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TEXAS HISTORY*

The People, Incidents, Places and Things
that made and make Texas Interesting
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* "Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is the story of what happened on the banks." - Will Durant

If you need dates or specific information we would advise you to consult a textbook or the Handbook of Texas Online. Texas Escapes is a living history being written by those who want to celebrate their ancestors, towns and their love of place. Based on the quote above, we would prefer to title this category "Texas Civilization" since we feel our content has more flavor than the standard history taught in school. - Editor

History of Texas

History Columns by Texas Historians and Columnists

"All Things Historical" (Weekly) by Bob Bowman and Archie McDonald, PhD
Texas history column syndicated in over 40 Texas newspapers.
On people, places, things, history, politics, war camps, folklore, music, industry, disasters, outlaws ....

"Cannonball's Tales" (Weekly) by W T Block Jr.
SE Texas and SW Louisiana history

"Lonestar Diary" (Monthly) by Murray Montgomery
History column appearing in 5 Texas newspapers

"Charley Eckhardt's Texas" (Biweekly) by C. F. Eckhardt
Texas History & Folklore

"Texas Tales" (Weekly) by Mike Cox
History column appearing in 7 Texas newspapers

"Letters from Central Texas" (Biweekly) by Clay Coppedge
Published in Temple Telegram

"Somewhere in the West" (Monthly) Linda-Kirkpatrick

Webmaster's choices as a sampling of our coverage:

The Story of our Texas' German Pilgrims:
or Death March to Comal County by W. T. Block Jr.
"Of the first German Pilgrims to Texas in 1845... only one in four survived the walk from Indianola to New Braunfels"

Re-examining the Mexican War by C.F. Eckhardt 2-3-08
If you believe the ‘politically correct historians’ and the novelists who follow their lead, the mighty Norteños attacked poor, defenseless Mexico and raped her of her northern territories. Frankly, that’s a myth, and a simple examination of the various strengths, both military and political, of the two countries will expose that myth. It is, however, considered ‘politically incorrect’ to compare those strengths. Since I make a point of being ‘politically incorrect,’ I have no hesitation in doing this.

San Antonio's Blue Book by C.F. Eckhardt
'The Blue Book.' Those three words stir up quite an image among those who delve into the more esoteric history of 19th and early 20th Century America. 'The Blue Book' is the legendary directory of a city's 'red light' district....

Texas History - People, the Wars, and War Camps

Texans -
Anson Jones, Shanghai Pierce, Big Foot Wallace .....

World War I -
Odds and ends of Texas in the Great War

World War II -
Personal stories of Texans and their participation in World War Two

The Spanish American War Chronicles
"The splendid little War"

Alamo History

The Killough Massacre

Texas Black History

Texas Towns History

Texas Towns - Every town has stories - some of them are true

Small Town Sagas - Stories that transcend generations

Texas Oral Histories - When the storytellers are gone, they take their stories with them.

Old News - Excerpts from vintage newspapers

History of Texas Buildings

Texas Courthouses - Vacant, Restored, or infested with lawyers

Texas Architecture - Stories and images of buildings, bridges, theatres, libraries, depots, ice houses, lodges, feed stores and jails.

Rooms with a Past - History and images of Texas hotels before 1950

Texas Statues, Monuments, Shrines and Historic Trees

Texas Monuments, Statues & Shrines - Including the stories of the honorees and the artists

Texas Historic Trees - Not all were gallows stand-ins ...

Texas Historic Travel

Texas Towns

Texas Ghost Towns

Texas Historic Trips - Trips to historic places

Texas History Books & References: See Bibliography

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Recollections of Early Texas by John Holmes
Roadside History of Texas by Leon Claire Metz
Why Stop?: A Guide to Texas Historical Roadside Markers by Betty Dooley-Awbrey

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