The last performance of ‘The Great Impostor’
A Texas prison inmate thumbing through a dog-eared copy of the Jan. 13, 1952 issue…
Browsing: Texas History
How did ‘Three Stooges’ creator die?
Ted Healy, the comic genius behind “The Three Stooges,” kissed his wife and three-day old…
Texans get laugh out of ‘monkey trial’
In a July 3, 1925 editorial entitled “The Circus Comes to Dayton,” the Temple Daily…
Mayor defends Galveston on eve of crackdown
Testifying in front of a legislative committee on June 25, 1951, the mayor of Texas’…
Guldahl’s career was short but sweet
Sam Snead was determined to beat the Texan, who only the week before had embarrassed…
Booze gets the better of Dixie Dead-eye
Dallas Stoudenmire resigned under pressure as city marshal of El Paso on May 27, 1882…
Lbj faces mudslinger in 1946 campaign
Hardy Hollers began his bid for Lyndon Johnson’s congressional seat on May 13, 1946 with…
Publisher urges Texans never to surrender
In the May 9, 1865 edition of his newspaper the Houston Telegram, publisher Edward Hopkins…
Rookie pitches ‘perhaps most perfect game ever’
A rookie from the Lone Star State pitched his way into the major-league record book…
Ranger routs Rio Grande rustlers
The sheriff of a South Texas county overrun by Mexican bandits sent the following telegram…