“I think God is on our side and we will win.” With these words, 15 year old Emma spurned an army of 1,700 enemy troops that surrounded...

Texas history was told mostly from the viewpoint of men. But there were some great women writers like Teresa Griffin Vielé, Jane Cazneau...

Fifteen miles south of the three Twisted Sisters motorcycle ride, you will find the most popular state park in Texas. Created in 1941,...

Reading obituaries has always been interesting to me, providing it is not mine. One interesting obituary in the Fort Bend Herald spoke of...

The church bell was partially submerged in a muddy ditch when Nicholas Fagan found it. Believing it to be an answer to prayer, he dug it...

In 1836, the frontier town of Houston, Texas, was more infamous than famous. The gossip drifting back east whispered that houses of...

“When I was here [Israel] for the first time some 18 years ago, and I was touring the country, the comparison between Masada and the...

Among the illustrious speakers at the 1888 Republican National Convention was Frederick Douglass, an American social reformer known for...

Matthew McConaughey and Dale Evans Rogers have few things in common. Born in 1912, Frances Octavia Smith was a big band singer who...

“There was nothing else for me to do but hold the fort. So I did.” The 1836 Battle of the Alamo had many heroes like David Crockett,...