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Native Texan and travel writer Mary Walker Clark took a particularly meaningful trip five years ago.

Mean, but we see in all sorts of other stories how were in the most vitriolic political climate of our lifetimes, and so are you getting resistance from some corners of texas about resettling afghans? >> not that i have seen. im a native texan so i have to say nice things about my state. its a great place. there is a lot of great people here. there are some misunderstandings about the people that we work with, about refugees, about these special immigrant visas. but typically when people learn -...

Raider Burrito is a longtime local staple located near Lubbock High School. Now, you'll be able to get their delicious burritos in two locations.

New leaderboard built by Jack Sanders (Photo by Sartah Karney) My earliest memory of Butler Pitch & Putt is of mosquitoes and shame. Mosquitoes because the course ran parallel to West Bouldin Creek, where heat and insects rose from the water. Shame because I was a terrible player. My 11-year-old arms hacked much more grass than golf balls. The swings of my dad and older brother were athletic, leisurely. It was a simple course, they said. Just a par 3. Hole after hole their bal...

Cedar Hill Resident Vying for Dallas County Judge Says He Is ready For Proactive Leadership Share via: Billy Clark Wants To Impact Change In Dallas County CEDAR HILL – Cedar Hill resident Billy Clark is running against incumbent Clay Jenkins for Dallas County Judge in March’s primary next year and he says he brings a strong desire to win the election and a desire “to impact change right here in our County.” Clark said he is interested in bringing a type of leadership style to Dallas Cou...

Its yours for a song. Weve got more information on Saturday’s impressive, music-abetted Drive-Through Mercado from the flavor-forward folks at Siete Family Foods, and that info is right here … Know ye, citizens, that Desert Door Sotol – that local company whose bottles are filled with spirits that are, we’ve heard, as pleasing to the palate as the packaging is to the eyes – is partnering with Twisted Alchemy, the cold-pressed juice company whose beverages are ...

Mon dieu! Pigs on the loose may have changed Texas history FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Jean Peter Isidore Alphonse Dubois, the French charge d’affaires to the Republic of Texas, hoped to secure some 3 million acres of land for 8,000 French immigrants to Texas.Courtesy / Texas Historical CommissionShow MoreShow Less 2of6 Richard Bullock, owner of the Bullock House (pictured above) sparked an international incident when he beat the French ambassador?’s butler with a stick.Courtesy / Texas Histo...

Blonde blizzard from Waco was queen of the clubs during Roaring 20s FacebookTwitterEmail 1of9 The American actress and nightclub owner Texas Guinan. Paris. 29th May 1931.Imagno, Contributor / Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less 2of9 The American actress and nightclub owner Texas Guinan (in white coat) with her girls. Le Havre. 2nd June 1931.Imagno, Contributor / Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less 3of9 4of9 UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1920: Mary "Texas" Guinan, queen of New Yorks night life for nearly a decade...

Black Seminoles made their mark on Texas history FacebookTwitterEmail 1of11 Blas Payne stands under the big West Texas sky where he spent his life cowboying. His grandfather won the Medal of Honor while serving as a "Buffalo Soldier" during the Indian wars.Sam C. Pierson, Jr. / Houston Chronicle staff file photoShow MoreShow Less 2of11 Cowboy Blas Payne and his dog outside his old fort home in Texas.Sam C. Pierson, Jr. / Houston Chronicle staff file photoShow MoreShow Less 3of11 4of11 True to h...

‘Our history begins with them’: Native Texan tribes a big part of Tejano history Tejano Moments: Native Texas Tribes Tags:  Several different tribes inhabited the area and others migrated here as the area was being developed. In the late 1600s as Spanish explorers set their sites on the new land north of Mexico, they first encountered tribes like the Caddo, Karankawa and Coahuiltecans. These tribes were settlers in the southeastern part of the state and known as the first people of Texas. ...