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The peer-reviewed journal is a key part of the Alliance for Texas History's broader mission: helping to connect people ...
From hurricanes and floods to explosions and tornadoes, Texas has faced some of the nation’s most catastrophic events.
In the aftermath of the 2025 Texas floods, a look back at some of the most destructive and defining flood events in the state ...
Georgia O’Keeffe’s favorite hangout in the Panhandle. Ulysses S. Grant’s East Texas escape. A wharf worker’s cottage in ...
From Marfa to Marathon, and all the miles between, West Texas blends rich heritage with bold creative energy—where frontier ...
After a tragedy, records from local archives can help us understand how a community understands itself. Here’s some of what ...
A mayor who made history could soon face a recall. Texas City's first Black mayor is under fire, and organizers say they're ...
As search and rescue efforts continue in response to the “catastrophic” and deadly flooding of the Guadalupe River in Kerr ...
In what experts call "Flash Flood Alley," the terrain reacts quickly to rainfall steep slopes, rocky ground, and narrow ...
The flash floods that killed at least 100 people in central Texas last week is only the latest Guadalupe River disaster to ...
A new book unearths a chapter of the state’s story when anti-intellectual fundamentalism was put to good ends.
The death toll, as of Monday afternoon, of 90 fatalities, makes the Central Texas flash floods on July 4 the second-deadliest ...