In early 1836, after the fall of the Alamo, a small episode in Texas history revealed an aspect of our character we’d just as soon forget. Unlike the Alamo, which can seem as remote and mysterious as ...

This week on The Bookmark,James Aalan Bernsen, author of The Lost War for Texas: Mexican Rebels, American Burrites, and the Texas Revolution of 1811. We’ll be talking about this overlooked first war ...

The shot heard around the world, well, at least in Texas, was fired in Gonzales, a 7,000-person town about 70 miles southeast of Austin. It was here that the now-famous phrase “Come and Take It” was ...

Stephen F. Austin State University’s East Texas Research Center recently received a $3,000 donation from The Sons of the Republic of Texas as part of the group’s efforts to commemorate the role played ...

It was on March 2, 1836, when historians believe the original and five copies of the Texas Declaration of Independence were written and signed by 59 men at Washington-on-the-Brazos. If you were ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - On October 2, 1835, the first shots of the Texas Revolution rang out. The tensions between Texas and Mexico came to a head when Mexican soldiers attempted to steal a small cannon ...

A brand new way to experience the history of the Lone Star State has debuted at the Gonzales Memorial Museum, located about an hour's drive from San Antonio: Texas Legacy in Lights bills itself as the ...

Texas is a state that prides itself on its particular spirit in independence. Largely, it stems from the famous Texas Revolution, which liberated the state from the rule of Mexico in the 1800s. Lots ...