Things Have Changed

  This map, from Texas Beyond History , a public education service of the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory (TARL) at the University ...

Yesterday marked 190 years since Sam Houston crossed the Red River, entering Texas for the first time and ending his three-year self imposed...

On this date, 180 years ago, the Mexican army occupied San Antonio for the second time in 1842.  Though it would be evicted several days lat...

As I've grown older the ratio of my rereading to reading books for the first time has increased, partially due to the fact I've alre...

I like websites with old photos like Shorpy and Babel Colour .  Here's another one, Traces of Texas .  Old photos with good commentary ...

A few cannon shots over a dispute about which town will house some files?  Welcome to Texas history . From the Revolution of 1836, through ...

Three days ago marked the 184th anniversary of the fall of the Alamo in San Antonio.  This is a reworking of a post from several years ago ....

In 1837 this was the first Executive Mansion of the Republic of Texas, home of its first President, Sam Houston.  For more on Houston read S...

Yes, it happened and eventually got to the point where an American president threatened to use U.S. troops against Texas. It started with ...

  February 25, 1837, San Antonio, Republic of Texas Precisely a year earlier, on February 25, 1836, Captain Juan Seguin left the besieged ...

  THC likes early Texas history (see Sam Houston: The Raven & The Alamo Series ) so on Monday evening he got suckered into watching th...

For Parts 1 & 2 see here and here . The Alamo In TV And Movies THC watched the Disney series on Davy Crockett as a four year old i...

For Part 1 go here . Part 2:  What About Davy Crockett? Sam Houston didn't want a battle, believing San Antonio de Bexar was too is...