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 ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – During the mid-1800s, four streets in downtown Shreveport were named after significant figures in the Texas Revolution. This article will give you a brief history of the ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo: Lauren Jones The shot heard around the world, well, at least in Texas, was fired in Gonzales, a 7,000-person town about 70 ...

Each year, more than 100 descendants and historical researchers gather to discuss a bloody battle, and the ways in which its violent aftermath set the tone in early Texas for a successful independence ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...