In his latest Texas history column, Ken Bridges looks back at the attack on Pearl Harbor and Texans who served their country ...

On the mild, cloudy day of April 14, 2015, exactly 150 years and five days after Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union Army at a courthouse in Virginia, an unusual spectacle took ...

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Fittingly, it rises on one of the most historic hills in Austin. The new Republic of Texas History Center, built by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, a lineal group, stands on Robertson Hill ...

As their numbers grew, the women made a bold decision: they would no longer live under the authority of “unsanctified” ...

Nearly 150 members of the new Texas Alliance for History, including university professors and students, community historians, and staff members of historical sites and museums gathered Saturday at ...

BANDERA — The mystery starts at the edge of town. A green sign reads: "Bandera City Limit, Pop. 957." Really? Fewer than 1,000 people live in this bustling cowboy town on the banks of the Medina River ...

A Texas state flag flies in a yard filled with debris on July 6, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. Heavy rainfall caused flooding along the Guadalupe River in central Texas. (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images) ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - Though it’s shut down, the Lufkin paper mill is still prominent today just east of the city limits. It’s the subject of this week’s Mark in Texas History by Mark Scirto.

This week, we feature a historical marker that is, well, misplaced. Canton still sits on the wrong site due to a survey mistake in the 1850s.