Friday, May 10, 2013 - 4:12pm
By Andy Rhodes, The Medallion Managing Editor
The Battle of Sabine Pass was considered one of the Confederate Army’s most successful maritime victories of the Civil War. Sabine Pass Battleground—now one of the Texas Historical Commission’s (THC) 20 state historic sites—recently received several interpretive upgrades to help better tell the real stories of this real place in Texas...
Thursday, May 9, 2013 - 11:31am
By Michael Moore, President of the Friends of the San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site, and Site Manager Bryan McAuley
On April 5, the Friends of the San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site hosted a “Links to the Past” golf tournament at nearby Stephen F. Austin Golf Course. The tournament aimed to build awareness of the historic site’s development, raise funds to support projects...
Thursday, May 9, 2013 - 11:31am
By Michael Moore, President of the Friends of the San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site, and Site Manager Bryan McAuley
On April 5, the Friends of the San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site hosted a “Links to the Past” golf tournament at nearby Stephen F. Austin Golf Course. The tournament aimed to build awareness of the historic site’s development, raise funds to support projects...
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 11:49am
By Susan Shore, Texas Heritage Trails Program Specialist
There’s something special about the land that is the Southern High Plains of Texas. When I moved to Lubbock from Chicago in 1996, the “horizontal yellow,” as author Dan Flores called it, pulled me in as no city landscape ever could. The land was everything to the people who roamed it and to those who eventually settled it. It...
Friday, May 3, 2013 - 10:57am
Beth Wiedower moved to Texas and jumped head-first into her job as Senior Field Officer at the new Houston Field Office for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Traveling to dozens of our state's historic county courthouses and advocating for their preservation at the State Capitol on Preservation Day, she got an immediate understanding of how significant these buildings are, not...
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 11:36am
By Nash Traylor, Fort Lancaster Events Coordinator
On Saturday, May 18, Fort Lancaster State Historic Site will celebrate our community’s culture and history with the 2013 Frontier Jubilee. The day will begin with a flag-raising ceremony at 10 a.m., and living historians will be on hand throughout the day to interact with visitors on topics such as the Texas Camel Corps, Native...
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 11:36am
By Nash Traylor, Fort Lancaster Events Coordinator
On Saturday, May 18, Fort Lancaster State Historic Site will celebrate our community’s culture and history with the 2013 Frontier Jubilee. The day will begin with a flag-raising ceremony at 10 a.m., and living historians will be on hand throughout the day to interact with visitors on topics such as the Texas Camel Corps, Native...
Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 1:45pm
By Pat Mercado-Allinger, State Archeologist and THC Archeology Division Director
How does an agency with only 10 full-time archeologists preserve and interpret the archeology of a state covering 266,807 square miles and 254 counties? As the state archeologist and director of the Archeology Division, I can tell you that the Texas Historical Commission (THC) relies on the efforts of...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 10:32am
By José Zapata, Landmark Inn Site Manager
The Friends of the Landmark Inn hosted a book signing at Landmark Inn State Historic Site on April 14 for authors Edward and Shirley Wright, who spoke about their book Todos Santos (All Saints).
A historical narrative with tales of bravery on the Texas frontier, the book is based on the lives of two Scottish families who immigrated to...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 10:32am
By José Zapata, Landmark Inn Site Manager
The Friends of the Landmark Inn hosted a book signing at Landmark Inn State Historic Site on April 14 for authors Edward and Shirley Wright, who spoke about their book Todos Santos (All Saints).
A historical narrative with tales of bravery on the Texas frontier, the book is based on the lives of two Scottish families who immigrated to...
