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Historical Markers Tell Tale Of Texas 2 comments

mgoodman wrote 3 months ago: FORT WORTH (AP) – Don Frazier fondly remembers how his father would brake for historical markers dot … more →

Tags: Local, News, Syndicated Local, Baby Head Cemetery, McMurry University, Tarleton State University, Texas

Texas Quilters Perform “Secret Codes Of The Underground Railroad”4 comments

ktvtdeborah wrote 3 months ago: [worldnow id=6755608 width=420 height=315 type=video] DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - It all began after the l … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Local, News, Syndicated Local, watch & listen, Harriet Tubman, linden, National Register of Historic Places, Pleasant Hill Quilt Club

A New LEED for Preservation?3 comments

vmichael wrote 5 months ago: Four years ago the National Trust for Historic Preservation jumped firmly into the sustainability fr … more →

Tags: interpretation, sustainability, leed, USGBC, Stephanie Meeks, San Antonio, Mike Jackson, El Paso, landmark plaques

DEPLETED TEXAS LAKES EXPOSE GHOST TOWNS, GRAVES1 comment

maboulette wrote 6 months ago: By ANGELA K. BROWN and MICHAEL GRACZYK | AP BLUFFTON, Texas (AP) — Johnny C. Parks died two days bef … more →

Tags: Texas, Lake Whitney, Lake Texoma, Lake Buchanan, Lake Georgetown, Bluffton, Navarro County Texas

Depleted Texas Lakes Expose Ghost Towns & Graves1 comment

mgoodman wrote 6 months ago: BLUFFTON (AP) – Johnny C. Parks died two days before his first birthday more than a century ago. His … more →

Tags: News, Local, Texas, Lake Texoma, Lake Whitney, Lake Buchanan, Lake Georgetown

Caddo Mounds State Historic Site: An East Texas Ancient Civilization3 comments

dgetx wrote 10 months ago: Caddo Mounds State Historic Site: An East Texas Ancient Civilization- More than 1,200 years ago, a g … more →

Tags: Save..., Neches River, Texas, Historical, Destinations, Sites, Tours, Museums, Cherokee County

Texas Historical Commission Expected To Get Funds2 comments

KTVTPhil wrote 1 year ago: AUSTIN (AP) – Some legislators have rejected calls to eliminate state funding for the Texas Hi … more →

Tags: News, Local, Politics, austin, State Legislature, State Budget

Texas Unveils Travel Guide on African American Heritage

Max van Balgooy wrote 1 year ago: "African Americans in Texas", a new travel guide to historic places Following years of dev … more →

Tags: interpretation, Education, African-American History, PN Saving African American HP, Texas, African American Historic Places

Historians May Have Found Remains Of Legendary Texas Ranger41 comments

ktvtdeborah wrote 1 year ago: FALLS COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) - Even before Texas was a republic, the first Texas Rangers established a … more →

Tags: News, watch & listen, Local, Texas Ranger, DNA test

Arts, Historical Leaders Fear Texas Budget Cuts8 comments

ktvtdeborah wrote 1 year ago: AUSTIN (AP) – Proposed cuts in funding for state-supported arts and historical commissions cou … more →

Tags: News, Local, Politics, Arts, Budget cuts

State Officials Express Concern Over Forgotten Cemetery7 comments

Ryan Crowe wrote 1 year ago: DENTON COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM ) – On a small patch of land, in the middle of a sprawling sand and … more →

Tags: News, watch & listen, Local, Denton County, cemetery

Marfa, Texas1 comment

vmichael wrote 1 year ago: Marfa, Texas is a town with one stop light named after a character in a Dostoevsky novel and a far d … more →

Tags: History, interpretation, Vision and Style, Adobe, best Marfa blogs, chinati, Dan Flavin, donald judd, giant

Lightning historical marker dedication scheduled

timjo62 wrote 1 year ago: Eric Davis has gone through the extensive red tape battle to get an “official Texas Historical … more →

Tags: Historical Marker, Dowling Street, African-American History, Eric Davis, Project Row house, Harris County Historical Commission, marker dedication, Houston History, Black History

Seesawing Signage Issues: Take three baby steps forward and two giant steps back.

postcardsfromsanantonio wrote 1 year ago: Update on September 3:  Oh my gosh!  Some of the window-covering signage in the Crockett Block has d … more →

Tags: History of San Antonio, San Antonio Parks, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, historic design and review commission, alamo plaza historic district, Alamo, signage, alfred giles, William Barrett Travis

Alamoment: How the Daughters Felt on Receiving Audit Request5 comments

postcardsfromsanantonio wrote 1 year ago: Alamoment:  The instant when you realize that you are about to be completely and monumentally screwe … more →

Tags: Written Word, History of San Antonio, San Antonio Parks, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Alamo Plaza, Blogging, alamo trademark, Alamo, alamoment

National Register Historic District on the Way2 comments

Historic Travis Heights wrote 2 years ago: Survey map in hand, volunteer organizers met with Greg Smith of the Texas Historical Commission toda … more →

Tags: History, Preservation, Austin, Texas, houses, Architecture, Historic District, National Register Historic District, Volunteer

Second-Class Citizen Blues4 comments

keithhogan wrote 2 years ago: Yesterday, I went to a meeting with the insurance salesman to discuss managed Medicare products. My … more →

Tags: keith hogan, Austin, Texas, Accessibility, Ada, Second Class, Americans with Disabilities Act, Civil Rights, ADA Accessibility

Saying Goodbye to the THC

Kristie wrote 2 years ago: So I originally wrote this shout out to my THC peeps  a week ago, but I kept waiting to post it beca … more →

Tags: Moving, Austin

New blog from the Texas Historical Commission

Ed Darrell wrote 2 years ago: Texas Parlor notes that the Texas Historical Commission has gotten into the blog business, with a bl … more →

Tags: technology, Texas, History, History museums, Texas History, History and art, History images, Internet, blogs


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