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.
Cinco de Mayo, a long-celebrated holiday honoring the Mexican heritage of many Texans, has as its hero a native Texan born near Goliad.
What began as an Old World tradition made its way to the New World and continues to this day in Fredericksburg.
Polish traditions have continued in the community of Panna Maria, including the singing of a Polish Good Friday hymn.
One of the largest deposits of rare-earth elements discovered in the Lone Star State now sits beneath a lake.
The only flag to fly over both an independent country and a state, the iconic Lone Star Flag of Texas was adopted on January 25, 1839.
Like so much of the American West, the historic Sherman engine emerged from relative mystery and died unremarked.
The Driskill Hotel has changed hands numerous times in its nearly century and a half in operation.
