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  • The Battle of the Alamo 1-27-12 NEW
    After the defeat of General Cos at the siege of San Antonio, Texans thought their independence was won. They failed to understand that General Santa Anna was enraged over the disturbances at Anahuac and Cos's surrender. The dictator would never rest until his soldiers either killed every Anglo-American and Tejano rebel who openly defied his rule or drove them across the Sabine River and out of Texas for good.
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  • Rusk’s Capitol Role by Bob Bowman 1-23-12
    Over one hundred and thirty years ago Texans celebrated the completion of the Texas Capitol in Austin. But, as in past observances, there will be little acknowledgment of the role that East Texas, especially the town of Rusk, played in the capitol’s completion.
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  • The Siege of San Antonio de Bexar 12-30-11
    On October 2, 1835, the Texas "shot heard round the world" was fired in a brief skirmish between Mexican troops and Texas settlers known as the Battle of Gonzales. After the battle, volunteers from all over Texas continued to gather in Gonzales, and on the morning of October 13, newly elected commander, Stephen F. Austin, marched the "Army of the People" toward San Antonio.
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    Come & Take It
  • The Battle of Gonzales: "Come and Take It" by Jeffery Robenalt 12-1-11
    Although the Battle of Gonzales was, in reality, nothing more than a minor skirmish, its political consequences were far reaching.
  • Striped Skunk by Bonnie Wroblewski 12-2-11
    "These striped wonders more than make up for any foul aromas with their unmatched gift for “pest” control."
  • Pinto Beans by Mike Cox 12-7-11
    ...By the time of Texas’ Anglo colonization, pinto beans (better known in the Southwest as frijoles or Pecos Strawberries) had become ubiquitous...
  • Rising Tide
  • The Rising Tide of Revolution by Jeffery Robenalt 11-1-11
    Mexico's independence from Spain and the Mexican Constitution of 1824 brought a new wave of American immigration to Texas. Not only did the settlers have to cope with the usual hardships of beginning life in a new land, but they also had to adjust to living in a country with a set of customs and laws that were alien to their own.
  • Texas Empresarios
  • Texas Empresarios by Jeffery Robenalt 10-1-11
    Thanks to Stephen F. Austin, "the Father of Texas," and many other dedicated Empresarios, the population of Texas stood at nearly 20,000 citizens by 1830, most of them from the United States.
  • The Ghost of Thurber by Bob Hopkins 9-28-11
    “If people say that I didn’t see a ghost, you tell em to come see me! I saw it with my own two eyes and I know what I saw.”
  • America's Third Largest Fire by Mike Cox 9-15-11
    John Cross had the day off that afternoon, March 21, 1916... About a mile from downtown Paris, a thriving North Texas city of 12,000-plus, Cross heard the Central Station fire bell...
  • Comancheros by Clay Coppedge 9-4-11
    At a time when few people dared to traverse the forbidding Llano Estacado on the South Plains of Texas, a group of people known to history as the Comancheros made quite a living in the region.
  • Post Office closings
  • Post Office Closings in Texas by Brewster Hudspeth 8-1-11
    The recent news of some 3,600 post office closing nationwide included a list of nearly 200 potential closings in Texas. It’s a cost-cutting measure...
  • Texas Filibusters by Jeffery Robenalt9-1-11
    Although the Filibusters were unsuccessful in gaining independence for Texas, reports of their activities in newspapers and periodicals all across the country brought the vast land of Texas to the forefront of American thought and encouraged countless settlers to pull up stakes and journey to the new land of promise, paving the way for the era of the Texas Empresarios.
  • The Beer Train by Mike Cox 8-25-11
    A wreck blocking the mainline between Austin and San Antonio was bad enough, but this derailment was even worse. Not only had there been casualties, ... the refrigerated cars telescoped on each other held a liquid cargo capable of causing problems. While not explosive or toxic, a trainload of beer could be problematic.
  • Max Hirsch, Healer and Winner Clay Coppedge 8-8-11
    We’re not quite sure why Max Hirsch ran away from home to become a horse trainer. He was already working with and riding horses on the Morris Ranch near his hometown of Fredericksburg when something got into him and he decided to cast his fate with some horses bound for Baltimore, Maryland...
  • Father Miguel Hidalgo
  • Father Miguel Hidalgo and the Mexican Revolution by Jeffery Robenalt 8-1-11
    The voice of the Mexican Revolution was father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla who was born in New Spain on May 8, 1753...
  • Capitol Dome
  • The State Capitol Dome Mike Cox 7-21-11
    Land Commissioner W.C. Walsh had been watching the construction of the new Capitol since the first shovel of dirt was tossed on Feb. 1, 1882... Now, with construction about to begin on the dome, Walsh grew increasingly uneasy...
  • Don Antonio de Espejo by Byron Browne 7-27-11
    He was only trying to return home, to New Spain, by a short cut. However, Don Antonio de Espejo’s venture through Texas has warranted his inclusion within the history books (the Texas ones in particular) alongside other explorers and conquistadors...
  • Lavaca County's Old Brown School by Murray Montgomery 7-25-11
    Recently, I came across this article describing the history of the old Brown School near Hallettsville. People who were raised in Lavaca County, Texas, are probably familiar with the old school and I decided to reprint this article, which appeared in The Tribune on Jan. 10, 1933, in hopes that it would stir some memories and perhaps more information would come forth.
  • Plunder
  • Sibley inventions simple by Delbert Trew 7-19-11
    Although Maj. Henry Hopkins Sibley never reached the war hero level, he made great contributions to the comfort and survival of his fellow troops during his career. Graduating from West Point in 1838...
  • Plunder In The Pines by Dana Goolsby 7-11-11
    Just beneath the surface of the Pineywoods, buried treasure is said to be scattered...
  • La Salle
  • La Salle and French Exploration in Early Texas by Jeffery Robenalt 7-1-11
    "Although La Salle's expedition was unsuccessful, the French presence in Texas finally stirred the Spanish to action. Fearing they would lose the race to claim the Americas, the Spaniards renewed their exploration of the Gulf Coast and began working diligently to settle East Texas."
  • Coronado
  • Coronado’s Search for Cibola by Jeffery Robenalt 6-1-11
    Coronado’s expedition, including 250 cavalry, 80 infantry, 1000 Indians, several priests, and thousands of horses, cattle, and sheep, departed from Culiacan in the spring of 1540.
  • Texas Theatre
  • The Texas Theatre by Dana Goolsby 6-4-11
    After nearly a century of tragedy and neglect, and a host of closings and re-openings, the Texas Theatre, crown jewel of Palestine, has been salvaged and reborn.
  • Tip 9
    Wildlife
  • World Turtle Day - Top ten ways Texans can help our turtles and tortoises: Tip 1 by Bonnie Wroblewski
    Top ten ways you can help our chelonian neighbors survive and thrive across the Lone Star state.

    Tip 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 6-20-11
  • Cabeza de Vaca
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  • The Journey of Cabeza de Vaca by Jeffery Robenalt 5-1-11
    Spanish conquistador Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was the first European to explore the interior of Texas, and the narrative he wrote of his experiences in the New World remains the most valuable source of information we possess today on the Native American tribes, landforms, plants, and animals of early Texas.
  • Poor Farm
  • The Anderson County Poor Farm by Dana Goolsby 5-1-11
    The existence of the poor farm in Texas is part of a larger national story that shows how nineteenth and twentieth century America responded to the needs of its indigents for almost 100 years.
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  • Lubbock Ghost Stories by Mike Cox 4-7-11
    Two Lubbock ghost stories and one strange tale of a man who made his amends for a ghastly crime one brick at a time.
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  • Barred Owl by Bonnie Wroblewski 4-6-11
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  • Ferdinand Lindheimer by Clay Coppedge 4-12-11
    About 50 species and sub-species of plants are named for Ferdinand Lindheimer, a man born to the good life in Germany who made his name – and the name of all those plants – on the Texas frontier.
  • The Haunting of Old Memorial Hospital In Palestine by Dana Goolsby 4-1-11
    Supernatural tales have lived within the old hospital far prior to the closing of the facility.
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  • The Battle of Walker's Creek and the Colt Paterson Revolver by Jeffery Robenalt 4-1-11
    The Battle of Walker's Creek was more of a minor skirmish than a battle, but thanks to Samuel Colt and the introduction of his Colt Paterson revolver, the outcome of the fight had pivotal consequences in the long-running struggle between the Comanches and the Texas Rangers. No longer would the Rangers be at a distinct disadvantage when engaging the Comanches on horseback. Armed with the five-shot Paterson, they were more than a match for the "Lords of the Plains" and their deadly short bows.
  • San Jacinto
  • San Jacinto Centennial Association and Houston observances during Texas Centennial of 1936 by Mark W. Lambert 4-1-11
  • Palo Duro Gold Rush by Mike Cox 3-18-11
    Once upon a time, a shower of shiny gold coins fell from the sky over Palo Duro Canyon State Park south of Amarillo...
  • B. H. Grierson
  • People: Fort Davis and Colonel Benjamin Henry Grierson by Byron Browne 3-23-11
    The assignment to Fort Davis should have been relatively calm. However, the Mescalero Apache chief Victorio saw to it that Grierson and his soldiers remained active...
  • A March into Hell: The Mier Expedition by Jeffery Robenalt 3-11-11
  • Mier

    In the aftermath of President Mirabeau Lamar's ill-fated expedition to Santa Fe, his successor, Sam Houston, did his best to maintain an uneasy peace between Mexico and the Republic of Texas. However, after Santa Anna twice ordered Mexican troops to occupy San Antonio, political pressure for action eventually forced Houston to dispatch General Alexander Somervell and 750 volunteers to the Rio Grande. What began as a demonstration in force soon ended in "A March into Hell: The Mier Expedition."

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  • Smithville's Dexter - From Underdog to Best of (Picture) Show by Ted R. Krueger 3-12-10
    "Adena Lewis called asking us to bring our dogs to a casting call for the movie "The Tree of Life" that was soon to be filmed in Smithville. The director, Terrence Malick, wanted the "hero dog" (to be called "Shep" in the movie) to be an untrained dog..."
  • Edens-Madden Massacre
  • The Edens-Madden Massacre of Houston County by Dana Goolsby 3-8-11
    Almost two centuries ago, a gruesome massacre occurred in the northeastern portion of the county, near San Pedro Creek and the Augusta community, which was established in 1821. The massacre has lived on as local legend of a tragedy that claimed the lives of many...
  • Town: Muenster - Old Europe in Frontier Texas by John Hellman 3-3-11
    ... Although they were hardly conscious of it, there was something peculiarly medieval about pockets of European culture in America like those scattered German parish communities who arrived in Texas (my grandparents as small children) in the late nineteen century, and eventually prospered on the rolling lands which ran down to the Red River valley and the Oklahoma border of east Texas...
  • Centennial markers
  • Texas Centennial: Texas Centennial Celebration - The 1936 Texas Centennial Markers by Barclay Gibson 3-1-11
  •  Battle of Salado
  • Texas History: The Battle of the Salado by Jeffery Robenalt 2-21-11
    In March of 1842, Mexican President Santa Anna retaliated for Texas President Mirabeau Lamar’s ill-fated "Wild Goose" expedition to Santa Fe by sending General Raphael Vasquez and a substantial force of soldiers across the Rio Grande with orders to occupy San Antonio...
  • Black History
  • Black History by Dana Goolsby 2-16-11
    Black history has deep roots in the first county in Texas...
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  • A Visit to Olivewood Cemetery
  • Gravesites of Houston’s Olivewood Cemetery
    TE photos 2-14-11
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  • Texas History: Lamar’s "Wild Goose Campaign to Santa Fe" by Jeffery Robenalt 2-9-11
    In 1841, President Lamar proposed to send the expedition on his own initiative; ostensibly to establish a trade route across northern Texas to Santa Fe, and to offer the citizens of New Mexico an opportunity to voluntarily join the Republic...
  • Bigfoot
  • East Texas Woolly Booger – Creature Seekers Beware by Dana Goolsby 2-1-11
    East Texas is home to many creatures of the night that humans fear, and occasionally claim to encounter. East Texas has given way to Bigfoot sightings, alien encounters, and close calls with blood–sucking creatures.
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  • Centennial: Our Neglected 1936 Texas Centennial by Sarah Reverley 1-28-11
  • Expedition
  • Texas History: The Expedition of Colonel John Moore by Jeffery Robenalt 1-26-11
    In the aftermath of the Great Comanche Raid of 1840 and the Battle of Plum Creek, Mirabeau Lamar, the President of the Republic of Texas, charged Texas Ranger Colonel John Moore with the responsibility of organizing an expedition for the purpose of attacking and destroying a Comanche winter village..
  • Plum Creek
  • Texas History: The Great Comanche Raid and the Battle of Plum Creek by Jeffery Robenalt 1-9-11
    One of the most storied events in the historic past of Lockhart, Texas occurred two miles south of town along the wooded banks of Plum Creek, when a small group of volunteers defeated more than 600 Comanche and Kiowa warriors who had participated in the Great Comanche Raid of 1840...
  • Small Town Saga: Prairie Fire by Mike Cox 12-16-10
    The Rev. C.B. Jernigan spent most of his life trying to save sinners from eternal fire and brimstone, but when he finally got around to writing a memoir he devoted a full chapter to an incident from childhood he remembered as hell on earth – a raging winter prairie fire.
  • Council House Fight
  • Texas History: The San Antonio Council House Fight by Jeffery Robenalt 12-13-10
    In March of 1840, a meeting took place in old San Antonio between representatives of the government of the Republic of Texas and the Penateka Comanches to discuss terms of a peace treaty. The disastrous results of this meeting would soon lead to the Great Comanche Raid of 1840 and the Battle of Plum Creek.
  • Tudor Takes Stand
  • Small Town Saga: The Legend of Campbell’s Branch by Murray Montgomery 12-9-10
  • Small Town Saga: RL Tudor Takes the Stand; Slaton, Texas 1932 by James Villanueva 12-1-10
  • Cabin
  • Preservation: The Brock Cabin in Lockhart by Jeffery Robenalt 11-28-10
  • Murder
  • People The Murder of Dr. Sam Houston Adams; Slaton, Texas, 1930s by James Villanueva 11-1-10
    The murder of Dr. Sam Houston Adams is not a tragic tale. It’s not necessarily a gloomy story. Nor is it a hopeful story about overcoming hardships or tribulations. It’s not quite folklore either. No. For lack of a better description, it is simply - a love story.
  • Ghosts: A Huntin’ Ghost Story by Linda Kirkpatrick 10-25-10
    Besides being the time of ghosts and goblins, it is almost time for hunters to arrive. Those of you who manage hunting leases and should any of you hunters arrive early you might want to read this story very closely.
  • Parker Cemetery
  • Ghosts: Haunted Nacogdoches by Dana Goolsby 10-24-10
    Stephen F. Austin State University is allegedly home to numerous spooks. The Turner Fine Arts Auditorium at SFA has more than fine art in the building. A ghost named Chester is believed to haunt the building...
  • Ghosts: Parker Cemetery by Dana Goolsby 10-22-10
    Parker Cemetery has long since been the most talked about haunted place in Grapeland.
  • Father Joseph Keller
  • People: The Tar and Feathering of Father Joseph M. Keller, Slaton, Texas, 1920's by James Villanueva 10-1-10
    On a Saturday night, March 4, 1922, in Slaton, what may have begun as a whisper, an aside, a comment, or just mindless chatter amongst neighbors, transformed the community...
  • People: William B. Bloys and Bloys Camp Meeting by C. F. Eckhardt 10-6-10
    While a lot of folks have heard about another denizen of the trans-Pecos, Roy Bean, William B. Bloys was far more influential, though far less widely known.
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  • The Quest: Ignoring Warning Signs by Barclay Gibson 10-1-10
    Searching for the “Buried Here”1936 Texas Centennial marker
    “Warren Wagon Train Massacre”
  • 15 Minutes of Separation: The 40 Best Speed Traps in Texas 10-1-10
  • Littlefield
  • People: George Washington Littlefield by Luke Warm 9-1-10
    Farmer, Soldier, Cattle Baron, Banker, Philanthropist

  • Austin: George Washington Littlefield Building
    by Luke Warm TE photos 9-1-10
  • Austin: Littlefield Home TE photos 9-23-10
  • Cara Cara
  • Animals: CaraCara Means More Than FaceFace by Maggie Van Ostrand 9-17-10
    It seems the Caracaras must have expensive lobbyists representing them in Washington DC. The United States Migratory Bird Treaty Act protects Crested Caracaras as an endangered species, even though these big birds only visit Arizona, Florida, and Texas... However, in Mexico, where Caracaras have the exalted title of National Bird, humans sometimes eat them. Go figure."
  • Candy
  • They Shoe Horses, Don't They? - Candy Shops and Crossbones; Slaton, Texas 1920s by James Villanueva 9-10-10
    "Having been on the square for six years, the “J.H. Teague & Son, Confections, Drug Sundries,” was a local favorite."
  • People: LBJ and Sad Irons by Clay Coppedge 9-10-10
    As Johnson biographer Robert Caro pointed out, “Without electricity, even boiling water was work.” Water was hauled by hand from a well or creek and carried to the house. It took about 40 gallons of water a day to run a farm, which meant a lot of trips from the well to the house. Lyndon’s reluctance to help his mother with pumping and hauling water was a source of constant friction between the future president and his father...
  • Pulaski
  • The Quest: Searching for the Pulaski Historical Marker by Barclay Gibson 9-6-10
    Where to start describing how I visited the five foot tall granite 1936 Panola County Centennial Historical Marker for the defunct town site of Pulaski, former seat of Panola County?
  • Selling out
  • 15 Minutes of Separation: Selling Out in Austin and Thinking Inside the Box
    Two Newspaper Rack Stories By Luke Warm 9-8-10
    "When you see an empty newspaper rack – someone is not doing their job."
  • Shipley & Hurley
  • People: Remembrance of Things Fried: Mr. Shipley and Mrs. Hurley by Ken Rudine 8-25-10
  • Outlaw: Who was that Outlaw? by Linda Kirkpatrick 8-7-10
  • Hanging: A Hanging in Austin by Mike Cox 8-19-10
  • Panhandle Trees
  • 15 Minutes of Separation:
    Panhandle “Backlash” Saves Trees by Brewster Hudspeth 8-9-10
    or Love in the Time of Dendrophobia
    According to a recent article in the Amarillo Globe, it has been four years since “state transportation officials” proposed cutting down both trees in the Texas Panhandle. Okay, that’s a slight exaggeration. There are a few more than two. TxDOT managed to count 1,185 trees – that were “encroaching” on Hemphill County highways and proposed to cut every one of them down...
  • Ghost Counties
  • Storm: The Secret Hurricane by Mike Cox 7-8-10
    The Secret Hurricane of 1943
  • County: Ghost Counties of Texas Vintage maps courtesy TGLO 7-2-10
    Buchel and Foley Counties, Greer County, Wegefarth County, Encinal County, Perdido County, Worth County, and the First Dawson County
  • John Henninger Reagan
  • People: John Henninger Reagan 7-2-10
    Photos courtesy Gerald Massey
  • Ferry
  • History: The Brownsville-Metamoros Ferry by Maggie Van Ostrand 6-19-10
    The ferry was an efficient means of transportation between the U.S. and Mexico for 110 years, but in 1929, it took its last trip across the Rio Grande.
  • Thurber brick
  • Things: Thurber Brick by Mike Cox 5-20-10
  • People: Sally Rand and Yesterday's ‘House of Tomorrow’ by Clay Coppedge 5-1-10
    News that Sally Rand would come to Texas for the Forth Worth Frontier Centennial in 1936 was met with outrage by some and curiosity by many. Her reputation, gained at the 1933 World Fair in Chicago in 1933, preceded her...
  • In Plain Sight
  • People: The Mysterious Yellow Rose of Texas by Linda Kirkpatrick 4-1-10
    This is a story about Texas. It is the story of a woman---a mysterious woman closely related to the song, “The Yellow Rose of Texas.” As I further delved into the research, I found a story beyond anything that I had imagined. Is it myth or is it fact, I do not know but I will share my discoveries and you can decide for yourself...
  • Grave marker
  • Cemetery: Finding the Polancio Grave Marker by Barclay Gibson 3-22-10
    "Back in the 1870s a stage was attacked by Indians and a man, Jose Maria Palancios, was killed. He was buried right where he fell, at the base of the Peak and a crude rock slab had the information scratched on it."
  • Two cities
  • Animals: Tails of Two Cities by Brewster Hudspeth 3-5-10
    or The Great Columbus, Colorado County / Canada Cat Compromises
  • stampede
  • Art: "Stampede" by John Troesser
    Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 1-28-10
  • Book: “Death by Rope” by Bob and Doris Bowman 2-26-10
    Explores 49 lynchings and legal hangings in East Texas between 1862 and 1942.
  • POW camp chapel
  • WWII: POW Camp Chapel Restored Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 1-28-10
  • Rooms with a Past: Texas’ Two White Elephant Hotels by John Troesser 1-8-10
    Big Spring’s Settles and Mineral Wells’ Baker
  • Coppini
  • Aviation: Vin Fiz Flyer by Clay Coppedge 11-19-09
    One of the first great aviation events in Texas...
  • 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 Ghostby 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
  • 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
  • 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...
  • 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
  • People: A Confederate Soldier in Texas: Full Metal Corset by Maggie Van Ostrand 6-18-09
  • Trip: Driving Around with Bonnie and Clyde by Robin Cole-Jett 5-15-09
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  • Texas Centennial
    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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