Amelia Earhart’s SOS heard in the Panhandle
In the wee hours of July 3, 1937, a woman in Amarillo listened to missing…
Browsing: This Week in Texas History
White outlaws go on warpath with Indians
A much anticipated report reached the governor’s desk on June 27, 1859. It really was…
Life of children’s champion inspired ‘Blossoms in the Dust’
The producer of “Blossoms In The Dust” flew to Fort Worth on June 19, 1941…
Texan takes historic walk in space
Astronaut Ed White popped open the hatch of Gemini 4 on June 3, 1965 and…
Abernathy brothers rode their way to fame
President William Howard Taft, all 335 pounds of him, personally welcomed the Abernathy brothers to…
Third deadliest tornado devastates Sherman, Texas
Volunteers, cash donations and emergency supplies continued to pour into Sherman on May 22, 1896…
Steamboat Yellow Stone kept revolution afloat
In a May 19, 1837 letter to the speaker of the Republic house of representatives,…
Austin area ax murderer and Jack the Ripper the same fiend?
[From December 1884 to September 1885, an ax-wielding killer took the lives of five women…
Ax murderer preyed on city of Austin in 1880s
An ax-swinging fiend that had terrorized the Texas capital for weeks struck again on the…
‘Black blizzard’ looked like the end of the world
On April 22, 1935, West Texans were still feeling the effects of the “black blizzard”…