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July 29th in Texas History: Feds save Texas bank |
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History of Levelland |
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July 28th in Texas History: Congress prohibits term "Jap," Jefferson County
accused of racism |
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Shakespeare Under
the Stars in Wimberley |
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A
History of Brownfield |
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July 27th in Texas History: German prince arrives in San Antonio |
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Burtis completes a seaplane after 23 of work on the craft |
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60-year-old+ San Antonio conjunto club spared from demolition, for now |
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History of Lynn County Courthouse |
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History of Tahoka |
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100-year-old Tahoka woman shares her secret to a full life |
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July 26th in Texas History: Sam Houston dies |
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2 Texas Governors To Be Honored With Markers in Tyler |
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Courthouse Critter Became Smith County Legend |
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Texas Opposes DRT Trademarking 'The Alamo' |
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Poet weaves West Texas habitat into wide-ranging collection |
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Renovated Historic Church Holds First Service |
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Kemah to restore old
railroad depot |
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New Rangerettes
Named |
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Filmmaker Ken Burns working on Dust Bowl project, looking for photos |
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State 4-H horse show a family vacation for many |
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Return to the Old West in a blaze of gunfire |
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National Day of the American Cowboy festivities draw thousands to Fort Worth
Stockyards |
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CB radio caught on in "astro city" |
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July 23rd in Texas History: Tulia's racially motivated drug bust |
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Oak Cliff's historic Alamo Plaza motel to say lively goodbye with benefit |
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Pirates, Soldiers & Fat Little Girlfriends |
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Big
Spring, Texas Plains Trail Region Unveil Limited Edition Stamp Cancellation
Postmark |
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Oldest U.S. Resident, East Texan Sanborn, Turned 114 Tuesday |
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Former Republic of Texas 'constable' convicted for impersonating cop |
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Construction set to begin on Pearl Brewery apartments |
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July 22nd in Texas History: GW Bush delivers first presidential campaign
speech |
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Small town, big fun: Livingston has a lot to offer |
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Historic Waco Bridge Reopens Thursday |
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Find may be section of historic acequia |
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PHOTOS: Relive 1957's Hurricane Audrey |
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Chandler: Home again to the wide-open spaces
- "you can't see Virginia for the trees" |
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July 21st in Texas History: Texan Santa Fe Expedition survivor dies |
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July 21st in Texas History: German immigrant raises Union flag over the
Alamo |
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Alamo's walls reveal secret treasures for attentive visitors
|
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LBJ Museum of
San Marcos to go back to the 60s again |
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Fort Griffin Preservation |
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Albany's Old Fashioned Drug Store Reopens |
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July 20th in Texas History: Legendary Texas architect O'Neil Ford dies
|
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Photo gallery: Caverns of Sonora
- privately owned by wonderful people, stop by. |
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Panhandle native, NFL great Zach Thomas: Time to turn the page |
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July 19th in Texas History: Notorious robber Sam Bass gunned down |
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July 18th in Texas History: Ann Richards' famous speech |
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Update:
Hays Street Bridge opens,
1887 San Antonio bridge restored |
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For decades, man's Irving company been fueling the fires of great Texas
barbecue |
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San Antonio man buys notorious monastery outside Blanco |
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Tough times, good life lessons at Brownsville's Old "Escuela Católica San
Francisco de Asís" |
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Brownsville resident recalls 1942 flood |
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Unusual tourist attraction moving from Hunt to Ingram |
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Los Fresnos barbecue joint joins the ranks of Texas legends |
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El Patio saltine mystery solved |
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'Super Handyman' Al Carrell hangs up his tool belt |
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Big
Spring Man Authors, Signs Book About 2009 Howard College National Champion
Baseball Team |
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Bid made to save old segregated Uvalde school |
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July 16th in Texas History: Texas troops kill Cherokee chief |
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2010 Great
Texas Balloon Race coming July 30th |
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Homing pigeons to race Friday from New Braunfels to Ft. Worth |
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French Le Tigre highlights Paris, Texas |
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'Yesterday's Texas' -- State sells land for 50 cents an acre |
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July 15th in Texas History: A first for African
Americans - you'll note "since the
era of Reconstruction" when there were MANY black Republicans elected. This
is a first because it came under segregationist Democrat, one-party control
of Texas. |
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2 Austin Bars Make Playboy's 'Best Bars' List,
there's more:
Scholz Garten named a top-10 College Sports Bar |
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Texas boy from Farmers Branch is The Last Airbender |
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Bing.com picks tubing on Guadalupe for Top 50 vacation list |
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Fort Worth man has 60 years, and counting, on the job for Majestic Liquor |
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July 14th in Texas History: George Strait tops the charts |
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Cook's challenge: Recipes using only Texas ingredients |
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1922 New Braunfels bank heist stuff legends are made of |
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July 13th in Texas History: Gov. Hobby declares martial law |
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Hidden El Paso: Sun City home to the Negro Leagues for one weekend |
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Milam County lawman who turned outlaw was lynched for bank robbery |
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Book
gives reader a glimpse into Galveston’s past |
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New York opera singer got her start in Vidor choir |
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July 12th in Texas History: Kiowa war party kills two Texas Rangers in Red
River Wars |
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Restaurateur gives New York some Hill Country flavor |
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Famed fighter little remembered in Galveston |
 |
Book recalls Panhandle Plains past |
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July 11th in Texas History: Governor Lanham declares war on weevils |
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July 10th in Texas History: Ima Hogg, First Lady of Texas!
|
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PHOTOS: A look at Nederland's Dutch roots |
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July 9th in Texas History: President Lamar seeks peace |
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17th-century replica grist mill arrives in Lubbock |
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PHOTOS: Relive 1986's Hurricane Bonnie |
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After 31 years, Grand Prairie pizza queen winding down her reign |
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Mini-train acquired by Brownwood railroad museum |
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July 8th in Texas History: Downtown Dallas in flames |
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Big Red soda's going retro |
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July 7th in Texas History: El Paso, Texas native Sandra Day O'Connor
nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Reagan |
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Alamo fundraising campaign falls flat; caretaker group blames newspaper |
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July 6th in Texas History: Happy Birthday, George W. Bush! |
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Randall Co. courthouse exterior nearly finished, no budget for interior |
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Many unique Texas football mascots make NCAA Football 11 video game |
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Texas Reads: New novels from popular Lone Star writers |
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White Settlement Jail, police station to be used in movie |
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Researchers work to unravel mystery of Lubbock's first murder |
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Panhandle Plains
Offers Great Texan Culture |
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July 5th in Texas History: J. Evetts Haley, rancher, historian,
segregationist politician, is born
- segregation was NOT a "conservative" or GOP cause. Such was always opposed
by the Republican Party and its platforms. |
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Joe T. Garcia's has stood the test of time |
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Marfa: At El Cosmico, the sky is limitless |
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Minor league baseball: Abilenians rooted for home teams |
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Luring film production to the Panhandle: Camera-shy, we're not |
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El
Paso: Falstaff brewhouse complex for sale; tenants want art center |
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Liberty Hall Illuminates Marquee in downtown Tyler |
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July 4th in Texas History: Confederate Army begs Texas planters to send
slaves to fight for rebels |
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Tall Ships make it to Corpus Christi for Sail South Texas 2010 |
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‘Healing Touch' film to air on Lifetime about about Odessa's prostitution
scandal |
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July 2nd in Texas History: Happy 54th birthday, Jerry Hall |
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Story on Gov. Briscoe signing the age-of-adulthood law (21 to 18) |
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Austin radio pioneer Campos among Music Memorial honorees |
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Memories of Galveston Island |
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Dr Pepper orders
sugar for 125th anniversary |
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69th edition of the Will Rogers Range Rider Rodeo and Reunion is under way |
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Cotton
compresses should be protected in Galveston |
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Rialto Theatre to close in Denison |
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Armadillo Palace Branching Out Beyond Yee-Haw Texas Music |
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July 1st in Texas History: Texas becomes fastest-growing state |
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June 30th in Texas History: UT names Ransom chancellor |
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Canyon rides to the rescue of Tex Randall |
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Preservation Dallas lists 'most endangered' city buildings |
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New
ways sought to keep Bishop’s Palace alive in Galveston |
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Stories about Gov. Dolph Briscoe abound |
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June 29th in Texas History: Elizabeth Ney, prolific sculptor dies |
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Galveston wants to relocate old cotton presses |
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Trew: Two men part of Texas lore - but for different reasons |
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Temple namesake known for building many Texas bridges |
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June 28th in Texas History: Texas ratifies 19th Amendment |
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Miss Texas pageant winners have enviable Miss America record |
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Historic East Texas theater faces grim reality of modern movie going |
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Battleship Texas celebrated at San Jacinto State Park
|
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Travis Co: USPS may shutter historic post office built in 1880's |
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Why don’t more TV shows filmed in Texas actually reflect our state? |
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June 26th in Texas History: Texas revolution erupts, first blood spilled |
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June 26th in Texas History: Court strikes down sodomy law |
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Rural church building finds new life in Seguin |
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Engineer says Alamo
chapel safe, despite cracks |
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June 24th in Texas History: Pioneering female lawyer Mary Joe Durning
Carroll is born |
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Historic Virgin Mary statue stolen in Brownsville |
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Trip to Austin offers barbeque, summer activities |
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June 24th in Texas History: The Texas Navy sails to Mexico |
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Daughters of the Republic of Texas looks to possible loss of Alamo |
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June 23rd in Texas History: Major affirmative action ruling |
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East Texas legend, 'Peppy' Blount, passes away |
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Route 66 nostalgia: Restoring a piece of the past, Triangle Motel |
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CAF
Airpower Museum Opens New Exhibit |
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Sale of Queen Theater, downtown Bryan, Expected to Close Tuesday
|
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June 22nd in Texas History: Mexican general investigates Texans' restiveness
|
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Former Seguin resident Arionus earns spot in Horseshoe Hall of Fame |
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June 21st in Texas History: Exxon ancestor Humble Oil incorporates |
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Life Magazine on Scurry Co. oil find (1949) |
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Remembering The Killough Massacre |
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Mercedes works to preserve historic buildings |
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Cliff's list: Top 10 at-risk sites in southern Dallas area hint at their
possibilities |
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Rancho de las Cabras archaeological dig continues near Floresville |
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June 20th in Texas History: Randolph Air Force Base dedicated |
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Parker County Comeback Crop is Just Peachy |
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Nightclub on track to open soon in former El Paso Union Pacific depot |
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Juneteenth celebrations are bigger than Texas |
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Debbie Reynolds to discuss 'Singin' in the Rain' movie role at film festival |
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Pianist helps Marshall, Texas, validate claim as boogie's birthplace |
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Daughters of the Republic of Texas under A.G. investigation |
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'Vaquero' statue honoring Mexican cowboy is closer to saddling up in Fort
Worth |
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June 17th in Texas History: First Commuter Flight from Dallas |
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Historic Rio Grande City building collapsed |
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June 16th in Texas History: civil rights pioneer/journalist born |
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Ghost hunters request access to Brownsville's Dancy Building
|
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Near-sinking of Battleship Texas a 'wake-up call' |
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Cattle association rangers ride herd on rustlers |
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120-year-old log cabin destroyed in Montgomery County fire
|
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Alamo's director fired after only a few months on the job |
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June 15th in Texas History: Wartime tensions explode in Beaumont race riot |
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American flags in Southeast Texas tell nation's tale,
History of Flag Day |
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King Ranch names Robert J. Underbrink as new CEO |
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Options laid out for Astrodome ,
Ambitious Dome plan could cost more than $1 billion |
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Longtime carpenter rebuilds historic mission doors |
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Robert Earl Keen returns home |
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Bears lumbering back into east Texas |
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Oral histories fill in the little details in Texas history |
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Looking Back: Tilson was pioneer Texas statesman |
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World Champions Make Gladewater Rodeo Show To See |
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Restored Cotton Gin Shows East Texas Heritage |
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Dodson centennial: Town celebrates roots |
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June 11th in Texas History: Miers writes Bush, regrets it later |
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16th Annual Republic of Texas biker rally begins in Austin |
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UTA students discover evidence of baby prehistoric crocodiles at Arlington
site |
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June 10th in Texas History: Governor Barbara Jordan? |
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Beilue: A new lease on life for Tex Randall? |
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DRT Alamo trouble makers fail to meet their
fundraising goals - so much for all
their talk |
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Fire damages historic Barr Mansion in Travis Co. |
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State Bar of Texas rebuffed from honoring early
Anglo American lawyers in Alamo Plaza
- can you imagine the uproar if the same was done related to Tejano or Black
lawyers from Texas history? |
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About 1,000 Help Celebrate Ross Perot's 80th Birthday |
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Houston temporarily blocks demolition of historic buildings
|
 |
June 9th in Texas History: Texas Rejects 14th
Amendment - shameful and done by
Democrats! |
 |
Streetcar revival: City rep seeks to restore symbol of El Paso's past |
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June 8th in Texas History: Tom DeLay resigns |
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Fort Concho's Frontier Day set for Saturday |
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Palo Duro Canyon is worth the drive for mountain bikers |
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Have any tomatoes? City of Jacksonville to attempt world record |
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Texas 130 takes toll on iconic oak |
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Panther Junction Post Office to Celebrate 75th Anniversary of the
Authorization of Big Bend National Park |
 |
Austin goes batty for "Night of the Bat"
 |
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Keeping Austin Weird: Museum Sells Willie Nelson Braids |
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Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame moving to Fort Worth |
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Victoria Bach Festival celebrates 35th anniversary |
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Storied Magnolia's History Intertwined With Town |
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39th Texas
Folklife Festival begins Friday, June 11th |
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Texas Historic Commission believes it may have found grave of mysterious
James Coryell |
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June 7th in Texas History: James Byrd Jr. killed in Jasper |
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Today in Texas History: Booker T. Washington's daughter born |
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What to do with a broken-down church? Reassemble
|
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Oswald's getaway cab fetches $35,750 at North Texas auction |
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From obscurity, suburban Houston author wrote himself to vampire-based
success |
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June 4th in Texas political history: Jefferson Davis is born. Do you know
his Texas ties? |
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"Texas is..." video
contest from the Dept. of Agriculture |
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June 3rd in Texas History: Ed White's historic '65 spacewalk |
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Plan to honor 'Anglo' lawyers at Alamo refused |
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June 2nd
in Texasl History: Sam Houston's son appointed to the U.S. Senate in 1941
(and dies 24 days later) |
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June 2nd in Texas History: Connally and Yarborough face off |
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Photo Gallery: The Bush family home in Midland |
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Texas
A&M makes plans to relocate century-old graves |
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Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas celebrates 42nd Annual Powwow |
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June 1st in Texas History: 400 farm workers begin strike in Starr County |
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Salt Lick owner sees more wine tourism in Driftwood’s future
|
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South Texas surf history book hits shelves |
 |
Trew: 'The West' full of myth, mystery |
 |
R. Don Cash chosen to receive 12th annual Boss of Plains Award |
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May 28th in Texas History: Texas executes young killer |
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Restored Kenedy County Courthouse to reopen Friday
|
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PBS' "The Daytripper" films in Beaumont |
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May 27th in Texas History: Buddy Holly, Crickets release 1st single |
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'Big 'Ol Battery' Powers Presidio |
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The Fredericksburg Crawfish Festival
|
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Anderson Ranch wins the 2010 Leopold Conservation Award for Texas |
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Museum near Lubbock, in Crosbyton, says it has 'real' chupacabra |
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The pigtails are gone: Willie Nelson cuts his hair |
 |
Texas has long hurricane history, written history to the 16th Century |
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Cotton Belt Depot, Tyler City Hall Designated Historic Landmarks |
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Dallas' Deep Ellum Is Kinda, Sorta, Maybe Back on Top! (Maybe.) |
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Historic Fort Worth names city’s most endangered places |
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The Broussard's Move A Piece Of History |
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May 25th in Texas History: First Spanish mission in East Texas |
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Renovation progresses at Seguin's Texas Theatre |
 |
2 sites in Texas designated national recreation trails |
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May 24th in Texas History: El Paso businessman, leader born |
 |
Texas pool gets makeover, hopes for new members |
 |
Texas 2: Carved into state's highway history |
 |
At 91, Aubrey native Louise Tobin recalls singing with jazz greats |
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Trew: Justice often comes with theatrics |
 |
May 23rd in Texas History: Texas Bureau of Immigration established |
 |
U.S. consul general in Hamburg, Germany, stays true to her Texas roots |
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Kokernot Field, the legend of Alpine baseball and today's Big Bend Cowboys
baseball club |
 |
600 guests
gather for Farah exhibit in El Paso |
 |
State marker brings recognition to Houston's Frost Town neighborhood |
 |
Travel Channel films ghost stories at the Presidio La Bahia |
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Waco experiences shine through in 'Sironia' film, director says |
 |
May 20th in Texas History: First American governor of Texas born |
 |
Chocolatier To The Royals Sets Up Shop In Small Central Texas Town |
 |
New plan coming up for HemisFair Park |
 |
May 19th in Texas History: Man who gave name to Kyle, Texas dies |
 |
Opinion: ConocoPhillips owes Sweeny an apology |
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$15.5M raised to preserve San Antonio missions |
 |
Great Texas Balloon Race moves to end of July |
 |
May 18th in Texas History: Country music star George Strait born |
 |
Photos: Last Call at San Antonio's legendary Liberty Bar |
 |
May 17th in Texas History: Jazz musician Dewey Redman born |
 |
Doctor finds his place in Brazoria, Texas history |
 |
James Reza: Remember the Alamo! |
 |
Denton's Campus Theatre becomes landmark |
 |
Fox greenlights Midland-based 'Lonestar' as part of fall TV lineup |
 |
Lubbockites recall 1930s Dust Bowl |
 |
May 16th in Texas History: School walkout spurs historic court decision |
 |
Abilene turned out to watch arrival of B-1B in 1985
- see more here |
 |
Early Mormons settled central Texas village |
 |
Andrews: Celebrating a century |
 |
Creator of TV's new 'Good Guys' considers Dallas the perfect setting |
 |
A steward of vanishing treasures, Bill Wittliff found a passion for
photographing vaqueros |
 |
1970 adventure triggered Bill Wittliff's passion for photographing vaqueros
|
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Movie 'Reminiscences of a Cowboy' starring Jack Lemmon, Glenn Ford was
filmed in El Paso |
 |
Rep. Rodriguez promotes bill to expand Missions |
 |
Masonic leader chronicled early visit to Plainview area |
 |
May 14th in Texas History: Treaty of Velasco signed |
 |
Accordionist delivers lively kickoff to Tejano Conjunto Festival |
 |
Boxes of JFK assassination papers soon may be headed for Sixth Floor
Museum's new reading room |
 |
Buffaloes Roaming Around Big Spring Again With 2 Statues at The Spring |
 |
May 13th in Texas History: Latin American activist, artist dies |
 |
Century of changes in Bishop to be shown in fashion, farm equipment, cars
and museum |
 |
Kilgore's Texan theater to be music venue |
 |
May 12th in Texas History: Texas community begins as POW camp |
 |
Pasadena Strawberry Festival: "World's Largest Strawberry Cake" |
 |
Prof calls for renaming of UT residence hall named in honor of Klansman |
 |
40 years ago today:
the Lubbock Tornado |
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May 11, 1970: The Lubbock Tornado |
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Memories of the Lubbock Tornado-Jack Britton Kyle |
 |
City's online archive gives tornado survivors chance to share their stories |
 |
Doctor begins new life after injuries sustained in May 1970 twister |
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1970 Lubbock tornado story that you've never seen |
 |
Lubbock residents reflect on 1970 Tornado |
 |
Photos from May 11, 1953 tornado in Waco Today |
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May 11th in Texas History: Dallas Mayor James Woodall Rodgers born |
 |
May 10th in Texas History: Suffrage group forms |
 |
Historic Pampa buildings showcase town's wealth from 1920s oil boom |
 |
Quadruplets remain close during four years at A&M |
 |
Phil Collins Is Obsessed With The Alamo |
 |
Abernathy born of pioneer businesses |
 |
Trew: Winter scene paves way to ranch memories |
 |
What happened to Swastika, Texas in Hale County? |
 |
Leon Metz: Old West chronicler took circuitous route to El Paso |
 |
Daughter owes lessons in grit, determination to rodeo legend mom |
 |
Gruene Continues To Resist Change, Threats to Historic Town's Charm |
 |
Houston Art Car Parade 2010 (photos) |
 |
San Antonio lawyer works to restore dance hall |
 |
May 7th in Texas History: 'A New History of Texas' author born |
 |
Time capsule filled with Harlingen memories |
 |
Small version of Willie Nelson statue unveiled in Austin
|
 |
Lou Reed's ‘Red Shirley' wraps up Marfa film fest |
 |
Documentary debuts at Marfa Film Festival |
 |
May 6th in Texas History: Twisters hit Texas in 1930 |
 |
Texas is cast as central character in Laura Bush's memoir |
 |
Cinco de Mayo has Texas roots |
 |
Irreverent obituary is center of attention, just as Burleson woman
was |
 |
Remake Of John Wayne Classic Filmed In Central Texas |
 |
Texas Governor’s Mansion addition gets OK |
 |
May 4th in Texas History: Labor organizer implicated in Haymarket
Massacre |
 |
1892 Bishop's Palace in need of new roof |
 |
Save Tex Randall Campaign |
 |
The Tejano hero of Cinco de Mayo |
 |
N. Texas Man Makes Fossil Find While Out Walking |
 |
Fred Harvey House was epitome of food, farming |
 |
Mounds mark early Texas life |
 |
Texas City Museum to get major renovation |
 |
May 3rd in Texas History: Texas stuntman performs for King Edward
VII |
 |
Grassburr School near Post provided education, tennis, memories |
 |
May 2nd in Texas History: Chief of Engineers for U.S. Army born |
 |
Spanish Governor’s Palace has new lease on life |
 |
Police shoot charging bull on I-30 in
Arlington - certainly a
Texana story! |
 |
Nuns
raise miniature horses in Brenham |
 |
72nd Buc Days Festival |
 |
Horse patrol unit helps West Texas |
 |
April 30th in Texas History: Austin mayor Robert Thomas Miller dies |
 |
Improvements in the canyon: Upgrade for Palo Duro |
 |
Magnolia Man Discovers Pocket Watch With Tons Of Texas History |
 |
Request to trademark 'The Alamo' halted by state |
 |
Fort Worth's party on the Trinity River |
 |
April 29th in Texas History: U.S. Rep. Clay Stone Briggs dies |
 |
April 28th in Texas History: Early Texas memoirist born |
 |
April 27th in Texas History: Last issue of Austin's Rolling Stone
published |
 |
González was a descendant of Tejano hero Gregorio Esparza |
 |
Presidio La Bahia Receives Historic Texas Lands Plaque |
 |
Ivory Joe Hunter's grave to get state historical marker
|
 |
Events Commemorate Pivotal Moment In Mexican History |
 |
Texas Chock-Full Of Affordable Adventures |
 |
Obelisks once marked Ozark Trail |
 |
April 26th in Texas History: Artist, naturalist Audubon born |
 |
Trew: Book offers county tales of the Texas Panhandle |
 |
Rain or shine, Fiesta 2010 was one great party |
 |
April 25th in Texas History: Republic of Texas, U.S. set boundary
lines |
 |
Muenster hosts 35th annual Germanfest
|
 |
Longtime Dallas-area pastors are revered as 'living legends' |
 |
150 years after the real thing, Civil War re-enactors fight just for
the fun of it |
 |
Hunt's Stonehenge II tourist attraction seeks new home |
 |
Bob Wills Day
in Turkey, Texas this weekend |
 |
Window on the Past: Spectators became firefighters |
 |
Where cool waters flow: Lampasas River a meandering spirit |
 |
April 23rd in Texas History: George Cassety Pendleton born |
 |
Families team up to protect Fiesta parade turf in San Antonio |
 |
Chupacabras hard to find, unless you’re at El Mercado |
 |
April 22nd in Texas History: Congressman Guinn Williams born |
 |
5 great Texas state parks not to miss |
 |
Solemn Tradition of Muster Observed at Texas A&M |
 |
Toltec was among San Antonio's first apartments |
 |
Lawmakers mark Battle of San Jacinto |
 |
April 21st in Texas History: Victory at San Jacinto! Independence Is
Won! |
 |
San
Jacinto Day – 174 Year - beautiful photo |
 |
Repeating history: San Jacinto Day comes alive |
 |
A&M Muster Hosts prepare for annual tradition |
 |
April 20th in Texas History: The last Confederate general dies |
 |
April 19th in Texas History: Waco siege ends, Federal government
gasses & burns innocent children |
 |
Trew: The past delivers unusual stories |
 |
Memoir recounts crashing color barrier in baseball - in reverse |
 |
40th Anniversary of Destruction: Day turned deadly, 6 twisters
ravaged Panhandle counties; 23 killed |
 |
San Antonio: El Rey Feo LXII crowned (the 62nd in a wonderful
tradition!) |
 |
Symposium to look at other side of Battle of San Jacinto |
 |
Texas City man keeps Mexican Revolution in the present |
 |
The barbecue chronicles: One day, four pit stops in East Texas |
 |
Turn the tables: Event proves there's life after downloads for
record stores |
 |
The Industrious Historian |
 |
W.K.
Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas |
 |
April 16th in Texas History: Texas City explosion kills hundreds |
 |
Man saw first sparks of Texas City Disaster |
 |
Stories of Texas City disaster live on |
 |
Slideshow: 1947 Texas City Explosion |
 |
April 15th Texas History: Gov. Richards signs "Robin Hood" law |
 |
April 14th in Texas History: Texas President Burnet born |
 |
George Strait's streak goes on: In Top 10 for 30 years |
 |
April 13th in Texas History: Duke of Brazoria dies |
 |
Texas
Original Artist Wells Mason |
 |
April 12th in Texas History: Columbia launched for first time |
 |
Texas oft-ignored for Supreme Court vacancies; one justice ever and
long odds now |
 |
Photos: Fiesta in San Antonio in the 1940's,
Fiesta in the '60's |
 |
Smith Co. Carnegie Library Building Approved For Historical Marker |
 |
Slaton Bakery named a Texas historical marker by commission |
 |
Video
of the implosion of Texas Stadium |
 |
Photos: Remember Texas Stadium, 1971-2010 |
 |
April 11th in Texas History: Oveta Hobby becomes first U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare |
 |
Stone ties Scotland to Alamo |
 |
Brownwood's Lyric Theater Gets Makeover After 96 Years |
 |
Former Pig Stand reborn as cycle-themed South Town diner |
 |
April 9th
in Texas History: Harris Co. Domed Stadium Opens - Astrodome! |
 |
April 9th in Texas History: Sen. John Morris Sheppard dies |
 |
174th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto commemoration is
April 21 at the San Jacinto Monument and Battleground |
 |
Land Office Archives Full of Ghost Stories |
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April 08 in Texas History: The call for a women's suffrage
convention in Texas |
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Historic steam locomotive to stop in Corsicana Saturday |
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Camp Ford Civil Ware Reenactment photos |
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1949: College Becomes ‘Texas Western’ Today |
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1946: Eisenhower Arrives in El Paso on Inspection Trip
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1881: The Reason Why El Paso Mail Delivery Is Very Irregular
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1930: Great 20-Story El Paso Hilton
Hotel To Be On Display From Basement To Flag-Pole
- if you've not read Hilton's autobiography you've missed much Texas
history. |
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Anderson Fair doc a must-see at WorldFest 2010 |
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April 7th in Texas History: Talk about an intense election! |
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PHOTOS: The best places to walk in Texas |
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Red Tom and the Texas Socialist Party |
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April 6th in Texas History: Mexico bans immigration, slavery |
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Old Seguin icon getting a million-dollar makeover |
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Big Spring Radio Personality Commissioned as Texas Navy Admiral
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April 5th in Texas History: First planes land at Kelly Field |
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Great Western Cattle Trail to receive marker |
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Tough as a mule, the old Lubbock Post Office bears witness to
history |
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Waco whiskey Baby Blue getting award-winning attention at the bar |
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April 4th in Texas History: Advocate of fence-cutting law dies |
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English riders to follow Western pioneers' 2,000-mile cattle trail |
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Decades after assassinations, Memphis and Dallas remain hostages of
history, says Hampton Sides |
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Goodman-LeGrand Museum Offers Glimpse Of East Texas Past |
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Conference at Tech to focus on 1935 dust storm |
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April 1st in Texas History: Gov. Thomas Campbell dies |
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As customs changed, lamb sales declined |
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‘Coots' Matthews, oil well hellfighter, dies |
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Texas man tracking possible link between Hitler, art |
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Old Blanco, TX courthouse gets makeover for 'True Grit'
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March 31st in Texas History: Boxer Jack Johnson born |
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Monument honors Texas’ black lawmakers |
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March 30th in Texas History: Welcome back, Texas! |
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Long-vanished Becton home to South Plains pioneer spirit |
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The
"Seven" Flags Over Texas |
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The Texas Mile brings eclectic bunch of racers, cars to Goliad
county |
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Trew: The truth behind 20-Mule Teams |
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Milam's mystery Civil War-era battle still baffles |
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Fort Travis could use a little help |
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March 29th in Texas History: Oiler Running Back Earl Campbell born |
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Yankee embraces San Antone ways |
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Long-lost Texas artwork is discovered |
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March 28th in Texas History: Dwight D. Eisenhower dies |
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Collecting Orchids Is A Passion For East Texans |
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Tom Warren was Plainview's man of steel |
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Using Drums Holds Passionate Meaning For Caddo Indians |
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German Brew Master Brewing Up Business In McKinney |
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Presidio folks hope Texana will 'Remember Goliad' |
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March 26th in Texas History: American G.I. Forum founded |
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Falling plaster highlights bad shape of Alamo roof |
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Remembering WT State Normal College |
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March 25th in Texas History: Texas General Land Office gets new seal |
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Houston remains the unknown music city in Texas |
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Best of Texas honored at Gruene Hall |
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Earl Campbell Honored with Tyler Street Naming |
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March 24th in Texas History: Mexico encourages settlement in Texas |
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March 23rd in Texas History: Joan Crawford born |
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At Mrs Texas pageant, mothers and wives get chance to shine |
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March 22nd in Texas History: Texas State Central Committee of
Colored Men meets |
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Trew: Buffalo horses and outlaw cattle |
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Texas City, dike, port have long history |
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1947 Texas City explosion reunion photo is April 10th |
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Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo has huge success in 2010 |
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After six-month renovation, Mission Concepción rededicated |
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Billy Olson among pole-vaulting's best 30 years ago |
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Author, historian to discuss 'wrecks' in Port Isabel |
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Worst US school disaster passes 73rd anniversary
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Twisted history lurks within walls of Palo Duro |
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Actor Fess Parker helped put Alamo at center stage |
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Texas Music Magazine celebrates 10 years
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A Border Runs Through It - the Rio Grande & water rights |
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Houston’s Hotel Alden under new management |
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A
Town Rich in Lone Star History, The Grove, is For Sale
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A blast at presidio la Bahia - photos |
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March 19th in Texas History: French explorer La Salle slain on expedition |
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The Alamo creates memorial honoring actor who played Davy Crockett |
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'Davy Crockett' Actor, ex-Abilenian, Fess Parker Dies At 85,
more |
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Country showman Johnnie High, 80, loved to make stars of others |
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San Antonio chef picked to promote Texas’ melon industry |
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March 18th in Texas History: Groce's Retreat becomes capital |
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Original paint colors restored at Mission Concepción |
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64th St. Patrick's Day Celebration in Shamrock ,
more |
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March 17th in Texas History: Convention of 1836 ends |
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South is about to rise again in Granbury |
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KHYI-95.3 FM The Range's Texas Music Revolution |
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Dentristry a century-long family tradition |
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March 16th in Texas History: Gov. Sam Houston
ousted - the bigots get control |
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Hortense Flores Buchanan was model for 1939 World's Fair in New York |
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New documentary looks at Bill Hicks |
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Book Explores Black Semi-pro Baseball in Texas |
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Texas Ranger Association still in Waco |
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March 15th in Texas History: Court-martial for son of Alamo hero begins |
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Trew: Danger lurked on Texas frontiers during Civil War |
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Westbrook: Future uncertain for railroad car that carried celebrities of the
past |
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Smith: Codifying the rules that make Texans unique and proud |
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Fort Concho hosts lunchtime lecture series |
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Film documents singer's triumph over racism on UT campus
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Brownsville/Matamoros company to buy Blaschka Tower |
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51st annual Rattlesnake Roundup kicked off this weekend in Sweetwater |
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March 14th in Texas History: Jack Ruby convicted of murdering Lee Harvey
Oswald |
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March 12th in Texas History: Record number visit "ugliest" LBJ portrait
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Newest inductees join Austin Film Society's Texas Hall of Fame |
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Rounding Up Reata's Best of Then and Now |
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Big
Spring's Settles Hotel restoration moving forward |
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March 11th in Texas History: "Pappy" O'Daniel born |
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Author chronicles Austin film history |
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Soulful songstress tours the world, yet calls Texas home |
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March 10th in Texas History: Mexican-American War ends |
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Overflow crowd watches documentary 'Border Bandits' |
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San Jacinto Museum of History |
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A peach of a spring for Hill Country growers? |
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March 9th in Texas History: Siege of Veracruz begins |
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Brownsville rededicates the region's first airport |
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Midland WILL host first county fair in more than 40 years |
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Fort Sam Houston’s historic theater to receive new lease on life |
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San Antonio's oldest amusement park reopens, oldest kid's park in
the USA |
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San Antonio's Kiddie
Park, oldest in the USA |
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March 8th in Texas History: "The Paul Revere of the Texas
Revolution" born |
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Poor Texas cowhand became one of area’s first millionaires in early
1900s |
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Deadly 1966 blast leveled Plainview church |
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Texas Historical Marker dedication for Cowboys Christmas Ball Assoc. |
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March 7th in Texas History: Wright Patman dies |
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Cracked Alamo roof is DRT’s ‘first priority’ |
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Texas troops in Iraq remember the Alamo |
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Update:
Texas
City native's movie wins Oscar,
Director Hancock dedicates football movie "The Blind Side" to dad |
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Twenty-year term: William P. Clements Jr. Unit |
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What happened to Rio Hondo's air museum? |
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Newsreel:
LBJ welcomes West German chancellor Adenauer to his Texas ranch |
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Film:
Oil and gas exploration in Texas in 1950 (Scurry Co.) |
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March 5th in Texas History: Mexican troops occupy San Antonio |
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Endangered list: Tex Randall makes top 10 |
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Howard County Banking History |
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Guitar craftwmen featured in Southwest Airlines' in-flight magazine |
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March 4th in Texas History: "Cactus Jack" Garner becomes U.S. vice
president |
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March 3rd in Texas History: Norris Wright Cuney dies in San Antonio |
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Fort Concho plans Victorian history training for women |
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Bob Bullock Museum honors George and Laura Bush |
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Texas marks Independence Day |
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March 2nd in Texas History: Texas Declaration of Independence
adopted in Washington-on-the-Brazos |
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Texas Tribute to the Civil War
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House calls were a way of life for pioneer Bell County medical
practitioner in the late 1800s |
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A 174th birthday bash for the Lone Star State |
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Rep. Michael McCaul hands House Resolution to Sam Houston IV |
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Historical case has UT in spotlight |
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Trew: Bankers are remembered for bark, bite |
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Fort Concho -- Past, Present and Future |
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March 1st in Texas History: Nature Conservancy buys Enchanted Rock |
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Brooks County Courthouse restored to former glory |
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Feb. 25th in Texas History: Death penalty given for brutal murder of
James Byrd, Jr. |
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Waco Hippodrome Close |
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The Alamo unveils new logo, marketing campaign |
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William Travis' letter from Alamo,
more |
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Auditor posts Alamo letter as nod to history, heroes |
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Call made for Alamo reinforcement |
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Stanley Marcus' iconic former home becomes city landmark,
more |
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Are You of Spanish Descent? State May Owe You Cash |
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Galveston school paved way for country’s nursing education |
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Film being produced about Texas as an independent country after a
WWII win by Germany |
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Feb. 23rd in Texas History: Houston signs treaty with Texas
Cherokees |
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Country Music Hall Of Fame Announces Inductees: Jimmy Dean & Don
Williams included |
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McAllen man works to preserve Tejano history |
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El Paso country radio legend Charlie Russell dies at 73
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Update:
Sam Houston documentary nears completion
- we'll again have Denton Florian on the program when the film is finished. |
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February 22nd in Texas History: U.S. relinquishes claims to Texas |
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Trew: Law and order used to be so very different |
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Depression-era electrification helped to close rural, urban area gap |
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Westbrook: Woman’s diaries from early 1900s tell of life in Lubbock |
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Feb. 21st in Texas History: Fitzsimmons-Maher fight staged in
Langtry |
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February 19th in Texas History: Texas state government installed |
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First Black Woman To Earn Texas Law License Dies |
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February 18th
in Texas History: Fort St. Louis established |
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Where Are They Now? Steve Bartlett |
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Poles in Texas |
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Few who eulogized Grapevine's 'Toy Man' knew of his dark past |
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Freewheeling former firefighter was a fireball |
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Feb. 17th in Texas History: League of United Latin American Citizens
formed in Corpus Christi |
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Feb. 16th in Texas History: First Legislature convenes |
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El Paso and Juarez - peace and war, five minutes apart |
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Feb. 15th in Texas History: Texas constitution ratified |
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New Clip Shows JFK Arriving In Dallas |
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Movie star Hinkle hitchhiked to local theater in youth |
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Feb. 12th in Texas History: The Red Rovers arrive in Goliad |
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Lone Star Music Awards voting begins |
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Texas Music magazine Publisher Stewart Ramser on the spot |
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La Lomita Mission spared, for now |
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Sugar Land skater took long journey to games |
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Feb. 11th in Texas History: Neill leaves the Alamo, Travis takes
command |
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Abilene Hero Featured In Reader's Digest
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Feb. 10th in Texas History: Miss Texas crowned Miss USA |
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Tall Ships Coming to South Texas |
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Feb. 9th in Texas History: Apollo 14 returns to Earth |
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Many Texas House Deeds Contain Race Restrictions |
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Feb. 8th in Texas History: Davy Crockett reaches the Alamo |
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Hoogstra: Texas Forts Trail advances toward the future |
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Bastrop makes list for "Texas Charm" |
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UT Tower shootings come to life at Bullock Museum |
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RIP: Walter Fondren, conservationist, ex-UT quarterback |
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Last one in Texas and one of 32 in US, Son of Confederate soldier
turning 97 |
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Tiny schools advanced rural blacks' education |
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Feb. 7th in Texas History: Charles Angelo Siringo born |
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Today in Texas History: Bandit Belle Starr born |
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Texas versus
the Nation football classic this weekend |
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Small distilleries are putting Texas on the top shelf |
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7 state landmarks on group's endangered list |
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Feb. 4th in Texas History: Byron Nelson born (and more) |
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Poster unveiled for 73rd annual Charro Days festival |
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Vidor to add 'Walk of Fame,' Possum might attend |
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Old San Antonio warehouse worth $100 deemed historic |
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Pool, ex-jail among Texas' endangered places |
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Austin Women’s Club among Texas' most endangered historic places
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Kendall farm being listed as ‘endangered' |
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Feb. 3rd in Texas History: The day the music died |
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Member of TCU's 1938 National Championship Team Dies |
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Rodents of unusual size: Capybaras aren't for all |
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Mysterious objects ID'd at Texas museum |
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Feb. 2nd in Texas History: Mexican-American War ends |
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February 1st in Texas history: Texas secedes from the Union
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Cattle drive gives glimpse of old San Antonio |
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Biographer finds story of racism in famed coach's El Paso childhood |
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Wimberley's Pioneer Town |
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Texas Tripper - Texas travel guide |
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South
Texas Trail Riders |
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Brownsville's Fort Brown Restaurant and Resaca Club demolished |
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Austin's Cactus Cafe to close in August |
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January 29th in Texas History: Irlene Mandrell born |
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January 28th in Texas History: Legislature approves secession |
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Coronation will kick off Texas Citrus Fiesta weekend |
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January 27th in Texas History: "Plinky" Toepperwein dies |
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Jan. 26th in Texas History: Audie Murphy's heroic stand |
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El Paso astronaut Danny Olivas brings back Border Patrol flag he
took to space |
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'Fast Eddie' celebrates 101st birthday in Texas |
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Jan. 25th in Texas history: Cattle baron's death ignites family feud |
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Tornadoes Left Marks On East Texas |
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Bob Bullock bio is a fun, informative, page-turning hoot |
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January 24th in Texas History: Texas gets its first NFL team |
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Answers offered, plans mulled for sullied landmark |
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January 21st in Texas history: Know-Nothings come out of the closet |
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January 20th in Texas history: Three presidents with Texas roots
celebrate swearing-in |
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If you owed taxes, Bullock would even take your turnips |
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Former President Bush bids farewell to Otto's Barbecue |
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January 19th in Texas History: Janis Joplin born |
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American Wind Power Center to get Powermill |
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Jan. 18th in Texas History: The Sharpstown scandal breaks |
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Self-guided tours resume at historic Galveston opera house |
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Leon Metz: The history of El Paso County seat |
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January 15th in Texas History: In farewell speech, Bush honors five
Texans |
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Old Texas-shaped wounds still pain Minnesota sports fans |
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Texas' oldest dance hall still the best |
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Historic fort damaged in San Ygnacio |
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January 14th in Texas History: Last GOP Speaker (before Craddick) is
ousted...in 1873 |
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January 13th in Texas History: A Texan works on the atom bomb |
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January 11th in Texas History: Schoolboy Rowe is born |
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Jan. 10th in Texas History: An oil gusher at Spindletop! |
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Texas, our Texas, oh where’s your largest tree? |
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Grapevine pie fight sets Guinness record |
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Central Texas barbecue road trip: 5 smokin' meals in 28 hours
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Jan. 8th in Texas history: Texas' first Republican governor |
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FBI file shows Lady Bird Johnson security precautions |
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January 7th in Texas History: Humble Oil Field is discovered |
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‘Lindbergh Of East Texas' Approved For Half Mile Of History |
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Tenn. officials want Davy Crockett document |
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Book tells of life during segregation |
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Jan. 6th in Texas history: Sam Rayburn is born |
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January 5th in Texas history: Groundbreaking choreographer Alvin
Ailey is born |
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January 4th in Texas history: A Texas hunter shoots a rare whooping
crane |
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Three Kings celebration observes birth of Christ |
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P**ches Gringos knows band name raises eyebrows and doesn't care |
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Broadcasters revel historic football moments |
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Wilson County celebrating its sesquicentennial year |
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East Texans Reflect On A Century Of Living |
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Revival of Galveston's famed Balinese Room may turn inland |
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December 31st in Texas History: Austin wins bizarre 1842 'Archives
War' against Houston |
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Legendary fiddler Hall dies at 93 |
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Dec. 30th in Texas history: A&M coaching legend Norton born |
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December 29th in Texas history: Texas becomes the 28th state |
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Dec. 28th in Texas History: First Southern black woman to become a
dentist born |
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Buried 1700s mission ranch in South Texas is holding up well |
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Hispanic Legacies in Texas |
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Albany rancher, author Bob Green laid to rest |
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Downtown Houston statue will honor former secretary of state James
A. Baker III, will be near Bush monument |
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Texas' ranching birthplace buried in funding limbo |
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The Night Before Christmas, in Texas that is! |
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December 23rd in Texas History: Santa Claus Robbery |
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After 50 years, Mesquite's Big Town Bowlanes closing |
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Dec. 22nd in Texas History: Future House Speaker "Fort Worthless"
Jim Wright born |
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Galveston's historic Jean Lafitte Hotel to become apartment complex |
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Dec. 21st in Texas History: S. Texas boss Jim Wells dies |
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December 20th in Texas History: Garrison at Goliad declares
independence |
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A bell almost as old as Fort Worth |
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Restoration of historic courthouse in Boerne nearly complete |
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December 19th in Texas History: Old Jail Art Center in Albany |
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Editorial: The Alamo needs a new
custodian - broke newspaper
writers telling us how to run the Alamo! The DRT has done well for a
century, leave 'em alone. |
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84-year-old founder of Dallas' City
Ballet reveals identity she hid for years
- fascinating story |
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Century-old graffiti uncovered at the Alamo
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Tech anthropologist works to save dying Comanche language |
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December 18th in Texas History: Santiago Jimenez Sr. dies |