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2023:  
5/25/23 Death of William Marsh Rice
5/18/23 Shoe Bar Ranch (1880s – 1980s)
5/11/23 Two Texas Grigsby Families
5/4/23 Lonesome Dove Baptist Church
4/27/23 Custer, George Armstrong and Elizabeth Bacon
4/20/23 Reese-Townsend Feud
4/13/23 1896 Wichita Falls Bank Robbery
4/6/23 Bill Kelley’s Mine
3/30/23 The Marfa Lights
3/23/23 Cowboy Strike of 1883 and the Ghost Town of Tascosa
3/16/23 Shankleville Love Story
3/9/23 Mow-way – Comanche Chief
3/2/23 Ramsey, Buck
2/23/23 Storm, Gale
2/16/23 Rudabaugh, Dave
2/9/23 McGonagill, Henry Clay
2/2/23 Bugbee, Harold Dow
1/26/23 Doan, Corwin and Lide
1/19/23 Biard, Capt. Forrest R. "Tex"
1/12/23 Death of Quanah Parker
1/5/23 Lewis, Willie Newbury
   
2022:  
12/29/22 McWhorter, Frankie
12/22/22 Ten Bears, Comanche Leader
12/15/22 Owens, Margaret
12/8/22 Huckins, James
12/1/22 Booger Red (Samuel T. Privett)
11/24/22 Lee-Peacock Feud
11/17/22 King, W. E.
11/10/22 Sergeant Reckless
11/3/22 Littlefield, George W.
10/27/22 Hill, Joan Robinson
10/20/22 Ralls. John Robinson
10/13/22 Cauble, Rex
10/6/22 de Graffenried, Gaines
9/29/22 Marion, Anne W.
9/22/22 Jim McIntyre and Jim Courtright
9/15/22 Mallet Ranch
9/8/22 Hooks, Matthew "Bones"
9/1/22 Mitchell, Sarah Putman
8/25/22 Mobeetie, Texas
8/18/22 Impeachment of Mirabeau B. Lamar
8/11/22 Birch, John
8/4/22 Lockhart, Byrd
7/28/22 Burk Burnett’s Family
7/21/22 Almonte. Juan N.
7/14/22 Gay Hill, Texas
7/7/22 The Spikes Brothers Murders
6/30/22 Johnson, Britt
6/23/22 Long, Jane
6/16/22 Morrell, Z. N.
6/9/22 Burk Burnett and Farley Sayers
6/2/22 Elm Creek Massacre
5/26/22 Baker, Moseley
5/17/22 Washington-on-the-Brazos
5/12/22 The Alamo, a Brief Timeline
5/5/22 Women of the Alamo
4/28/22 La Reunion Community
4/21/22 Thurber, Texas
4/14/22 Ney, Elizabet
4/7/22 Cos, Martin Perfecto de
3/31/22 Texas Special Investigators "Hod" Roberson and Dave Allison
3/24/22 Family of Stephen F. Austin
3/17/22 Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assn.
3/10/22 Pride, Charley
3/3/22 Buckner, Robert Cooke
2/24/22 Howard Hughes and TWA
2/17/22 de Zavala, Adina
2/10/22 Siege of Béxar
2/3/22 Roberts, Gov. Oran Milo
1/27/22 Battle of Gonzales
1/20/22 Richardson, Sid
1/13/22 Anahuac Disturbances
1/6/22 Coronado
   
2021:  
12/30/21 Horton, Johnny
12/23/21 Burnet, David and Hannah
12/16/21 Coffee, Holland
12/9/21 Beneke, Tex
12/2/21 Zale Corporation
11/25/21 Flipper, Henry O.
11/18/21 Briscoe, Mary Jane Harris
11/11/21 Neff, 2nd Lt Merlin Shepherd
11/4/21 Did the Real Josey Wales Die In Texas?
10/28/21 Filisola, Vicente
10/21/21 Death of Stephen F. Austin
10/14/21 James, Harry
10/7/21 Hodgson, Marion Stegeman
9/30/21 Fults, Ralph
9/23/21 Rayburn, Sam
9/16/21 Tex, Joe
9/9/21 Hobby, Oveta Culp
9/2/21 Howard Hughes’ Around the World Flight
8/26/21 Mier Expedition
8/19/21 Movie Cowboys’ Texas Ties – Some True, Some False
8/12/21 Avenger Field
8/5/21 Gwynne, Anne
7/29/21 Adobe Walls
7/22/21 Douglass, Eliza Allen Houston
7/15/21 Fort Bend
7/8/21 Schramm, Tex
7/1/21 Brown, Caro Crawford
6/24/21 Gibson, Herbert
6/17/21 McLendon, Gordon
6/10/21 Gonzalez Gonzalez, Ramiro
6/3/21 Jones, Bob and Almeady Chisum
5/31/21 Villasana, CPL Fernando Villasana
5/31/21 Rogers, 1LT Curtis Rogers
5/27/21 Deter, Dr. Dwight M.
5/20/21 Hester, Darrell
5/13/21 Avery, Tex
5/6/21 Terry, Benjamin Franklin
4/29/21 Llano’s Lost Silver Mine Stories
4/22/21 Tennant, Allie Victoria
4/15/21 Brown, James
4/8/21 Houston, Temple Lea
4/1/21 Audubon Meets Sam Houston
3/25/21 Jones, Carolyn
3/18/21 Truscott, Gen. Lucian K, Jr.
3/11/21 Frank James’ Dallas Barber Dies
3/4/21 Clark, Tom C.
2/25/21 Scarborough, George Adolphus
2/18/21 Apollo 13
2/11/21 Hunter, Ivory Joe
2/4/21 The Sanger Brothers
1/28/21 Porter, Katherine Anne
1/21/21 Baylor, Don
1/14/21 The First Battleship Texas (1892)
1/7/21 Preston, Johnny
   
2020:  
12/31/20 Archer, Branch Tanner
12/24/20 Menchaca, Jose Antonio
12/17/20 Bonnie Parker’s Family
12/10/20 James, Frank
12/3/20 Hornsby, Rogers
11/26/20 The "Dallas Spirit"
11/19/20 Fisher, King
11/12/20 Parr, George B.
11/5/20 Ponzi, Charles
10/29/20 Wilson, Arthur "Dooley"
10/22/20 Eastland, William Mosby
10/15/20 Fredonian Rebellion
10/8/20 Silent Wings – Texas Glider Training in WWII
10/1/20 Rogers, Ginger
9/24/20 Easterwood, William E. Jr.
9/17/20 The Younger Brothers
9/10/20 Poinsett, Joel Roberts
9/3/20 Weapons Preferred by Bonnie and Clyde
8/27/20 Wills, Chill
8/20/20 1894 Longview, Texas Bank Robbery
8/13/20 Fort Duncan
8/6/20 Bledsoe, Jules
7/30/20 Murder Victims of the Barrow Gang – Private Citizens
7/23/20 Selman, John Henry
7/16/20 Garson, Greer
7/9/20 The Bonnie and Clyde Posse
7/2/20 Kilpatrick, Ben
6/25/20 The Immortal Ten
6/18/20 Lebman, H. S.
6/11/20 Davis, Edmund J.
6/4/20 Parker, Fess
5/28/20 Gladney, Edna
5/25/20 Stanford, Luther Dean
5/21/20 Land, Presley Bezelle
5/14/20 Beck, Jim
5/7/20 Pershing, John J.
4/30/20 Apollo Missions 7, 8, 9 and 10
4/23/20 Serna, Marcelino
4/16/20 Reynolds, Debbie
4/9/20 Porter, William Sidney (O. Henry)
4/2/20 British Flying Training Schools in World War II Era
3/26/20 Runnels, Governor Hardin Richard
3/19/20 USS Indianapolis
3/12/20 Fort Clark
3/5/20 The Dillinger Gang and Texas Connections
2/27/20 Black Seminoles of Texas
2/20/20 Waggoner, Dan and His Descendants
2/13/20 Law Officers Killed by Barrow Gang: Cal Campbell
2/6/20 The Lubbock Brothers
1/30/20 NASA Comes to Texas
1/23/20 Lummus, Jack
1/16/20 Owens, Buck
1/9/20 Methvin, Henry and Ivy
1/2/20 Connally, Gov. John
   
2019:  
12/26/19 Ryan, Irene
12/19/19 Law Officers Killed by Barrow Gang: Murphy and Wheeler
12/12/19 Pyote Army Air Field, the "Enola Gay" and "The Swoose"
12/7/19 Pearl Harbor Survivors – December 24, 1941
12/5/19 Law Officers Killed by Barrow Gang: Major Crowson
11/28/19 Dean, Jimmy
11/21/19 Carswell, Major Horace S.
11/14/19 LBJ’s Family Tree
11/7/19 Johnson, Lady Bird
10/31/19 Reeves, Bass
10/24/19 Fort Mason
10/17/19 Law Officers Killed by Barrow Gang: Henry D. Humphrey
10/10/19 Buck, Frank
10/3/19 The Goodnight Gang, Doc Goodnight
9/26/19 Dyess, Lt. Col. William E.
9/24/19 Why Are The Karankawa Indians Remembered as Cannibals? by Tim Seiter
9/19/19 Miller, Ann
9/12/19 Law Officers Killed by Barrow Gang: Moore, McGinnis, Davis, Harryman
9/5/19 Adair, Red
8/29/19 Unsolved Mystery: Murders of Dr. and Mrs. Roy Hunt
8/22/19 Sanders, Barefoot Jr.
8/15/19 Mann, Frank
8/8/19 Texas and Pacific Railway
8/1/19 The Hoodoo War
7/25/19 Post, Wiley
7/19/19 Briscoe, Gov. Dolph and the Chicken Ranch
7/11/19 Fender, Freddy
7/4/19 July 4, 1946
7/4/19 The Horrell Brothers
6/27/19 Cockrell, Sarah Horton
6/20/19 Houston and Texas Central Railway
6/13/19 The "Twin Sisters" and Dr. Henry North Graves
6/6/19 Holly, Buddy
5/30/19 Jester, Gov. Beauford
5/23/19 Cronkite, Walter
5/16/19 Fort Fisher
5/9/16 Higginbotham, Rufus
5/2/19 Zaharius, Babe Didrikson
4/25/19 Peoples, Clint
4/18/19 Shafter, Gen. William Rufus
4/11/19 Fort McKavett
4/4/19 Starr, Belle
3/28/19 Kokernot 06 Ranch
3/21/19 Mottley, Dr. Junius William
3/14/19 Estes, Billie Sol
3/7/19 Bradley, Minnie Lou
2/28/19 Winkler, Clinton McKamy
2/21/19 Gustave Eiffel and Paris, Texas
2/14/19 Rusk, Thomas Jefferson
2/7/19 Urrea, Teresa known as Santa Teresa
1/31/19 Williamson, Robert McAlpin "Three Legged Willie"
1/24/19 Price, Ray
1/17/19 San Jacinto Battlefield Memorial
1/10/19 Love, Nat
1/3/19 Legacy of John Avery Lomax and Alan Lomax
   
2018:  
12/27/18 Carpenter, Liz
12/20/18 Baylor, John Robert
12/13/18 Fort Davis
12/6/18 Choctaw Code Talkers
11/29/18 West Texas Cowboy Revivals
11/22/18 Sheriff Pat Garrett’s Life in Texas
11/15/18 Frizzell, Lefty
11/8/18 Texas City Explosion of 1947
11/1/18 Foote, Horton
10/25/18 Neff, Governor Pat Morris
10/18/18 Jenkins, Dr. "Pepper"
10/11/18 Collins, James Mitchell "Jim"
10/8/18 Wallace, "80 John"
10/4/18 Richards, Governor Ann
9/27/18 West,  Dirk
9/20/18 Fort Bliss
9/13/18 Zapruder, Abraham
9/6/18 Bullis, John Lapham
8/30/18 First African American Texas Rangers
8/23/18 Ferris, Charles Drake
8/20/18 Old Red – Dallas County Courthouse
8/16/18 Japanese Balloon Bombs Reach Texas in WWII
8/9/18 McCulloch, Ben
8/2/18 Quantrill’s Raiders, Jesse and Frank James
7/26/18 Hughes, Sara T.
7/19/18 Garner, "Cactus Jack"
7/12/18 Battleship Texas
7/5/18 Carroll, B. H.
6/28/18 Blocker, Dan
6/21/18 Duke, Dr. Red
6/14/18 Fritz, Will
6/7/18 The King Ranch
5/31/18 TMI Episcopal, or Texas Military Institute
5/24/18 Giant (1956)
5/17/18 Fort Phantom Hill
5/10/18 The Goree Girls
5/3/18 Texas State Longhorn Herd
4/26/18 Ritter, Tex
4/19/18 Huddle, William Henry
4/12/18 Schmid, Richard A. "Smoot"
4/5/18 Fire on the Mittie Stephens
3/29/18 Banks, Ernie
3/22/18 Kelly, Machine Gun
3/15/18 Fort Griffin
3/8/18 Unsolved Mystery: Texarkana’s Moonlight Murders
3/1/18 Goldsby, Cherokee Bill
2/22/18

Holliday, Doc
2/15/18 Charisse, Cyd
2/8/18 Battle of the Knobs/Battle of the Stone Houses
2/1/18 Thornton, Roy
1/25/18 Seguin, Juan
1/18/18 Fort Richardson
1/11/18 Houston, Joshua
1/4/18 Martin, Mary
   
2017:  
12/28/17 Sam Houston and Santa Anna
12/21/17 Buffalo Hump
12/14/17 Rodriguez, Chepita
12/7/17 The Texas Clipper
11/30/17 Buffalo Soldiers in Texas
11/23/17 Fort Concho
11/16/17 Goddess of Liberty
11/9/17 The Flying Stinsons
11/2/17 Petrolia, Texas
10/26/17 Fort Belknap
10/19/17 Lamar, Mirabeau B.
10/12/17 Padgitt, Kate Ross
10/5/17 Pickett, Bill
9/28/17 McArdle, Harry
9/21/17 Biggs, Electra Waggoner
9/14/17 Fort Stockton
9/7/17 The Newton Boys
8/30/17 Texas Prison Rodeo
8/23/17 Hogg, Ima
8/17/17 The Goodnight Ranch
8/10/17 Erath, George Bernard
8/3/17 Jackson, Joaquin
7/27/17 Texas State Bison Herd
7/20/17 Evans, Dale
7/13/17 Willis, Charley
7/6/17 The Supreme Court Bible
6/28/17 Allred, James
6/22/17 Bonnie and Clyde film vs. historical facts
6/15/17 Cortina, Juan
6/8/17 Cole, Col. Richard E.
6/1/17 Baylor, Robert Emmett Bledsoe
5/25/17 The Governor’s Bible
5/18/17 Battle of the Neches
5/11/17 McLennan, Neil Love
5/4/17 Yturria Ranch
4/27/17 Plummer, Rachel Parker
4/20/17 Bryan, Moses Austin
4/13/17 Cullinan, Joseph Stephen
4/6/17 Nimitz, Chester
3/30/17 West, John Camden
3/23/17 Ferris, Warren Angus
3/16/17 Billy the Kid
3/9/17 The Cowgirl Who Passed Herself Off as a Cowboy
3/2/17 Joiner, "Dad"
2/23/17 Eberly, Angelina
2/16/17 Death of Oliver Loving
2/9/17 Brann, William Cowper
2/2/17 Maverick, Samuel
1/26/17 Bonnie and Clyde Come to Wellington, Texas
1/19/17 When Texas Invaded New Mexico
1/12/17 Coppini, Pompeo
1/5/17 Loving, James C.
   
2016:  
12/29/16 Ford, "RIP"
12/22/16 Pegasus
12/15/16 Peters Colony
12/8/16 Y.O. Ranch
12/1/16 Oatman, Olive
11/24/16 Ikard, Bose
11/17/16 Birth of the Wichita Oil Field
11/10/16 Slaughter, Christopher Columbus
11/3/16 Adickes, David
10/27/16 Hamilton, Floyd
10/20/16 Doan’s Crossing, Texas
10/13/16 Slaughter, Texas John
10/6/16 Scull, Sally
9/29/16 XIT Ranch
9/22/16 Barrow Jailbreak in McLennan County
9/15/16 Gillett, James Buchanan
9/8/16 WWII Prison Camps in Texas
9/1/16 McMurtry, Larry
8/25/16 Rudder, James Earl
8/18/16 The Barrow Gang Comes to North Texas
8/11/16 Mexia, Texas
8/4/16 Jones, John B.
7/28/16 Murder of "Alamo" Actress
7/21/16 Kelton, Elmer
7/14/16 Walker, Samuel
7/7/16 Funerals of Bonnie and Clyde
6/30/16 Hat Ranch
6/23/16 Floyd County, Texas and Floydada
6/16/16 Satanta, Kiowa Chief
6/9/16 The Angel of Goliad
6/2/16 The Barrow Brothers
5/26/16 Lang, Lt. Bill
5/19/19 Pitchfork Ranch
5/12/16 McKinney, Collin
5/5/16 Old 300 and Family Ties
4/28/16 Taylor, Creed
4/21/16

Burleson, Texas
4/14/16 Baylor, Henry Weidner
4/7/16 Burleson, Edward
3/31/16 Raguet, Henry Wynkoop
3/24/16 6666 Ranch
3/17/16 Andrews, Richard
3/10/16 The Sniper Tree
3/3/16 Decatur, Texas
2/25/16 Navarro, José Antonio
2/18/16 Daingerfield, Texas
2/10/16 Harris, Alfonso
2/4/16 Matador Ranch
1/28/16 Karnes, Henry Wax
1/21/16 Wise County, Texas
1/14/16 Parker, Quanah
1/7/16 Iowa Park, Texas
   
2015:  
12/28/15 Peak, Junius
12/23/15 Gordon, J. Riely
12/17/15 Irion County, Texas
12/10/15 Sherman, Texas
12/3/15 Hardeman County, Texas
11/26/15 Poetry, A Cowboy’s Thanksgiving
11/26/15 Poetry, Cowboy’s Thanksgiving
11/19/15 Carter, Amon G.
11/11/15 Miller, Doris
11/11/15 Veterans Day Poem
11/5/15 Stanley, Charles "the Crime Doctor"
10/29/15 Milam, Ben
10/22/15 Perry, James Hazard
10/15/15 Lucky Lindy Comes to Texas
10/8/15 Bass, Sam
10/1/15 Texas Centennial State Fair
9/30/15 Mirabeau B. Lamar’s Poetry, 2
9/24/15 Zavala, Lorenzo de
9/17/15 Furr, Crone W.
9/10/15 Bonham, Texas
9/7/15 Mirabeau B. Lamar’s Poetry, 1
9/3/15 Gonzaullas, Lone Wolf
8/27/15 Light Crust Doughboys
8/20/15 Concho Stage Station
8/13/15 Butterfield Stage Line
8/6/15 James, Jesse Gravesite
7/30/15 Presidents, Republic of Texas, Part 3
7/23/15 Presidents, Republic of Texas, Part 2
7/16/15 Post, Texas
7/9/15 Hays, John Coffee "Jack"
7/6/15 Presidents, Republic of Texas, Part 1
7/2/15 Smith, Erastus "Deaf"
6/25/15 West, Emily D.
6/18/15 Hickman, Tom
6/11/15 Taylor County, Texas
6/4/15 Goodnight, Molly Dyer
5/28/15 Waco Suspension Bridge
5/25/15 Majors, Lt. Truett Jay
5/21/15 Autry, Gene
5/14/15 Denison, Texas
5/7/15 Scharbauer, Clarence
5/5/15 Benjamin, Texas
4/30/15 Hamilton, Ray
4/25/15 Turkey, Texas
4/23/15 The Tragedy at Paisano Pass
4/21/15 Throckmorton, Gov. James Webb
4/16/15 Wallace, "Bigfoot"
4/9/15 Bailey, Mollie
4/2/15 Electra, Texas
3/26/15 Hardy, Frank
3/19/15 Wilbarger County, Texas
3/13/15 Murphy, Audie
3/5/15 Nocona, Texas
2/24/15 Signers of Texas Declaration of Independence
2/20/15 Reid, Ace
2/13/15 Valentine, Texas
2/10/15 Hardin, John Wesley
2/5/15 The Preacher and the Police Chief
2/2/15 The Romance of the Outlaw
1/28/15 The John G. Hardin Family’s Generosity
1/22/15 How the Interurban Worked
1/18/15 Burkburnett, Texas
1/17/15 Lamar, Mirabeau B. Ceremony
1/16/15 Strickland, Col. John F.
1/14/15 The Interurban
1/2/15 Houston, Sam – Tribute by Rufus Burleson
1/2/15 Coke, Gov. Richard
1/2/15 Burleson, Richard Byrd
1/2/15 A Soldier’s Prayer (attrib to Joseph Speight)

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