A Day in the Life of a West Texas Cowboy
Some aspects of life in Texas haven’t changed all that much. We still have...
Trail of Tears (with documentary)
History does not happen in isolation. What happens “there” affects what happens “here”. That’s...
Fort Concho (history video)
Sometimes towns sprang up near the protection of a Texas frontier fort. Fort Concho,...
Fort Phantom Hill (video presentation)
There is a haunting quality about the old Texas forts. Sentinels of the frontier, they...
Fathers of Texas (video) – Part 3
Last installment of A&E’s Wild West documentary on Moses and Stephen F. Austin, the...
Fathers of Texas (video) – Part 2
Singer and songwriter Kenny Rogers continues his narrative of Moses and Stephen F. Austin,...
Fathers of Texas (video) – Part 1
This week I’m featuring a very nice documentary I ran across recently. I’ll run...
San Antonio Missions video tour
We had guests last month. We took them on a tour of the San...
Coronado (video)
Another important Texas explorer was Francisco Vazquez de Coronado. Coronado came to Texas before...
Piecing the Puzzle
In order to become truly educated, at some point we have to stop seeing...