This week in Texas History: Kyle Rote takes over for Doak Walker
By Bartee Haile The vote for the Heisman Trophy, awarded annually to the best college…
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This Week in Texas History: Roy Bean not always legendary judge
By Bartee Haile Roy Bean inherited a California saloon on or about Nov. 22, 1852…
This Week in Texas History: Georgians give their lives for Texas
By Bartee Halie Sympathetic Georgians rallied at Macon on Nov. 12, 1835 to show their…
This Week in Texas History: Salt worth dying for in El Paso
By Bartee Haile Fearing for their lives after the murder of the Mexican political boss,…
This Week in Texas History: Poisonous patient medicine killed 10 in Texas
By Bartee Halie Two year old Alberta Yvonne Howell, the only child of a couple…
This week in Texas History: Brains not brawn key to major league success
By Bartee Halie A well-traveled catcher from the Lome Star State smacked a three-run double…
This Week in Texas History: The down side of an oil boom
By Bartee Haile In what was becoming an all too common occurrence in the Central…
This Week in Texas History: Texas sheriff embraces life of crime
By Bartee Haile After 13 months on the run, a former small-town police chief wanted…
This Week in Texas History: Trip ends too soon for “King of the Road”
By Bartee Halie NBC gave Roger Miller, the hottest solo act in show business, an…
This Week in Texas History: Newspaperman writes best-seller in spare time
by Bartee Haile On Aug. 28, 1959 a book reviewer had nothing but the highest…