Irish colonizers end up on opposing sides
A pair of ambitious Irishmen applied for a giant land grant in sparsely settled Texas on…
Author Bartee Haile
Texans confront the horrors of ‘The Great War’
The “Tough ’Ombres” of the Ninetieth Infantry Division saw action for the first time on…
President Houston locks Navy secretary out of office
Returning to work on Sept. 5, 1837, Samuel Rhoads Fisher, secretary of the Texas Navy,…
A double life ends in double murder
The afternoon editions of Houston newspapers sold out in minutes on Aug. 31, 1931 as…
Big trouble in Brownsville
A congressman, the political boss of the Rio Grande Valley and the mayor of Brownsville all…
Promoters lure land-hungry settlers to Panhandle
The Texas legislature created four and a half dozen counties in the Panhandle and South…
‘Old Hickory’ tries to buy Texas from Mexico
Col. Anthony Butler strutted like a peacock out of the White House on Aug. 7,…
No Texas senator served longer than Sheppard
A century ago this week on July 27, 1918, Texas Democrats had one and only one…
Home run hitter had humor
Nolan Ryan was one out away from pitching his second no-hitter in as many months…
Abolitionist’s impossible dream wrecked by reality
With the publication of this column, “This Week in Texas History” is officially 35 years…