The USS Texas is now a shrine moored at the site of the San Jacinto battlefield about 20 miles east of Houston. Perhaps better known as the
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Several sets of some of the earliest baseball cards ever issued depict players from the Texas League or were issued and distributed by sponsors in
Over the past sixty years, the United States Postal Service has issued almost two dozen stamps commemorating Texas and Texans. They are presented here, courtesy
Stamps are presented in the order issued. Sam RayburnIssued September 16, 19624-cents Sam HoustonIssued January 10, 19635-cents Davy CrockettIssued August 17, 19675-cents Dwight D. EisenhowerIssued
On San Jacinto Day, April 21, 1867, the mighty Houston Stonewalls overwhelmed the Galveston Robert E. Lees, 35-2. While certainly not the first baseball game
I’d like to learn more about the Civil War incident where Captain Duff and his Partisan Rangers captured four Kerr County residents, Sebird Henderson, Gus
Stamps are presented in the order issued. Republic of Texas CentennialIssued March 2, 19363-cents Coronado Expedition QuadricentennialIssued September 7, 19403-cents Texas Statehood CentennialIssued December 29,
With origins dating to the earliest days of Anglo settlement in Texas, the Texas Rangers form the oldest law-enforcement agency in North America with statewide
Note: If a cabinet position was held by more than one person duringany administration, only the first to hold that position is identified. David Burnet (Ad
A chain of five missions established along the San Antonio River in the 18th century became the largest concentration of Catholic missions in North America.