Spaniards put down permanent roots at Laredo
More than two and a half centuries ago this week – May 15, 1755, to…
Author Bartee Haile
Air disasters nine years and fifty miles apart
Twenty-three minutes into the short hop from Houston’s Hobby Airport to Dallas Love Field on…
‘Von Ryan Express’ author a POW for 869 days
U.S troops liberated a German prisoner-of-war camp on April 29, 1945 bringing to an end…
Mutiny on the road to San Jacinto
Hearing his commander-in-chief had decided to stand and fight, an insubordinate captain rejoined the Texas…
Cliff and Nancy Richey, Tennis’ shining sibling stars
A single point away from losing a Madison Square Garden grudge match on Apr. 5, 1968,…
Fitting end for West Texas gunfighter
The surprising thing about the April 3, 1902 death of Barney Riggs was not the…
Only Medal of Honor winner taken prisoner
Two months after surviving a mid-air ordeal that earned him the Medal of Honor, Lt.…
Unpopular vote costs Houston senate seat
In the eyes of Texas and the whole South, the Hero of San Jacinto failed…
Glamorous actress had more than mere ‘oomph’
The Sheridans of Denton, Texas brought their fifth and final child into their modest home…
No Ranger served longer than Captain Hughes
After almost three decades of frontier crime fighting, Capt. John Reynolds Hughes retired from the…