Texas Reader - Curious Drams of Texas History and Culture

Posted at 20:13 • 16 Sept • Michelle M. Haas A Dumb Solution to a Dumber Problem I wrote last week about the proposed efforts to remove the word "heroic" from Texas history curriculum to describe the Alamo defenders. Many...

You've probably heard the story of the Gonzales cannon and the Come and Take It flag, but many versions are second or third-hand and have been mythologized to some extent. But Noah Smithwick, blacksmith, Indian trader, Texas Ranger, was actually...