A City Plan in Colonial Texas
Green DeWitt received permission from the Mexican government to establish a colony of 400...
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James Kerr
James Kerr was a man of many talents. During his lifetime, he worked as...
Wrap Up Your Year with the Texas Folklife Festival!
As you know, I’m a HUGE fan of field trips. Texas has so many...
How to Raise a HERO
Few of us wake up in the morning with the expectation of doing anything...
How to Teach the Way Your Child Learns
Unless you’ve been living in complete isolation, it’s bound to have occurred to you...
Celebrating Texas Bluebonnets
Did you know that there are five varieties of bluebonnet “officially” recognized as the...
Happy Birthday, Texas…Again!
Texas first joined the United States as the 28th sovereign state in the Union...
Two Texas Birthdays
March is Texas History Month! Did you know that both Sam Houston and the...
Quanah Parker, Comanche Chief and Statesman
On February 25, 1911 Quanah Parker died. Quanah was the son of Comanche Chief Peta...
The Gun that Won the West
On February 21, 1836 Samuel Colt was granted a U.S. patent for his “revolving...