Texas HistoryToday in Texas History: Thomas Rusk Elected Convention President Ahead of Annexation to United States
On July 4, 1845, a convention of delegates met in Austin to begin drafting a constitution for Texas to join the United States.
On July 4, 1845, a convention of delegates met in Austin to begin drafting a constitution for Texas to join the United States.
Texas became the first state to celebrate the holiday after being one of the last states to officially hear the Emancipation Proclamation.
The men who escaped the Goliad massacre 185 years ago today pointed to one flesh and blood savior: "The Angel of Goliad."
On this day in 1901, the future of Texas changed dramatically as, like a fountain of fortune, thousands of barrels of oil burst from the earth toward the sky.
The State of Texas was officially created 175 years ago when the Lone Star Republic was annexed into the United States.
After visiting a Christmas dance in Anson during the 1880s, William Lawrence Chittenden penned the poem titled “The Cowboys’ Christmas Ball.”
College football radio broadcasts can trace their roots to a 1921 rivalry clash at Kyle Field.
In the spark that lit the fuse of the Texas Revolution, John Henry Moore and his band of militiamen stood athwart a dispatch of Mexican soldiers hellbent on confiscating a small cannon. The Texian's message was clear: "Come and Take It."
"None of us will ever forget this day," said President Bush. "Yet, we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world."
The Ripkowski family of Dayton, Texas holds the record for the most brothers having served in the Second World War, and every one made it home safely.
Twenty heroic Texan soldiers who were awarded the Medal of Honor gave their lives defending America during World War II. Here are their stories.
A skirmish in the Nueces Strip sparked a two-year war over land between the United States and Mexico — with the newly-annexed Texas found right in the middle.