Late Bloomer
Recognition has come very late for Texas’ oldest living artist.
Recognition has come very late for Texas’ oldest living artist.
We’ve Never Been Licked, the World War Two vintage drama starring the Texas Aggies.
Jim Wright is passing out copies of his book again-and this time it’s required reading.
We bring you the heroes and the villains of the Capitol circus. Guess which list had more contenders?
We cleaned our plate at restaurants across Texas. Here are the results: 66 irresistible specialties of the house.
How a Fort Worth glass manufacturer became a modern-day medici.
Oilman, sports-man, high liver, Clint Murchison also knew how to write a good letter.
Sifting through stored collections, the Dallas Museum of Art discovers a tradition of spiritual subtlety among Texas artists.
A fresh look at the state’s rich reveals that their fortunes continue to climb.
And now, speaking for the poor and downtrodden, Ernie Cortes.
Whenever sports–souvenir companies look at Rangers ace Nolan Ryan, they see dollar signs.
At Conn Appliances, employees—and customers—are members of the family.
Photograph by Harry Benson
Introducing the Wild West Conference, the ideal league for Longhorn and Aggie football.
Own a piece of history and get in on the ground floor of the booming penal-corrections-facilities industry.
A racetrack that need not take a bite out of your pocketbook.
Is the universe too small for two Texas radio star shows?
The habanero chile stokes the burning desire of pepper lovers everywhere.
Ross Perot is still number one, but here’s where to find the other 99.
Clothes to wear when you know the lay of the land.
To drill for oil in Siberia, you have to overcome three things: the cold, the loneliness, and the Soviet bureaucrats.
Adán Hernandez’s art career was going nowhere. Then Hollywood arrived to make him a star.
Once part of a vast South Texas ranch, Lebh Shomea is a spiritual retreat where pilgrims listen to what absolute quiet has to say.
When urban stress sets the nerves ajangle, it’s comforting to know there is a Japanese garden nearby.
Thirty-five years ago, a Harlingen publisher turned in to Hispanic radio, only to become Texas’ least-known media mogul.
A Dallas insurance firm’s big gamble—backing holes in one at golf tournaments—was right on the money.
Photograph by Michael O’BrienMichael O’Brien put the legendary Heisman trophy winner on the highest available pedestal for this shot. Campbell joins the trio of other famous Texans —Nolan Ryan, George Strait, and former Miss USA Gretchen Polhemus—who have posed looking spiffy for Wrangler’s “Western originals” advertising campaign, created by
How I learned that the toughest job in sports is umpiring girls’ kickball.
An avid doodler puts a good face on his obsession with snack food.
Indifference to the KKK may mean that the secret organization has a new cross to bear.
When a rare disorder damaged his voice, Johnny Bush had to decide between singing and speaking.
From real river water to its playful German theme, Schlitterbahn’s totally tubular!
A tale of rivalry, intrigue, and foul play in the science lab.
Face to face with wrestling’s Wild Horse, Lone Ranger, and Road Warrior.
Never before had a correctional officer been tried for the murder of an inmate—and never before had such chilling details been revealed about how our prisons really work.
Deadly explosions at Texas petro-chemical plants have been linked to under-trained outside workers.
In Texas, the cowboy boot still makes the man.
Dallas is a city that has prided itself on having escaped the hostility of the civil rights years—until now.
Oscar-winning screenwriter Horton Foote continues to capture ordinary people coping with life’s difficulties.
It’s got everything: romance, action, tragedy, coonskin cap.
The Lone Star State plays a lead role in fourteen new releases.
From wheezy-voiced geezers to yuk-it-up yokels, these actors excel at portraying the stereotypical Texan.
‘Giant’ is just one of the best movies about Texas.