SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS, Dec 17, 2025
Black History 101 Mobile Museum, a traveling exhibit of little-known Black history from early Egyptian to present-day history, was invited to appear at Texas State University. Then they were uninvited, citing an interpretation of SB 17, despite the law exempting teaching and guest speakers.

Questioning that decision was the ACLU of Texas, the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund, and the Intercultural Development Research Association. Now the exhibit may have a chance to appear in the future.

GOVERNOR’S OFFICE, Dec 17, 2025
Governor Greg Abbott appointed Richard B. McCaslin to a 2-year term as Texas State Historian. McCaslin is the Director of Publications for TSHA.

The role of State Historian is to “increase public knowledge about the rich and diverse history of the state.” McCaslin replaces Monte L. Monroe who served two 2-year terms.

The selection is made by a committee made up of THC and TSHA Staff.

GLASSTIRE, Dec 16, 2025
Dallas is home to a unique resource and valuable archive of photography, the Texas African American Photo Archive. Over 60,000 prints range from the 1850s to the 1990s taken by largely unacknowledged Black photographers. Photographers captured people, communities, and events that were an integral part of life.

The article notes that “photographs in the TAAPA collection offer a detailed view into the lives of Black people from the Civil War, into the era of Reconstruction, the segregation of the Jim Crow South, the Civil Rights era, and beyond.” (Image: Lucretiah Littlejohn tinting photographs at Littlejohn Studio, ca. 1950s. From the Texas African American Photography Archive.)

HOUSTON CHRONICLE, Dec 12, 2025
A fifth-generation Houstonian has worked for 20 years to keep the history of Houston present for others. His “Houstorian” Facebook page has 10,000 followers, and a reported 80,000 including Instagram and X. He even has a Houstorian line of merchandise available on his website.

James Glassman says he wants to “Encourage a greater commitment to telling the story of Houston, preserving its architectural and cultural history, and supporting the landmarks that make Houston fun and unique.” (Photo by Raquel Natalicchio, Houston Chronicle)

EL PASO MATTERS, Dec 4, 2025
Yolanda Chávez Leyva, a Charter member of the Alliance, is the Director of the Institute of Oral History and Professor in the Department of History at UT-El Paso. She is part of a panel of nine advisers appointed to make recommendations to the Texas State Board of Education on curriculum for K-8th grade students.

In an interview for El Paso Matters, she acknowledges the challenges facing education. “The way that I think history should be taught is . . . not to romanticize things but slowly show them how people are very complex. History is very complicated, and it’s not necessarily a pretty thing.” (Photo by UTEP).

TEXAS MONTHLY, Dec 4, 2025
Officials at Texas State University are using AI to review course descriptions for a list of “advocacy-oriented or prescriptive terms.” This article reviews the provocateurs, the process, and the pitfalls of an effort to move from “advocacy to inquiry.” The article lists troubling words that will be considered for removal.

One Texas State professor noted, “I can’t make what happened in the past not have happened.” Administrators reportedly said she could use her own judgment in responding to the AI-generated recommendations.

(Photo by Nahrizul Kadri on Unsplash.)

TEXAS MONTHLY, Nov 18, 2025
Well before this statement by the Lieutenant Governor in a letter to the San-Antonio Express, a member of his staff was put in charge of modifying 20,000 words of text for displays in the coming Visitor’s Center at the Alamo. The long-time staff member said in a memo that the new content would be “free from the ideological narratives that have mangled history to make political points.”

Ruled out were terms like enslaved people, indigenous people, and colonists. Well-known and highly respected author, Stephen Harrigan, wrote the text being altered.

BAYLOR LARIAT, Nov 17, 2025
“I would say that about 90% of people who live in Waco don’t even know that Waco is an Indian tribe.” That was how Derek Ross, a member of the Wichita-affiliated tribes, described how so much history has been lost, buried, or gone unacknowledged.

The article quotes a Baylor freshman saying, “It’s important to listen to these stories because we’re never going to know about this history if we don’t come to these events and learn about new things.” (Photo from waco-texas.com).

THE ATLANTIC, Nov 16, 2025
“Doesn’t seem that hard,” an eighth grader in Memphis said, shrugging her shoulders. “Just say both things.” That was her response to learning how Thomas Jefferson’s history was complicated by his role in the founding of the nation and his ownership of slaves, including those he fathered.

Teaching the hard facts about the role of slavery in the United States is not an effort to shame others for the sins of the past, but rather to understand the need to reconsider how others are treated going forward. Author Clint Smith makes the case for the truth. (Photo by Michael Carruth on Unsplash.

TEXAS TRIBUNE, Nov 10, 2025
Twelve universities of the Texas A&M System may face a limit or prohibition of instruction regarding “race or gender ideology or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity.

Lessons meeting their definition of instruction that includes these topics would have to be approved by each campus president. This link reports on the result of the vote taken on Nov 13.

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, PRESS RELEASE, Nov 6, 2025
“Governor Greg Abbott and the 1836 Project Advisory Committee today announced the launch of the Gubernatorial Historic Promotion and Patriotism Awards, an annual recognition program honoring Texas educators and advocates whose work demonstrates significant achievements to promote the history and patriotism of Texas.”

These awards will “recognize the important work done by Texans who preserve and promote the history and patriotic knowledge of our great state.”

Guidelines for the award are found here. Read the full press release below.

HOUSTON CHRONICLE, Nov 4, 2025
Quiet persistance toward a vision of how to interpret the role and importance of black cowboys has reached a new plateau. After a beginning as a store-front museum, the Black Cowboy Museum in Rosenberg has now broken ground on a new $4 million dollar facility in Rosenberg.

After an article in the New York Times and a 2021 Netflix document led to an invitation to a Beyonce concert, Larry Callies’ determination paid off with financial support from Fort Bend County. (Photo from Black Cowboy Museum).

TEXAS MONTHLY, Oct 30, 2025
Kate Rogers, ousted president and CEO of the Alamo Trust spoke with a report with TEXAS MONTHLY to give her account of her recent forced resignation. She acknowledges that the dismissal was a “huge loss” for her and many community leaders agree it was a huge lost for the Alamo.

She said in the article, “I wholeheartedly agree with Dan Patrick—politics does not have a place at the Alamo.” (Photo by Lori Stevens on Unsplash)

HOUSTON CHRONICLE, Oct 23, 2025
SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS, Oct 24, 2025
In a letter to the board of the Alamo Trust, the Lieutenant Governor expressed concern over a few sentences in the doctoral dissertation by Kate Rogers. Rogers was initially hired as Executive Director and then promoted to President and CEO. She has now resigned her post under pressure.

Her actions in support of the stated mission of the Alamo are well documented and recognized. The photo above is from her former bio page at the Alamo Trust. Here is her bio from another source.

RICHARD ORTON, Oct 20, 2025
Curiosity + photographic skills + book + years of historic tenacity. That is the formula that led to the film, Raise Your Head Up, by ATxH member, Richard Orton of Nacogdoches. It documents the stories of the people and descendants of County Line and other East Texas freedom colonies. Now, with the sponsorship of Austin’s KLRU, the film will be made available to public television stations in early 2026 by American Public Television (APT).

To read Richard’s story about how the film came to be, click here. To see the film now, click the link below. (Image by Richard Orton).

SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS, Oct 14, 2025
Like many other historical organizations, staff at the Alamo made a social media post honoring Indigenous People’s Day. After a conservative activist tagged Texas GLO Commissioner, Dawn Buckingham, to call her attention to it, she had it removed.

In her response Buckingham said, “Woke has no place at the Alamo,” adding her staff is investigating “how the Alamo Trust reviews and approves content for social media posts to official Alamo accounts.” Control of the Alamo is pending a political transition within state government. (Alamo Image from X via Current Revolt.)

THE ATLANTIC, Oct 10, 2025
Although not a Texas-based story, this article helps to understand the cultural, personal, and documentary challenges of realistically portraying the impact of slavery on the United States. The reactions of visitors to the “characters” who roam the streets, the impact of playing those characters on the actors, and the details of how that story has evolved over time are insightful and poignant.

The story of Colonial Williamsburg, from its founding to the present, is instructive in understanding the difficulties of communicating history. (Photo from ColonialWilliamsburg.org.)

LULAC, Sep 25, 2025
The League of Latin American Citizens has named Alliance board member, Dr. Cynthia Orozco, as its National Historian.

"Dr. Orozco's appointment as National Historian ensures that our nearly 100-year legacy will not only be preserved but elevated to the place it deserves in American history," says Roman Palomares, LULAC national president and chairman of the board. "Her body of work reflects the passion, rigor, and vision we need to inspire future generations of Latinos and all Americans," he added.

TEXAS OBSERVER, Sep 29, 2025
Former history professor, author, and Alliance member, Ty Cashion, look back at the state of current diverging views of history are going.

Following up on his 2018 book, Lone Star Mind: Reimagining Texas History, this essay includes the early history of the Alliance for Texas History and offers a framework of ideas of how efforts to regain footing might succeed.

Dr. Cashion spoke to the ETHA in October and here is a link to a video of his presentation. (Photo by Saimy Patel on Unsplash).

DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE, Sep 23, 2025
The Woman’s Collections at Texas Woman’s University newest exhibit features Judge Hilda Tagle. Beginning on October 1, the new archive “will offer an unprecedented look into Tagle’s life and career.” The Alliance is honored to call Judge Tagle one of us and welcome this recognition both for her judicial accomplishments to her community engagement.

TEXAS OBSERVER, Sep 23, 2025
Homer Price Rainey was fired as president of the University of Texas in 1944. When the regents fired four economics professors who were in favor of federal labor laws, Rainey pushed back. And then he was the next person sent away from UT. Now a building on campus is named for him.

This article by Benjamin Johnson compares Rainey’s experience in 1944 to current events in 2025 and the firing of two university faculty. The Alliance of Texas History has also released a public statement regarding these issues of freedom of speech. (Image from Find a Grave.

KSAT.COM, Sep 12, 2025
More time on Texas history and less attention to world history and culture. The final vote was a reversal of a more moderate approach considered earlier.

The SBOE is the body that establishes the criteria for curriculum in each grade. The content will be considered for another vote in June 2026. Social studies teachers have pointed out multiple concerns with the approach. See also Houston Chronicle. (Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash)

STONE FORT MUSEUM, Sep 9, 2025
A Campus Master Plan map for Stephen F. Austin State University does not include the Stone Fort Museum, currently nominated for the National Register of Historic Places. In its place on planning maps is a proposed new Science Building.

The building was rebuilt on campus in 1936 as part of the Texas Centennial. The story of the multiple locations and iterations of Antonio Gil Y’Barbo’s stone house is told by Carolyn Spears, Curator of the museum.

Those concerned are invited to sign a petition. through change.org.

HOUSTON CHRONICLE, Sep 3, 2025
November 8th is set as the date for the public re-opening of the museum and recreated historic town site. Immersive theaters, artifacts, and new exhibits will tell the story of the founding of the Republic in a complete update to the state historic site.

This is in addition to the $550 million appropriation for work at the Alamo. (Photo by Texas Historical Commission).

TEXAS MONTHLY, Sep 2025
A sacred place decorated with astonishing art and messages from the past, the White Shaman mural is both well-known and largely inaccessible. The images are well preserved after thousands of years, but the meaning feels beyond our reach.

Carolyn Boyd, a renowned archaeologist, and Gary Perez, an Indigenous activist, once merged ideas and shared concepts, but now are at odds. (Image from Witte Museum.)

SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS, Aug 26, 2025
The Crockett and the Menger, two iconic hotels in the Alamo Plaza, have been acquired by the State of Texas as part of a “major public-private transformation of the historic mission and battle site.” The purchase price has not yet been disclosed.

Although Texas Land Commissioner, Dawn Buckingham, said that the “investment ensures the Shrine of Texas Liberty, the Alamo, will become the most prominent battlefield site in the country,” neither the GLO or the Alamo Trust have responded to questions about how the hotels will be incorporated. (Image from the Portal to Texas History.)

CBS NEWS TEXAS, Aug 27, 2025
In a contrast to efforts by Tarrant Count to suppress a historical marker regarding LGBTQ history, the City of Fort Worth and private funders are planning a memorial to call attention to a history of racial terror. In an incident mixed with labor violence and racial terror, Fred Rouse was attacked and killed in 1921.

The city will contribute almost $250,000, with additional support from the Rainwater Foundation, the Episcopal Diocese, and the Mellon Foundation. The design is available online, and is the source of the image shown.

SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE, Aug 18, 2025
The public fascination with David Crockett began years before he made his way to Texas and became part of the Alamo story. And that was just fine with him.

Disney movies and coonskin caps in gift shops drove that narrative in the 20th century, and a satirical play with him as the main character stoked the myth during his lifetime. This article is a reminder that many outside of Texas know little more about Crockett than the myths and legend.

Image by Unidentified artist - National Portrait Gallery, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=111562393

GOLIAN ADVANCE-GUARD, Aug 12, 2025
After years of back and forth discussion between Goliad Co Commissioners and THC, an interlocal agreement has been reached. THC will take on ownership of the monument at no cost, but surrounding land will be sold for $500,000.

Both parties anticipate this will allow for improvements to the interpretation, particularly as Texas’ bicentennial approaches

THC also agreed to support the county’s request for state funding for their courthouse.

NEW YORK TIMES, July 22, 2025
Since the Executive Order regarding “Restoring Truth & Sanity to American History”, was issued, Park Service staff have been ordered to report “disparaging” marker text. Using information from those discussions, the New York Times has reviewed some of the questions in an effort to understand the process.

An article titled, “Public Urged To Report National Park Placards That Disparage Americans Or Detracts From Scenic Grandeur” by the website National Parks Traveler, pointed out that the order has drawn criticism from the National Parks Conservation Association.

CBS MORNINGS, July 18, 2025
An iconic scene in the movie, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, featured actor, Paul Rubens, asking to see the basement of the Alamo. He was searching for his stolen bicycle. One of the screen-used bicycles has now been purchased by the Alamo for $125,000 to become part of a permanent display on pop culture.

“We are thrilled to add this beloved piece of film history to our collection,” said Dr. Kate Rogers, Executive Director of the Alamo Trust, Inc. “The Alamo holds a special place in the hearts of people everywhere, and Pee-wee’s Big Adventure helped to introduce a new generation to the historic site. This artifact perfectly illustrates how the Alamo lives on in pop culture, and soon, visitors to Texas' top tourist destination will be able to see it up close in our new world-class museum.”

PROPUBLICA, July 16, 2025
On multiple occasions, following deadly floods of the past, oral histories and news interviews have captured the experiences of those affected by each disaster.

This article reviews oral histories maintained by the Kerr County Historical Commission that go back to floods as early as 1900. The overall message is that floods have happened before and will happen again. The human response all too often is that it won’t.

KERANews, July 10, 2025
In an earlier post here, a June 13th article noted that the county judge of Tarrant County asked that a historical marker application be withdrawn. In actions following that decision, county commissioners added five new members to the Tarrant County Historical Commission.

The backgrounds of the appointed commissioners suggest these controversies may continue. One commissioner stated he hopes his appointees will work from “a proper historical framework, from a conservative worldview.”

AJHA, June 19, 2025
The American Journalism Historians Association has selected Dr. Patrick Cox as this year’s recipient of the Sidney Kobre Award for Lifetime Achievement. This is the highest honor bestowed by the organization.

Among his many books and honors, the AJHA recognized the way he “made it a personal mission to make people, especially graduate students, welcome at our conferences.” The full press release is available below.

HOUSTON CHRONICLE, June 22, 2025
After the Civil War ended in 1865, 154 people left the US to form a colony based on Confederate principles in Brazil. The colony, south of São Paulo, was part of an exodus of about 20,000 people from the American South to Brazil.

The Brazilian city of Americana reportedly still celebrates some of the Confederate culture. (Photo by Wesley Tingey on Unsplash)

GOVERNOR’S OFFICE, June 18, 2025
Governor Greg Abbott appointed Mike Hagee, Kay Hindes, and Dick Tips and reappointed John W. Crain and Gilbert E. "Pete" Peterson, III to the Texas Historical Commission for terms set to expire on February 1, 2031. The Commission provides leadership and coordinates services to support projects commissioned by county historical commissions, historical societies, agencies, and institutions interested in the preservation of archeological and historical heritage. The Commission also acts as a clearinghouse and historical information center.

HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA, June 18, 2025
In connection with a Juneteenth celebration, a historical marker recognizing the burial of 95 inmates who were part of a convict leasing program will be dedicated. Their remains were discovered in 2018 when construction began on a project of the Fort Bend ISD. After initially resisting the efforts, the school district has announced plans for an outdoor learning center and memorial.

The chair of the Fort Bend County Historical Commission noted, “This historical marker brings visibility to a painful part of Fort Bend County's past that has long gone unacknowledged. It lays a foundation for open dialogue and a deeper understanding of our shared history.” (Photo by Houston Public Media).

KERA NEWS, June 13, 2024
One year ago, THC approved a marker calling attention to the city’s history with regard to LGBTQ people and events. Now the county judge is claiming it did not go through a proper vetting by the county historical commission. Within days of the letter to THC from Judge Tim O’Hare, THC chairman, John Nau, rescinded approval for the marker. One former city council member commented, ““I don't know what the next steps are,” Beck said. “But obviously, the ideal outcome is to honor our city’s history, no matter whose history it is.”

TEXAS OBSERVER, June 5, 2025
An article by Josephine Lee of the Texas Observer identifies the challenges in our current climate of cultural attacks on history.

Her observations of multiple panels about a range of topics, and her review of plenary presentations reflects the shared commitment of the Alliance and its members to a full and complete history .

HOUSTON CHRONICLE, June 5, 2025
As part of a long-running effort to honor people buried at a site discovered in Sugarland, the Texas Historical Commission has approved placement of a marker at the site.

Work at the site by archaeologists has thus far located the bodies of 94 men and one woman. The Sugarland school district which owns the site called the designation a “critical, and often overlooked, chapter of local and state history.” (Photo by courtesy, Houston Chroicle)

AXIOS DALLAS, May 27, 2025
A historical marker that tells the story of the 1910 lynching of Allen Brooks, a Black resident of Dallas, was stolen and damaged. The marker was installed in 2021 by a partnership of the Dallas County Justice Initiative and the Equal Justice Initiative. Allen was lynched in front of 5,000 spectators.

Given a recent order issued by Interior Secretary, Doug Burgum, there may be further actions taken against markers that are seen as “negative about past or living Americans” in efforts to erase history. (Image from WFAA-TV)

HOUSTON CHRONICLE, May 4, 2025
Joy Sewing, a columnist for the Houston Chronicle, starts her story with a simple, clear statement. “There are two decidedly different camps when it comes to the American experience: Some people are honest about our history, and some are not.”

Her story focuses on the research and writing of Clint Smith, an author and poet. Smith explained that history for most people is about what they’ve been told. “For so many people, this is not about primary source documents or federal budgets. It's the story they are told and the stories they tell that are passed down generations, so that loyalty takes precedence over truth,” he said.

TEXAS MONTHLY, May 2025

Calling John Wesley Hardin the greatest of the Texas gunfighters has led to legend and glorification that glosses over his true nature. To call him a man who murdered dozens of people and displayed his racism and hatred would be more accurate.

Former Texas state historian, Bill O’Neal, noted that “more gunfighters were born in Texas than in any other state.” This article looks back at the gunfighter era during the late 1800s and the “Code of the West.”

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CUERO ONLINE NEWS, May 5, 2025

An article by ATxH board member, Cythia Orozco, provides a brief story about the reason Cinco de Mayo is a day of celebration for both Mexico and the United States.

May 5th is the commemoration of a battle victory by Mexico. Ignacio Zaragosa (picture) defeated French forces at Puebla, Mexico.

TEXAS TRIBUNE, April 10, 2025
A vote by the Texas Senate this week may determine the direction of teaching history and the future of education. This article about SB 37 provides links to the legislation and commentary about its impact.

Language in the bill states that courses “do not distort significant historical events”; they do not teach that one race is superior or bears personal or collective responsibility for the actions committed by other individuals of the same race; and they are not based “on a theory that racism, sexism, oppression, or privilege is inherent in the institutions of the United States or this state or was created to maintain social, political or economic inequalities.” (Photo by Changbok Ko on Unsplash).

KTEN-TV (Denison), Mar 30, 2025
The story of the Sherman Riot of 1930 was one that generated a lot of emotion. When the courthouse and black business district were burned and a black man lynched, it was a level of violence that many wanted to never recall. Now, after five years of effort, a historical marker acknowledging this low point in history has been installed.

Light Cummins, ATxH founding board member and former professor at Austin College said, “Every group deserves to have their story told fully, completely, and inclusively.” (Image by KTEN-TV).

GOLIAD ADVANCE-GUARD, Mar 31, 2025
This opinion feature summarizes an ongoing community discussion about the ownership of the Fannin Monument in Goliad County. Built in 1916 and currently owned by the county, a proposal to sell the monument to THC and use the money for a youth sports complex has generated local controversy. Disinformation has played a role and this writer cautions county commissioners against “clinging to the past at the expense of the future.” (Photo by Wikimedia Commons).

TEXAS STANDARD, Mar26, 2025
As DeWitt County observes its 175th year, a discovery of the story of its formation would be a find in itself. However, this county history was written in German in 1898 by a German immigrant who started a newspaper in the county. Alternate perspectives on history are central to a complete understanding of the people and the times. (Image from Portal to Texas History.)

UNIV. OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, Mar 11, 2025
Aja Martinez, a professor of rhetoric and writing studies, and Robert O. Smith, a history professor at the University of North Texas, have published a book that explains the origins and history of Critical Race Theory (CRT). Their goal is to more accurately describe the topic and use research to educate others in order to humanize the concept.

NEW YORKER, Feb 24, 2025
A network of archaeologists around the world have come together to locate and identify the wrecks of slave ships in the Middle Passage. Their approach is not just a scientific one, but also to understand the trauma of the African diaspora. “The slaver is a ghost ship sailing on the edges of modern consciousness,” said one author. This project seeks to connect the historical and archaeological record to a present understanding of the lingering effects of enslavement. (Photo from Wikipedia Commons).

TEXAS STANDARD, Feb 28,2025
Benjamin H. Johnson’s new book, Texas: An American History, tells both familiar tales and personal stories of Texas history. In an interview with Texas Standard, Ben explains that “historical consciousness and historical memory, I think, are really fundamental to what it is to be Texan, for all different kinds of people who live here.” Ben is a professor of history at Loyola University in Chicago, and co-editor of the upcoming Journal of Texas History to be published by the Alliance for Texas History. The new book is published by Yale University Press.

TEXAS MONTHLY, Feb 28, 2025
Two weeks. 3,700 miles. Five states. That is how much ground that Jack Woodville London, John Knox, and Keith Kisner traveled in circumnavigating the boundary of a Texas Republic that existed only on paper. This article tells the story of their adventure. London is the chair of a panel at the upcoming 2025 Conference of the Alliance for Texas History. (Photo by Jack Woodville London).

AXIOS, Feb 22, 2025
A group of historians and descendants of enslaved people have organized a sixty-mile walk to remember a part of history that is little known. A 7-day walk from March 3 to 9th will follow many known historic sites along a route used by the enslaved to find their way into Mexico.
(Photo from East Texas Digital Archives.)

HOUSTON CHRONICLE, Feb 23, 2025
A 100-year-old neighborhood in Houston, Riverside Terrace, some of its overlooked history is being re-examined. Whites, Jewish people, and Black people inhabited the same spaces over the years in a rotating cycle of prejudice and gentrification.

Difference of class and race impacted the neighborhood over the years in ways that say much about how history is told and how communities develop.

AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN, Feb 10, 2025
Archaeologist, Michael Collins, and his wife, Karen, are widely acclaimed for their efforts to save the 20,000-year-old Gault Site from looting. Their work on rehabilitating this 1849 farmstead not only saved a building, but led to extensive genealogical detective work revealed a racially-mixed family tree.

"When I started finding documents about people as property, it was shocking," Collins says. "It's a part of the history of the place. You don't discount family stories. You research them."

TEXAS MONTHLY, Jan 30, 2025
As the Texas Legislature considers school vouchers supporting private schools, this article from Texas Monthly examines one Texas town’s experience from the 1940s.

Mix in some non-English speaking immigrants, Catholic nuns, and a Methodist minister who took exception and you have a story that is being replayed with a more modern spin.

(Photo by Jeffrey Hamilton on Unsplash.)

TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE, Jan 22, 2025
The Texas General Land Office has opened the 2025 essay contest for 4th and 7th grade students. Full details about the contest can be found by clicking the “Read” button below. According the GLO, “research essays will be accepted on any historical person, event, place, group, or cultural tradition, however big or small, that helped shape Texas.” The deadline for entries is April 1, 2025.