The great Texas flood of 1921
The Houston Chronicle reported on Sep. 12, 1921 that the number of confirmed fatalities in…
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Texas’ future chief justice fought a duel
An angry John Hemphill demanded satisfaction in an Aug. 27, 1832 letter to the editor…
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…
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…
In search of the Sundance Kid’s widow
Was Eunice Gray, who burned to death in the Jan. 26, 1962 fire that destroyed…
Radio quack made millions off his listeners
Dr. John R. Brinkley, the most notorious quack in America, filed for bankruptcy in a…
The last performance of ‘The Great Impostor’
A Texas prison inmate thumbing through a dog-eared copy of the Jan. 13, 1952 issue…
West Texas ranchers defy future governor
Panhandle cattlemen called the attorney general’s bluff on Jan. 9, 1886 by indicting themselves on…