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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.

Brad JohnsonApril 17, 2022

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.

Kim RobertsJanuary 25, 2022

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.

Isaiah MitchellDecember 24, 2021

Like so much of the American West, the historic Sherman engine emerged from relative mystery and died unremarked.

Brad JohnsonDecember 20, 2021

The Driskill Hotel has changed hands numerous times in its nearly century and a half in operation.

Isaiah MitchellNovember 29, 2021

Skirmishes between Mexico and the newborn nation continued until Texas was annexed into the United States.

Brad JohnsonNovember 25, 2021

The compromise set Texas' modern-day border and ceded its western and northernmost territory to the U.S. in exchange for $10 million.

Hayden SparksSeptember 17, 2021

President Biden used part of his Constitution Day proclamation to criticize “attempts to suppress and subvert the right to vote.”