Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 5:05pm
By Bethany Golden, Rockwall Main Street Manager
A growing community located 22 miles east of downtown Dallas on the eastern shore of Lake Ray Hubbard, Rockwall has been a designated Texas Main Street city since 2009.
The revitalization of downtown Rockwall has truly come about through the efforts of many people working together for a common goal. Its rebirth began when the...
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - 5:30pm
By Tracey Silverman, Texas Historical Commission Planner
February was "I Love Texas Courthouses" month and we celebrated in style with several whirlwind tours of county courthouses, two courthouse rededications, a website where folks across the state are still sharing their courthouse photos and stories, and a capstone recognition of courthouses at the Capitol steps for Preservation Day...
Saturday, March 2, 2013 - 12:41pm
Today—Texas Independence Day 2013—we released a video version of our Manifesto of the Texas Historical Commission (THC). It’s a document we hold dear, and it seems fitting to unveil this video version on this most Texan of days.
The THC saves the real places that tell the real stories of Texas. That's not just a tagline, it's a daily objective of the devoted staff and grassroots...
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 11:47am
By José Zapata, Landmark Inn Site Manager
Nearly 400 grade-school children visited Landmark Inn State Historic Site to participate in the 17th Annual Kids Fish on Saturday, January 26. The Landmark Inn mill stream was stocked with 1,000 rainbow trout for the old-fashioned cane pole fishing event, sponsored by the Friends of the Landmark Inn.
The weather was great, and the...
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 11:47am
By José Zapata, Landmark Inn Site Manager
Nearly 400 grade-school children visited Landmark Inn State Historic Site to participate in the 17th Annual Kids Fish on Saturday, January 26. The Landmark Inn mill stream was stocked with 1,000 rainbow trout for the old-fashioned cane pole fishing event, sponsored by the Friends of the Landmark Inn.
The weather was great, and the...
Friday, February 22, 2013 - 3:11pm
By Bryan McAuley, San Felipe de Austin Site Manager
Readers of this blog have unquestionably strong history-interest credentials. So many of you are likely already aware that the famous Travis letter will be on display at the Alamo between February 23 and March 7 this year. Through a collaboration among the General Land Office, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, and the...
Friday, February 22, 2013 - 3:11pm
By Bryan McAuley, San Felipe de Austin Site Manager
Readers of this blog have unquestionably strong history-interest credentials. So many of you are likely already aware that the famous Travis letter will be on display at the Alamo between February 23 and March 7 this year. Through a collaboration among the General Land Office, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, and the...
Saturday, February 16, 2013 - 7:58am
By Tracey Silverman, Texas Historical Commission Planner
Imagine packing your bags and taking five days to visit 13 courthouse gems in Texas. That’s just what staff from the Texas Historical Commission (THC), Preservation Texas and the National Trust for Historic Preservation did starting on January 22 when they visited courthouses in Williamson, Llano, Lampasas, Mills, San Saba, Goliad...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 10:41am
By Denise Miranda, Winnsboro Main Street Manager, and Anita Williams, publisher of the Winnsboro Online Guide
Before there was Winnsboro, the town was known as Crossroads (due to the intersection of roads), then Wynnsborough and Winnsborough, in honor of John E. Wynn, an Englishman who settled in the town in 1850. After the Civil War, the city began growing, aided by the addition of the...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 8:54am
By Leslie Bergloff, Magoffin Home Site Manager
Looking intently into each other’s eyes, Lt. William Glasgow and Josephine Magoffin met in Fort Bayard, New Mexico, sometime between April 1892 and May 1895. It was the start of a love affair that would last for 71 years.
Who would have guessed that these two young people—one born in El Paso and the other in Saint Louis, Missouri—...
