Sam Houston

Ever Wanted to Start Your Own Texas History Museum? Now's Yer Chance.

Racetracks lament

Trinity Meadows may show whether Texas racing industry can get past the gate

History in the making

Richardson video company searches for past heroes and gets rave reviews

Trail of Tears

Ruth Smith set out to enshrine a Cherokee battleground and started a war of her own

Losing by Decision

The good ol' boys are winning their fight to keep Courtney Barnett and other girls out of high school wrestling

Too Smart For Their Own Good

"Jones' Geniuses" can calculate difficult math problems in their heads. But DISD hasn't always liked the answers.

Party like it's 1999

Three wide-eyed promoters and the almighty A.H. Belo Corp. plan to boldly carry Big D and the rest of the world into the new millennium

Draper's prison blues

Three wide-eyed promoters and the almighty A.H. Belo Corp. plan to boldly carry Big D and the rest of the world into the new millennium

Letters

No, you take him; Scenic Huntsville; Hell's grannies; Not us; Fair market; Blame it on Bossa Nova

Former Warden Reconsiders Executions

Jim Willett oversaw 89 executions. Now, amidst dozens of DNA exonerations, he wonders whether it was right.

Ambassador Class

Marques Haynes should be wealthy and celebrated. He was always content just to be the best.

I Heart History

Marques Haynes should be wealthy and celebrated. He was always content just to be the best.

Lone Star Legends

The Dallas Historical Society admires Courage, Honor & Dignity

¡Ask a Mexican!

The Dallas Historical Society admires Courage, Honor & Dignity

Seriously Kinky

This Texas Jewboy wants to be the next governor of Texas, and if you think he's kidding, the joke may be on you

Fun, Texas Style

This Texas Jewboy wants to be the next governor of Texas, and if you think he's kidding, the joke may be on you

Messin' With Texas

The Alamo gets what it always needed--a happy ending!

Love Bugs

These insects were made for lovin' you, baby

In the Cards

GayBINGO is a three-ring circus

A Smaller, Weakened Big 12 Conference Means Football Fans Lose Big.

GayBINGO is a three-ring circus

The Spookiest Joint in San Antonio

Given that the Cowboys last season won a playoff game and buried their ghosts of Decembers past, I have a hunch where these spirits now live: The Menger Hotel. It may or may not actually be haunted, but man is it creepy. The Menger is just across the street from The Alamo, where since the 185 ... More >>

Sam Houston was a Mexican. Yeah, that's right, a Mexican!

Given that the Cowboys last season won a playoff game and buried their ghosts of Decembers past, I have a hunch where these spirits now live: The Menger Hotel. It may or may not actually be haunted, but man is it creepy. The Menger is just across the street from The Alamo, where since the 185 ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: The Texas International Pop Festival "Box Set"

​Richard Hayner, keeper of the Texas International Pop Festival website, maintains he's still -- still -- writing a book about that Labor Day Weekend when Angus Wynne brought Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, B.B. King, Ten Years After, Santana, Johnny Winter, Sly and the Family Stone and on and on and ... More >>

What 19-century Texans Ate for Independence Day

Celebrate Texas Independence Day by eating a native dish -- like tacos, say, or enchiladas.​The first observances of Texas Independence Day were relatively sedate affairs: The semi-centennial in 1886 was marked by readings of the Declaration and a sprucing-up of Sam Houston's grave. In Brenham ... More >>

Should the United States return the Southwest to Mexico?

Celebrate Texas Independence Day by eating a native dish -- like tacos, say, or enchiladas.​The first observances of Texas Independence Day were relatively sedate affairs: The semi-centennial in 1886 was marked by readings of the Declaration and a sprucing-up of Sam Houston's grave. In Brenham ... More >>

Pauline Medrano Responds to Billy MacLeod's Complaints About Polling Location

From Carlos Medrano for JP CampaignCarlos and Pauline Medrano​Till a few minutes ago, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Pauline Medrano and I had been playing a marathon game of phone tag in recent days, following District 2 council candidate Billy MacLeod's efforts to get the city, county and even the Departm ... More >>

This Morning's Texas Centennial Expo Double Feature, With Gene Autry and ... Sam Fuller?

​After the jump, a curio stumbled across this morning while looking for something else related to the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition at Fair Park: the romantic comedy called Hats Off, the first offering from short-lived Grand National Films and one of the first films in which John Payne (Miracle ... More >>

Basking in Historical Sexiness

​After the jump, a curio stumbled across this morning while looking for something else related to the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition at Fair Park: the romantic comedy called Hats Off, the first offering from short-lived Grand National Films and one of the first films in which John Payne (Miracle ... More >>