‘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…
Browsing: This Week in Texas History
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…
Texas’ first printer couldn’t catch a break
On Feb. 16, 1817, a Boston teenager with a hand-cranked press produced the first printed…
A curse on U.S. diplomats in Texas
Andrew Jackson Donelson crossed Feb. 5 off his 1846 calendar and made a mental note…
This Week in Texas History: Jailbreak killing leads to manhunt
A trivial incident on-board a Central Texas passenger train on Jan. 20, 1894 set in…
Big Spring loses aristocratic life of party
The people of Big Spring mourned the passing on Jan. 13, 1885 of the English…
Ranger gets governor off the hook
Under the pretext of compensating him for the theft of his horses, Mexican soldiers lured…