Few towns are as steeped in history as Goliad, as it's the third-oldest municipality in Texas. Just under a two-hour drive ...

The social studies rewrite has become a thorny political process, with officials clashing over the portrayal of slavery, ...

In his latest Texas History column, Ken Bridges explores the ways flags have been used to convey messages, signal triumph and ...

THE DEATH PENALTY IN TEXAS began in 1835 with a piece of five-strand manila hemp rope. Under the administration of Stephen F. Austin, a man by the name of Joseph Clayton was hanged for the murder of ...

I could not agree more. The future of Texas history depends on it. Gary Pinkerton is a resident of Kingwood, the author of ...

On the mild, cloudy day of April 14, 2015, exactly 150 years and five days after Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union Army at a courthouse in Virginia, an unusual spectacle took ...

Progress on the Upshur County Courthouse is bringing new life to East Texas history as crews work to restore the building to ...

Today's Caprock Chronicles is an updated article by Paul Carlson and David Murrah celebrating a decade of documenting West ...

SAN ANTONIO — The star-studded miniseries, "Texas Rising," initially billed as a 10-hour program that chronicles the final weeks of the Texas Revolution, is in fact historical drama, with steamy ...

Texans are tough. We’ll get through this. One way to stop an epidemic is to look to history. My recent story on the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918 showed that leaders knew about the value of social ...