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In one year the eyes of the world will turn to Dallas's Dealey Plaza for the fiftieth anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination. Is the city ready?
December 2012 by Mimi Swartz
The Most Trusted Freshman in America »
Long before Walter Cronkite was the voice of the news, he was just a kid from Houston at the University of Texas, chasing girls, acting in school plays, and drinking cheap beer. Yet Douglas Brinkley, whose new biography of Cronkite will be released this month, argues that it was in Austin that the seeds of one of the greatest careers in American journalism were sown.
May 2012 by Douglas Brinkley
A Q&A With Michael Hall »
The senior editor on following the paper trail of Texas history, learning about Jack Johnson sparring with “Chrysanthemum Joe” Choynski, and researching his own family roots.
February 2012 Interview by Alexandra Scoptur
History Lesson
A slide show of ancient court records that tell the story of Texas. Text by Michael Hall. Photographs by Randal Ford.
February 2012
The Paper Chase »
Houston attorney Bill Kroger and state Supreme Court chief justice Wallace Jefferson are on a mission to rescue thousands of crumbling, fading, and fascinating legal documents from district and county clerks’ offices all over the state. Can they save Texas history before it’s too late?
February 2012 by Michael Hall
The Skirmish Will Be Followed by a Ladies’ Tea »
The Civil War may be 150 years old, but that doesn’t mean it can’t still stir up a fuss (Confederate license plate, anyone?). Just ask one of the hundreds of very accurately uniformed reenactors who descend on Jefferson every year to die for the cause.
August 2011 by Katy Vine
A Q&A With Katy Vine »
The senior editor on attending a Civil War reenactment, preserving history, and standing inside the Globe of Death.
August 2011 Interview by Evan McMurry
North vs. South
Scenes from the largest Civil War reenactment in the state. Photographs by Jeff Wilson.
August 2011 Produced by Patricia Busa McConnico
Hueco Tanks State Park
A visit to Hueco Tanks, where the aboriginal peoples of West Texas created cave paintings thousands of years ago.
March 2011 Produced by Pamela Hastings
Dealey Plaza, Dallas
A visit to the spot where, on November 22, 1963, Abraham Zapruder recorded President John F. Kennedy's assassination.
March 2011 Produced by Pamela Hastings
Mission Control, Houston
From April 11 to 17, 1970, the nation watched as a team in a console-filled room in Building 30N brought the crew of Apollo 13 safely back to Earth. Dr. Charles Berry, who was part of the mission control team, tells us about that time.
March 2011 Produced by Pamela Hastings
The Capitol of Texas, Austin
H. W. Brands tours the Capitol and remembers the many events that have transpired where our political leaders set policy and make laws.
March 2011 Produced by Pamela Hastings
Time Will Tell »
I saw my first historical marker as a Cub Scout in Pack 291. Nearly thirty years later, I’m still hooked on the story of Texas.
March 2011 by Brian D. Sweany
The Terquasquicentennial Issue
Ten places the greatest Texas road trip of all time will take you. Photographs by Kenny Braun, Van Ditthavong, Artie Limmer, O. Rufus Lovett, Wyatt McSpadden, and Sarah Wilson
March 2011 Produced by Pamela Hastings
Texas, My Texas »
Read a Q&A with Brian D. Sweany.
March 2011 Interview by Jasmin Sun
No Retreat! No Surrender! »
Besieged on all sides, will the Daughters of the Republic of Texas finally lose control of the Alamo? Not if they can help it.
October 2010 by Jan Jarboe Russell
The History of Texas (According to Wikipedia) »
How to learn the history of Texas in five minutes or less.
September 2010 by Kevin Sullivan
City of Dreams »
Searching for the legendary past—and the cosmic future—in my old river city, San Antonio de Béjar.
June 2010 by John Phillip Santos
A River Runs Through It »
At the port of entry in El Paso, I always tell the agents, “American,” but what I really want to say is “fronterizo”—I’m from both sides.
June 2010 by David Romo
Last Days of the Comanches »
In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, Empire of the Summer Moon, special correspondent S. C. Gwynne re-creates in thrilling detail the bloody 1871 battle that marked the beginning of the end for the most fearsome tribe to ever ride the plains and its mysterious, magnificent chief, Quanah Parker.
May 2010 by S. C. Gwynne
Texas Nuggets
The secret history of garage rock in the Lone Star State.
March 2010 Produced by Pamela Hastings
Dance, Dance, Dance
Senior editor John Spong talks with Sengelmann Hall owner Dana Harper and musician James Hand. Produced by Texas Public Radio.
January 2010
Sentimental Journey
The story of the Commemorative Air Force and the Yellow Rose, a WWII B-25 bomber.
January 2010
Kick Up Your Heels
A slide show of images featuring our state’s classic dance halls, from the John T. Floore Country Store, in Helotes, to the Stampede, in Big Spring. Photographs by Jeff Wilson.
December 2009
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