Texas History: Unknown golfer goes on a hot streak
A 21-year-old nobody from Dallas surprised the sports world on Jun. 8, 1933 by coming…
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Texas History: Balinese Room star attraction of wide-open island
Backed by a new crime-fighting attorney general, who campaigned on a pledge to clean up…
Texas History: Texas Democrats turn against Roosevelt
By Bartee Haile After the liberals walked out of the state convention on May 23,…
Record twister strikes Goliad
A boiling black cloud rolled into Goliad on May 18, 1902 rattling windows with earsplitting…
Hits kept on coming for ‘The Possum’
Texas History by Bartee Haile “White Lightning” climbed to the top of the country music…
‘Waddy’ Tate, Dallas’s ‘Hot Dog’ mayor shocks status quo
When the last vote was counted on April 23, 1929, Dallas had a new mayor…
Bedridden LBJ wins his first election
As voters in ten Texas counties went to the polls on April 10, 1937 to…
Cherokees welcome back troubled ‘Raven’
Texas History by Bartee Haile During the first week of April 1829, Sam Houston sent…
Kid Curry killed at drop of hat
Kid Curry, the most dangerous member of the Wild Bunch, shot a total stranger and…
This Week in Texas History: The Clements – A family of killers
This Week in Texas History By Bartee Haile Mannen Clements, Sr. decided to take a…