Death of heroic scout knocked Sam for a loop
Sam Houston was so badly shaken by the Nov. 30, 1837 death of Deaf Smith,…
Author Bartee Haile
Smartest outlaw makes a dumb mistake
Determined to succeed where his predecessor had failed, Texas Ranger Capt. Lee Hall arrested King…
Paul Crume, the Mark Twain of Texas
“Big D,” a popular fixture on the front page of the Dallas Morning News for…
Governors don’t always get majority of votes
Dolph Briscoe survived a surprisingly strong challenge from Republican Henry Grover on Nov. 7, 1972,…
Texas history full of UFO sightings
A torpedo-shaped sphere cruised the night sky over the West Texas town of Levelland on…
The most famous Padre Island treasure
One of the many articles that have kept alive the legend of hidden riches on…
The sad story of San Jacinto hero Sherman
The daughter of a long dead and all but forgotten hero of the Texas Revolution…
Texan has lifelong affair with baseball
Gus Mancuso watched the seventh game of the World Series from the St. Louis dugout…
Texans elect last president of Republic
Texans turned out in record numbers on Sept. 9, 1844 to pick a president for…
Texans fight for ‘grey-eyed man of destiny’
Two hundred Texans looking for a fight answered the call of Gen. William Walker and…