About Us

What began in 2006 with a business experiment and a single book has turned into a history factory. Not only has CBP brought more than fifty important volumes of Texas history back from obscurity, we also offer historic maps and iconic Texas images, all printed with love in the heart of Texas on the best available papers with the best archival inks money can buy.

I'm Michelle Haas. I am the luckiest gal in the world to be able to do what I do for a living. In addition to selecting, designing, editing, and proofreading old Texas history books, I occasionally write an original one. I authored Dad & Doc to tell the stories of the men who discovered the great East Texas oil field. I have compiled and annotated firsthand accounts of Texian Navy sailors and Goliad Massacre survivors. Bringing obscure Texana back to life and keeping it alive for today's Texans is what drives me.

I'm also the founder of Texas History Trust, the Texas history non-profit that advocates for fact-based Texas history.