01 Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly Turns 90: Why Lubbock Waited Two Decades to Celebrate Him
Buddy Holly was born in Lubbock on September 7, 1936, and died in a plane crash 22 years later. The city that raised him didn't put up a statue until 1980.
THE LEAD Butt family
The Widow Who Started H-E-B, and How Her $60 Grocery Became "Texas' FEMA"
Florence Butt opened a one-room Kerrville grocery with a $60 loan in 1905. A century later, the company she started is famous for showing up with mobile kitchens before the government does.
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What's Inside
3 dispatches 02 Angelina River
The Córdova Rebellion: How a Stolen-Horse Hunt Uncovered a Plot Against Texas
In August 1838, Nacogdoches men searching for stolen horses stumbled onto a Tejano-Cherokee-Mexican conspiracy led by Vicente Córdova aimed at overthrowing the young Republic of Texas.
03 Coca Cola history
The Red Wall on the Boom Street: Kilgore's Historic Coca-Cola Mural 🎨
Kilgore's historic Coca-Cola mural survived the East Texas oil boom and nearly a century of weather. Here's what it means — and why it's still standing.
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04
1970s Texas
When the EPA Sent Danny Lyon to Houston 📷
In April 1973, photographer Danny Lyon documented downtown Houston for the EPA's DOCUMERICA project. Here's what he was pointing his camera at—and why it matters.
05
1841 Texas map
This 1841 Map Shows a Texas That Almost Nobody Remembers
Charles Cheffins' 1841 map of the Republic of Texas documented empresario land grants and vast disputed borders. Here's what it reveals about Texas's ambitious claims.
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Llano Estacado
Texas Has 10 Ecological Regions — And They Explain Everything About This State
Texas has 10 distinct ecological regions defined by TPWD's GIS Lab. Here's what each one actually looks like — and why the distinctions matter.
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The San Antonio Light Was One of Texas's Great Newspapers. Here's What Its Front Page Looked Like in 1971.1970s San Antonio
The Man Who Kept It Running: A 1939 Snapshot of West Texas Farm LaborCrosby County farming
The Fenced Garden: How East Texas Families Protected Their Food Supply in 1939Depression Era farming
A German Publisher Mapped Texas in 1849 — and What He Drew Says Everything About the State's Identity Crisis1849 Texas maps
The Map That Named Texas Before Texas Knew What It Was1718 Texas map
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Texas City's Ambulance Company No. 3: A 1913 Snapshot of a City Still Finding Its Footing1913 ambulance service
The Man Behind the Machine: A 1939 Snapshot of West Texas Farm Labor1930s farm labor
The Best Places to Go Camping in TexasBig Bend camping
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