Texas Reader - Curious Drams of Texas History and Culture
When Anna J. Hardwicke Pennybacker died in 1938, her name had been a household word in Texas for over forty years. She was a teacher to her core, a member of the first graduating class of Sam Houston Normal...
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Every time we post a map showing the Republic of Texas with its original borders, someone (sometimes several someones) will respond with, "Ski Texas!" Texas gave up so much in the Compromise of 1850. More than we knew. ...
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This week's clippings are inspired by a famous quote. Here it is. From the lips of General Phillip Sheridan as it appeared in the Washington DC Evening Star of March 31, 1866. Seventeen years later, Texans...
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Texas History Trivia Answers are at the Bottom of the Page Question 1: What where the Dallas Bluebonnets and Fort Worth Shamrocks? Question 2: How many towns served as the Capital of the Republic of Texas? Question 3: Anthony...
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