March is Texas History Month and it focuses, naturally, on the declaration of Independence from Mexico, declared at Washinton ...

The Lone Star State declared its independence from Mexico weeks before the final battle of the Texas Revolution. Here's why ...

How did Benjamin Franklin's grandson arrive to Texas under mysterious circumstances only to play a key role in state history?

If you’re planning a trip to Texas, you won’t want to miss the state’s many historic landmarks. From the Alamo, the site of a pivotal battle in the Texas Revolution, to Cadillac Ranch, a quirky art ...

A rewrite of Texas’ social studies curriculum is underway, with lawmakers, teachers and history enthusiasts at odds over exactly how to present the history of Texas and the United States to the ...

The law has long produced great figures and colorful personalities in Texas History. Among those was frontier jurist John Hemphill. He was the first chief justice of the state supreme court in Texas, ...