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Peggy McCormack Damns Sam Houston
To the devil with your glorious history! Margaret “Peggy” McCormack When Sam Houston and his Texian army defeated Antonio López de Santa Anna and his…
Apr 21
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A Letter to Remember
Ten Texas Things Worth Sharing
Apr 11
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Dilue Rose Runs for Her Life
Then began the horrors of the “Runaway Scrape." Dilue Rose Harris When news of the Alamo’s fall reached the towns and farms east of San Antonio fear…
Apr 4
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March 2024
John C. Duval's Escape from Goliad
The man in front of me was shot dead, and in falling he knocked me down. John C. Duval In the annals of warfare it’s doubtful any clash of arms hasn’t…
Mar 27
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My Manifesto for the Days Ahead
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. Oscar Wilde In the early morning hours of March 3, 2024, I woke with thoughts…
Mar 21
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On the Death of David Crockett
When no one sees a legend die, then the legend lives. William C. Davis It’s not wise to learn history from movies. This is especially true of the…
Mar 6
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The Convention of March, 1836
There are fifty-eight signers of the Declaration of Independence which this convention promulgated on March 2nd. Clarence R. Wharton Texas has produced…
Mar 2
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February 2024
What Is a Texan? Part Two
To those of us who are so proud of being native-born Texans, let us always remember our ancestors were Texans-by-choice! Martha Rash In the last…
Feb 22
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What Is a Texan? Part One
Then the trouble began. Martha Rash When my wife Christy and I started dating in high school I knew she was the gal for me. I joined her for the annual…
Feb 15
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Cowboy Character: Courage
Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway. John Wayne Larry McMurtry depicts a top hand in his Pulitzer prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove…
Feb 1
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January 2024
Texas Paintings: Chili Queens at the Alamo (n.d.)
Their nightly encampment upon the historic Alamo Plaza, in the heart of the city, had been a carnival, a saturnalia that was renowned throughout the…
Jan 18
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Texas Paintings: Chili Queens at the Alamo (n.d.)
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Mr. Fishback's Half-Frozen Horse
The meteorological pride of Texas . . . is the norther—the Texas norther. F. Frank Dobie James Frank Dobie, whose nickname was Pancho, was the…
Jan 11
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