June 12, 2020 DFW GOP COUNTY CHAIRS CALL ON DEMOCRATS TO CONDEMN REMARKS INCITING VIOLENCE FROM CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE KIM OLSON Democrat exposed in recording encouraging looting, sa... Read more
K. Green was born and buried in Cumby. His grave is in a 100-square-foot knoll in the cemetery at Cumby. He thus made good his oft-repeated saying, “I never let myself be crowded in li... Read more
The Daughters of the Republic of Texas is the oldest patriotic women’s organization in Texas and one of the oldest in the nation. In 1891 Betty Ballinger and Hally Bryan (later Hally B... Read more
January 7, 2020 Pig War is the name given to the dispute between Alphonse Dubois de Saligny, French chargé d’affaires, and the Lamar administration that resulted in a temporary rupture... Read more
Mary Maverick, pioneer and diarist, whose published memoirs chronicle her pioneer experiences in Texas, was born on March 16, 1818, in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, the daughter of William Lew... Read more
Big Thicket, Texas Feb. 9, 2019 US 69 CORRIDOR GATEWAY TO THE BIG THICKET OPEN HOUSEPlease forward this email to share this invitation with others. Where: Warren Junior High School, Cafete... Read more
I bet you thought Texans were protected from an income tax. Think again. Here is today’s Texas Minute. – Michael Quinn Sullivan Wednesday, December 19, 2018... Read more
November 12, 2018 Please submit your events for March, April, and May using this form (highly encouraged so we can process your events quickly and send you confirmation of receipt—be sure to... Read more
Washington on the Brazos State Historic Site has many onsite amenities open daily, as well as an incredible schedule of events and programs. On the grounds of this 293-acre, TPWD-run state p... Read more
John Avery Lomax, folklorist, the son of James Avery and Susan Frances (Cooper) Lomax, was born on September 23, 1867, in Goodman, Mississippi. In August 1869 the Lomaxes set out for Texas i... Read more
