In The Eyes of Texas: Blackface to Whitewash, historian Alberto A. Martínez offers a meticulously researched examination of one of … More
Category: History
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
Book Review: Mansfield’s Forgotten Front Line in the Fight Over School Desegregation
Robyn Duff Ladino’s Desegregating Texas Schools: Eisenhower, Shivers, and the Crisis at Mansfield High examines one of the earliest—and least … More
Historian Heather Cox Richardson gains wide audience by explaining turbulent U.S. politics with facts and context
Before millions of readers and viewers followed her daily analyses online, historian Heather Cox Richardson built her career through traditional … More
Why Parts of Latin America Struggle Today — and What a 1954 CIA Operation Helps Explain
When people in the United States ask why some countries in Central America and South America struggle with poverty, corruption, … More
Alpine ISD students earn top honors at Big Bend Regional History Fair
Students from across Alpine ISD earned multiple top placements at the Big Bend Regional History Fair held at Sul Ross … More
Archives of the Big Bend to host community history preservation roadshow March 22 in Alpine
The Archives of the Big Bend at Sul Ross State University is planning a community history preservation event March 22, … More
Living History Days Returns to Historic Fort Stockton March 26–28
The Fort Stockton Historical Society and the Annie Riggs Museum will host Living History Days later this month, offering families … More
Beth Francell to Share Family History at Fort Davis Museum Program
Artist and retired landscape architect Beth Francell will present a public program later this month at the Overland Trail Museum, … More
Living History Days to Bring Frontier Past to Life in Fort Stockton
The Fort Stockton Historical Society and the Annie Riggs Memorial Museum are inviting the public to step back in time … More