Texas HistoryToday in Texas History: East Texas Jury Acquits Traveling Salesman of Diamond Bessie’s Murder
Abraham Rothschild worked as a traveling salesman for his father’s successful jewelry business in Ohio.
Abraham Rothschild worked as a traveling salesman for his father’s successful jewelry business in Ohio.
The company was one of nine all-black militias in Texas during the 1880s.
Seventy-three days before Texas officially declared independence from Mexico, 92 men signed a declaration at Goliad.
Back when Texas was a sovereign republic, the government tried to acquire territory in what is modern day New Mexico.
The fabled organization of lawmen was officially sanctioned by the provisional Texas government on this day 187 years ago.
With the fall hunting season underway, here are a few facts about the wild turkey, of which Texas has some of the best populations for hunters.
The ship will undergo year-long repairs to fix its leaky hull.
In 1993, a botched raid of a religious compound near Waco resulted in a fire that killed dozens of adults and children.
It took a decade for proponents of Texas annexation to achieve their desired result. Here's an account of the political fight that secured it.
On June 17, 1965, a light and sound show at the Palo Duro Canyon State Park, the precursor to today’s "TEXAS" musical, opened.
A skirmish near modern-day Georgetown uncovered a plot to end the nascent Republic of Texas and led to the Cherokee War.
The last major land battle of the Civil War occurred just a few miles from Brownsville in South Texas.