Texas Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 2-21-09
  • WWII: Nazis in East Texas by Bob Bowman 2-2-09
  • WWII: POW Camp Chapel Photos Courtesy Barclay Gibson 1-26-09
  • "Of Books I Sing" - A Gruesome Prophecy Tattooed on a Soldier’s Breast 2-8-09
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    Index by Sarah Reveley

    During the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration, the state built memorial museums, restored historical structures, improved parks, erected statues of important Texans, and installed over 1,000 historical markers.

  • This ongoing project will examine the extant Centennial projects and include the stories behind them.
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