Making Cascarones, a Longtime Texas Tradition
How To Texas is a recurring column offering step-by-step instructions on how to be Texan. We'll guide you through ... Read More »
Preserving Texas German in Its Final Days
Toward the end of a long drive from California to Austin in 2001 to start a new job as a German linguistics ... Read More »
The Daytripper Gets Rejuvenated in Mineral Wells
The year 1880 was a momentous one for the town of Mineral Wells. It had been settled only three years prior, ... Read More »
The Making of Luck, Willie Nelson’s Old West Town
The Western movie set located on Willie Nelson’s property about 30 miles west of Austin was, well, down on its ... Read More »
Capturing the Spirit of Townes Van Zandt in Fort Worth
It's a blustery, dark, cold January day at an old cemetery in Dido. Were it not for the two Texas Historical ... Read More »
Frolicking Among the Bluebonnets at Fort Parker State Park
This photo from the Texas Highways archives shows a handsome couple—and their handlers—frolicking in a bumper ... Read More »
History of the Trailblazer: How Texas Birthed the Modern Monorail
Texas is known for many inventions—Dr Pepper, Liquid Paper, the frozen margarita machine, and even silicone ... Read More »
A Texas Bouquet
This article is from the Texas Highways archive. It first appeared in the June 1974 issue. As part of our 50th ... Read More »
Longtime North Texas Chain El Chico Serves Warm Memories
It’s now accepted wisdom within the state: The words “hot plate!” roared by a server is something of a culinary ... Read More »
See Early 20th-Century Big Bend Through the Lens of Photographer W.D. Smithers
In one of his pictures documenting life in far West Texas, photographer Wilfred Dudley (W.D.) Smithers shows a ... Read More »
Roadside Oddity: The Giant Uvalde Cut-outs
Our state is full of novelties, many of which have a peculiar story of how they came to be on their particular ... Read More »
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