This Week In Texas History: U-boats on the prowl in the Gulf
By Bartee Haile Buried in the back pages of a Houston newspaper in July 1942…
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This week in Texas History: Burned-out adventurer cashes in his chips
Dazed, depressed and at the end of his rope, Samuel W. Jordan wandered the streets…
This week in Texas History: Freddie Wolcott flew over the hurdles
By Bartee Haile Freddie Wolcott burned up the track in the qualifying heats of the…
This week in Texas History: Record turnouts for FDR’s Texas Tour
By Bartee Haile President Franklin Delano Roosevelt mixed politics and pleasure on a reelection campaign…
This week in Texas History: Pugnacious priest saves Texas for Spain
By Bartee Haile Spanish authorities banished Father Juan Manuel Zambrano from provincial Texas on May…
This Week in Texas History: Hot-tempered gunman pushed his luck
By Bartee Haile The surprising thing about the April 7, 1902 death of Barney Riggs…
This Week in Texas History: Out of the frying pan into the fire
By Bartee Halie On March 30, 1870, Pres. Ulysses S. Grant signed the act that…
This Week in Texas History: Apaches too much for Spaniards
By Bartee Haile On March 24, 1775, Gen. Hugo Oconor, an Irish mercenary on the…
This Week in Texas History: Texans catch U.S. running guns to Mexico
By Bartee Halie While on patrol off the Mexican coast on March 20, 1836, the…
This Week in Texas History: Supreme Court okays theft of Texas county
By Bartee Haile The United States Supreme Court ruled on Mar. 15, 1896 that Greer…