Post dateFebruary 20, 2017 Epic Fail! February 21, 1794 was the birth day of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, dictator...
Post dateJanuary 11, 2017 Be on the Lookout for Early Bluebonnets! Did you know that there are five varieties of bluebonnet “officially” recognized as the...
Post dateJanuary 4, 2017 Resolve to Take More Field Trips! Field trips, unit studies, and real books are, IMHO, the only way to effectively...
Post dateDecember 28, 2016 Happy Birthday, Texas! The Great State of Texas has several birthdays…but that’s okay, because it’s a state...
Post dateDecember 26, 2016 Happy Birthday, Sissy Spacek! On Christmas Day in 1949, Edwin and Virginia Spacek of Quitman, Texas welcomed a...
Post dateDecember 23, 2016 Happy Birthday, Howard Hughes! Howard Robard Hughes Jr. was born into a wealthy and accomplished family on December...
Post dateDecember 19, 2016 Happy Birthday, Rupert Paul Ricker! Rupert Paul Ricker was born on December 19, 1889 near Corsicana, Texas. When he...
Post dateDecember 16, 2016 Happy Birthday, Billy Gibbons! William Frederick Gibbons was born in Houston, Texas on December 16, 1949. His parents had just...
Post dateDecember 14, 2016 Happy Birthday, Amon Carter! As I’ve researched a number of famous people for this year’s Happy Birthday series, I’ve...
Post dateDecember 12, 2016 Happy Birthday, Dan Blocker! Dan Blocker was born on December 10, 1928 in DeKalb in northeastern Texas, but the...