Post dateApril 8, 2016 Happy Birthday, Mance Lipscomb! On April 9, 1895 a son was born to an ex-slave father and his...
Post dateMarch 30, 2016 Happy Birthday, Jack Johnson! John Arthur “Jack” Johnson was born in Galveston, Texas to Henry and Tina Johnson,...
Post dateMarch 21, 2016 Happy Birthday, Lt. Henry O. Flipper! Henry Ossian Flipper was born March 21, 1856 to Festus and Isabella Flipper, slaves....
Post dateMarch 18, 2016 Happy Birthday, James Hogg! (We remember you, too, Clyde Barrow…but not for anything good.) It’s interesting, sometimes, how...
Post dateMarch 16, 2016 Happy Birthday, Sandra Day O’Connor! Sandra Day O’Connor was born March 26, 1930 into a ranching family in El...
Post dateMarch 14, 2016 Happy Birthday, Haymon Krupp! Haymon Krupp wasn’t born in Texas, but he “got here as quick as he could.”...
Post dateMarch 11, 2016 Happy Birthday, Bob Wills! Born on a little farm near Kosse, Texas–right outside of Grosbeck–Bob Wills grew up...
Post dateMarch 9, 2016 Happy Birthday, Cyd Charisse! On March 8, 1922 in Amarillo, Texas, a sickly little girl was born. Her...
Post dateMarch 7, 2016 Happy Birthday, Nancy Lee Bass Nancy Lee Bass, a Texas philanthropist affectionately remembered as “the First Lady of Fort...
Post dateMarch 4, 2016 Happy Birthday to John George Adair and Charles Goonight! Two very famous ranchers from the Texas Panhandle celebrated their birthdays within two days...