Students from Alpine High School are heading to Austin to compete in the state History Fair, marking a significant academic … More
Category: History
Midland College to host West Texas Symposium of History on April 11
The Midland Texas Historical Society is inviting the public to attend a free symposium highlighting the history of the Permian … More
Lecture to examine Prohibition-era bar scene in El Paso and Juárez
The Magoffin Home State Historic Site will host a Brown Bag Brain Trust lecture April 15 exploring the impact of … More
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit to Make Stop in Alpine This Summer
A traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution will make its way to Alpine this summer as part of a statewide … More
Fort Davis Historical Society to host Albert Miller talk April 7
The Fort Davis Historical Society will present a program featuring rancher Albert Miller at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, at … More
Kokernot Field Added to National Register, Marking Milestone for Alpine and Texas Baseball
Kokernot Field, a historic ballpark long central to the identity of Alpine and West Texas baseball, has been listed on … More
Camels return to Fort Davis for historic U.S. Army experiment program
The Fort Davis National Historic Site will host a two-day living history program highlighting the U.S. Army’s 19th-century camel experiment, … More
Living History Days to Bring Frontier Heritage to Life at Historic Fort Stockton
The Fort Stockton Historical Society and the Annie Riggs Museum will host Living History Days from March 26–28 at Historic … More
Book Review: A Historian Confronts the Origins of “The Eyes of Texas”
In The Eyes of Texas: Blackface to Whitewash, historian Alberto A. Martínez offers a meticulously researched examination of one of … More
Book Review: The Fish That Ate the Whale Reveals the Banana Baron Who Helped Shape Modern Geopolitics
Rich Cohen’s The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America’s Banana King tells the remarkable story … More