The Texanist
July 14, 2021
The Texanist: How Do You Pronounce All Those Weird Texas Town Names?
A Dallas man is flummoxed by Quitaque. And Danevang, and Jiba, and Study Butte, and Zuehl . . .
Waxahachie
Texas History
February 29, 2020
In Praise of Bessie Coleman, Trailblazing Black Texan Pilot
Coleman’s extraordinary life and career deserves to be celebrated in the canon of U.S. history.
Style & Design
February 19, 2020
Waxahachie Art and Antiques Curators Live in a Gallery of Their Own
Julie and Bruce Webb's upstairs abode is filled with l'objets d'hearth that are as eclectic as what's downstairs.
BBQ Joint Reviews
June 1, 2017
Harris Bar-B-Que (Top 50)
A backyard warrior during his younger days in Oak Cliff, Kelvin Harris spent his downtime as a maintenance worker in an aircraft mechanic shop studying videos of the state’s barbecue masters on his phone. Eventually he opened his own place. When early critics of his otherwise stellar brisket suggested he’d
The Daily Post
April 13, 2015
Firefighter Hazing, Police Abuse, and Officer Indictments in Texas
Lots of bad news—often caught on camera.
Science
October 21, 2013
How Texas Lost the World’s Largest Super Collider
The Higgs boson, a particle that has shaped the theories of modern particle physics, was discovered at a super collider in Geneva. It was a hugely significant moment for Big Science, one that received a Nobel Prize earlier this year—and it should have been discovered in Texas.
BBQ Joint Reviews
August 27, 2013
Harris Bar-B-Que
If you’re headed south on Highway 77 you won’t see the sign for Harris Bar-B-Que, but it doesn’t matter. A huge, black offset smoker will likely be blowing smoke across the road just south of downtown Waxahachie. Kelvin Harris used this smoker when he was darting around Cedar Hill and
Texas History
January 20, 2013
Squares
A masterpiece of courthouse architecture in Waxahachie, a handsome jail of native stone in Marfa: Significant structures line the streets of five terrific town centers.
Travel & Outdoors
January 20, 2013
Shops
Elegant antebellum furniture in Jefferson, Latin American folk art in Smithville: Where the buys are in two dozen communities.
Food & Drink
January 20, 2013
Restaurants
A creamy quiche of spinach, cheese, and mushrooms in Comfort, smashingly good smashed turnips in Granbury: These and other delicious dishes at ten extraordinary eateries.
July 6, 2012
Could the “God” Particle Have Been Discovered in Texas?
At least two news outlets found Texas angles for the Higgs boson discovery at CERN.
January 25, 2012
VIDEO: Mom Gives Birth in Car While Dad Films From Behind the Wheel
Jennifer and Zachary Russell were driving up 287 to a Mansfield birthing center when the baby came.
Travel & Outdoors
January 1, 2008
Town Slogans
Match 25 Texas towns with their slogans and you may win a prize.
Texas History
April 1, 2002
Our Towns
What's the story behind "Bug Tussle"? "Old Dime Box"? "Frognot"? It turns out there's more to a name than I ever expected.
The Ex Files
March 1, 1998
Robert Benton
We moved to Waxahachie in the early forties, when I was about ten years old. I was a seriously dyslexic child, and no one quite knew what dyslexia was in those days. People just thought I wasn’t too swift. And my way out of it was drawing. It was something
Cities
May 31, 1996
Up and Atom
The death of the superconducting supercollider may have been traumatic, but at their core the people of Waxahachie haven’t changed.