Tag Archives: Texas history
If These Walls Could Talk
The pictographs of the Pecos River have lasted millennia in a tempestuous desert, surviving mostly in silence. Now an archaeologist has cracked the code — and they can begin to speak again.
The pictographs of the lower Pecos have lasted millennia in a tempestuous desert, surviving mostly in silence. Now that a code has been cracked, and they can be...Read More
Chasing the Chupacabra
Texas chupacabras have a way of leaving behind bodies — or perhaps, bodies in Texas have a way of becoming chupacabras.
Texas chupacabras have a way of leaving behind bodies — or perhaps, bodies in Texas have a way of becoming chupacabras....Read More
End of an Error
East of Brownsville, an unassuming patch of ground hosted the final, pointless battle of the
Civil War.
East of Brownsville, an unassuming patch of ground hosted the final, pointless battle of the Civil War. ...Read More
Integration Hero and Education Legend George I. Sanchez Gets a New Biography
Education pioneer fought racial segregation in schools after witnessing its severe effects on Mexican Americans....Read More
The Hidden Confederate History of the Texas Capitol: An Unofficial Guide
A visitor to the Capitol gleans a particular story of Texas from the monuments and plaques: one that celebrates the state’s involvement in the Civil War and o...Read More
Ship Shape
For two decades, replicas of Christopher Columbus’ 1492 fleet of ships has carried the burden of dramatizing the Hispanic role in Corpus Christi.
For two decades, replicas of Christopher Columbus’ 1492 fleet of ships has carried the burden of dramatizing the Hispanic role in Corpus Christi....Read More
Wittliff Collections Acquire Memoirs of 19th-Century Tejano Santiago Tafolla
The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University has recently acquired Santiago Tafolla's hand-written memoirs, along with an assortment of related maps and p...Read More
Jeffrey Kerr on Austin’s Tumultous Beginnings at BookPeople
It seems like just about everyone loves Austin these days, with noobie residents arriving by the thousands each year and national media crowning it (and crownin...Read More
UT Press Launches a Texas-Size Book Series
Last week, University of Texas Press announced its Texas Bookshelf initiative, a five-year, 16 book effort by some of the state's most esteemed writers to tell ...Read More