Meaning from that point on the formerly enslaved people of Texas were finally free leading to the idea of what many now call ...

Thomas Jefferson Rusk stepped out of Sam Houston’s giant shadow long enough to give his maiden speech in the United States Senate, a vigorous defense of the Mexican War. When John Salmon “Rip” Ford ...

In the 1920s, oil was becoming a hot commodity in Texas. The success of the Spindletop oil well in Beaumont in 1901 had set ...