Austin regrets ever meeting soldier of fortune
As the two men parted on Aug. 25, 1822, Stephen F. Austin asked General Arthur…
Browsing: This Week in Texas History
Nothing could keep Angelina down
Angelina Eberly, who took everything frontier life threw at her and kept coming back for…
Comanches debate fate of Texas peacemakers
Three white peacemakers nervously waited for the Comanche council to decide whether they lived or…
Brave citizens go after tower sniper
At noon on Aug. 1, 1966, Allen Crum, the floor manager at the University Co-Op,…
Texas History: Jim Well’s word was law in the valley
Twenty-eight-year-old James Babbage Wells, Jr. arrived at the southern tip of Texas on July 22,…
Amelia Earhart’s SOS heard in the Panhandle
In the wee hours of July 3, 1937, a woman in Amarillo listened to missing…
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…