Live Breaking News & Updates on Texas State Historical Association Handbook Of

Stay updated with breaking news from Texas state historical association handbook of. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Coining a Texas Heroine

The New York Times’ 2020 series of feature obituaries, “Overlooked,” was primarily devoted to women and “people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported” in the publication. It was an ambitious project and one that Texas itself, as a state and a society, would arguably do well to replicate. Especially since a ....

New York , United States , San Antonio , State Of Texas , Port Isabel , Rio Grande City , Market Square , Nuevo Laredo , Los Ojuelos , Holding Institute , Fort Mcintosh , University Of Texas , Jovita Vivero , Luis Potosi , Cruza Blanca , Charlesg Ayers , Gran Concilio , Gabriela Gonz , Louisj Christen , Jovita Idar , El Partido Independiente , George Washington , Revista Catolica , Nicasio Idar , Marshal Idar , Zaragosa Vargas ,

Forgotten War

Forty years ago, Francis Ford Coppola’s Bratpacker bromide The Outsiders (based on the 1967 S.E. Hinton novel of the same name) made big stars out of Patrick Swayze, Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Ralph Macchio, and C. Thomas Howell in reverse order, “Ponyboy” Curtis, Karate Kid, a Breakfast ....

United States , San Antonio , Caldwell County , Palo Pinto , Yates Creek , New York , Atascosa County , Goliad County , Corpus Christi , Karnes County , Lewis Cass , Annaj Hardwicke Pennybacker , Jose Francisco Ruiz , Jose Antonio Navarro , Nicandr Valdez , C Thomas Howell , Patrick Swayze , Francis Ford Coppola Bratpacker , Ponyboy Curtis , Elisha Marshall Pease , Emilio Estevez , Jose Antonio Delgado , Manuel Roblesy Pezuela , White Texans , Rob Lowe , Tom Cruise ,

Couple transforms property in Longview's historical Junction area into Airbnb rental

The Junction played a significant role in Longview s history. Now, a Hallsville couple is giving it a new place in the city s future. ....

United States , Jim Mobley , Courtney Goswick , Kilgore College , Gap Inc , International Great Railroad , Texas State Historical Association Handbook Of , Great Northern Railroad , Methvin Street , Mobberly Avenue , Texas State Historical Association , International Great Northern Railroad , New Year , Dollar General ,

The Ghost of Frank J. Robinson

On Oct. 13, 1976, East Texas voting rights activist Frank J. Robinson was mortally wounded from a shotgun blast to his head. When the police chief saw the body, he declared it looked like a murder but days later he retracted his assessment. After a public inquest, Robinson’s death was ruled a suicide. But a specter of doubt hangs over his death so much so that even the Texas State Historical Association’s Handbook of Texas questions the ruling.Robinson had won victories to promote and preserve the power of the Black vote in East Texas, and some say that’s why he was killed.In Texas Public Radio’s "The Ghost of Frank J. Robinson," reporter David Martin Davies investigates and finds new evidence about this mystery that haunts East Texas.This podcast is made possible in part by Texas A&M San Antonio. ....

United States , David Martin Davies , Frankj Robinson , Texas State Historical Association Handbook Of , East Texas , Texas State Historical Association , Texas Public Radio ,

$50K grant awarded to fund Jamison Building improvements

TEXARKANA, Texas A nearly century-old building important to Black history in Texarkana could be one step closer to renovation, thanks to a recently awarded $50,000 grant. ....

United States , Gina Mcdowell , Evan Thompson , Vashil Fernandez , Garling Urih Jamison , Cylestine Thornton , Texas State Historical Association Handbook Of , Patterson Troike Foundation , Jamison Thompson Weatherford Building , Jamison Building , Texas Rural African American Heritage , Urih Jamison , Texas State Historical Association , Texas Historic Landmark , Preservation Texas , City Hall , Main Street , Texarkana Museums System ,