Artifact

Feb 24, 2016 — By Lonn Taylor

On nineteenth-century Texas’s primitive roads, riding on a stage line was hardly a glamorous affair.

Dec 23, 2015 — By Lonn Taylor

Though Quanah Parker and the way of life he represented is long gone, his headdress remains.

Nov 18, 2015 — By Lonn Taylor

A Christmas carousel built nearly a century and a half ago is a welcome reminder of Texas’s deep German heritage.

Oct 21, 2015 — By Lonn Taylor

The dishes, glassware, and silver that John F. Kennedy never got to use.

Aug 13, 2015 — By Lonn Taylor

The story behind rodeo star Tad Lucas’s little red riding boots.

Jul 23, 2015 — By Lonn Taylor

Stephen F. Austin was a Texas pioneer—of image management.

Apr 9, 2015 — By Lonn Taylor

A century ago, no battleship could do without a twelve-gallon silver punchbowl with matching cups and ladle.

Mar 18, 2015 — By Lonn Taylor

A keepsake taken from a fallen warrior’s body 135 years ago hasn’t lost its power. 

Feb 3, 2015 — By Lonn Taylor

The most effective weapon of the Texas Revolution, even if it couldn’t save the mission’s defenders.

Jan 9, 2015 — By Lonn Taylor

When an oil well on Joe Bowers’s Panhandle property came in, he knew just what he wanted to buy.

Dec 11, 2014 — By Lonn Taylor

Four generations of an illustrious border family have passed down a magnificent nineteenth-century example of Tejano saddlery.

Aug 5, 2014 — By Lonn Taylor

Why did hunter-gatherers bury their arrow points on the tallest peak in the Davis Mountains?