This Bridges' Texas history column explores the legacy of John Hemphill - the state's first chief justice and a U.S. Senator.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Texas state flag flies in a yard filled with debris on July 6, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. Heavy rainfall caused flooding along the ...

Buc-ee’s chain of travel centers has become synonymous with Texas tourism in recent history, and an interaction with or ...

Texas GLO announced that a book showcasing the state's historic map collection has earned second place for the Presidio La ...

A tiny coterie of authors have produced more than one standard book on Texas history. Stephen L. Hardin is among them. In 1989, Hardin wrote "Texian Iliad: A Military History of the Texas Revolution, ...

If you’re planning a trip to Texas, you won’t want to miss the state’s many historic landmarks. From the Alamo, the site of a pivotal battle in the Texas Revolution, to Cadillac Ranch, a quirky art ...

Once left to decay for decades, the Barfield Hotel now stands as both a symbol of Amarillo’s downtown renaissance and the city’s rich historical roots — officially recognized this week with a Texas ...

Historian Nancy Baker Jones was a child when her father, who was serving in the U.S. Army in Europe, was called home in 1953 to testify at U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy’s hearings on an alleged ...

Explore the best of rural Texas starting in Giddings, TX. Located on Highways 290 and 77, about an hour’s drive from Austin and 97 miles from Houston in Central Texas, Giddings, TX, is where rural ...

The State Board of Education voted Friday to approve a social studies plan that would teach more Texas history across school grades and deemphasize other subjects like world history, cultures and ...