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Stories from Texas are written for and recorded for the Texas Standard radio program. They’re written by W.F Strong and edited for broadcast by Texas Standard producers.
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Tim Brown’s Nolan
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Rebroadcast: The craziest race you’ve never heard of happened on Padre Island
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May 28, 2026 |
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How a man named Connie forged a global chain that started in Texas
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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The Angel of Goliad
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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How the Texas Hill Country inspired NYC’s Central Park
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Wealth on Your Shelf
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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‘He didn’t take on an iconic role, he made the role iconic’: W.F. Strong on Robert Duvall
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Sandra Cisneros, a Texas literary rock star
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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LBJ’s Humor (re-run)
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Traces of Texas – A priceless gift for all Texans
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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How Three Gifts To UT Gave All Texans A Fourth: The Gift Of The Stars (re-run)
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Mix up your holiday entertainment with a history of Texas’ lawless influence on Old West
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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George Foreman’s resilience: A two-time rags-to-riches story
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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The two men who rescued Shiner Beer
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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They called her ‘Babe’
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Belle and Lea
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Cowboy Time
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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The sky welcomes you home
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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The hat that made the cowboy
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Creative smuggling when Texas was a republic
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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The Comanche Moon
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May 21, 2025 |
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New York aids Texas Revolution
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Whistling while you work
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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The 100th meridian
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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John Steinbeck (and Charley) on Texas
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Do you have a favorite W.F. Strong story? Here are our top 10
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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Fronters and backers
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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A tale of a stolen town
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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How some donated land became a bounty for a small town’s students
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Could Napoleon have ruled over Texas?
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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A second siege of the Alamo
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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My brush with fate or serendipity
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Some of the best Texans have been Californians – on film
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Frito pie is a Texas original
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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He who has the gold, makes the rules
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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The craziest race you’ve never heard of happened on Padre Island
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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An AI Experiment
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May 08, 2024 |
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Counting Cattle With the Fathers
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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The Other Hill Country
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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The mystery of the Texas box
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Bonnie and Clyde: Star-synced lovers
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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New Year’s Eve on Houston Street
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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The Gift of the Tidelands
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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La Pitada
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Found in Translation
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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On Censorship
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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The Legend of La Llorona
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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‘The Killers of the Flower Moon’ is an Oklahoma story with Texas ties
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Texas is God’s Country
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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How the railroad saved Fort Worth
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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The Historical Accuracy of Lonesome Dove
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Texas Spelling Bee
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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The Second Sacking of San Antonio
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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The 50th anniversary of ‘The Time It Never Rained’
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Farmer Logic
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May 24, 2023 |
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Things Redneck Dave said to me on the drive across Texas
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May 10, 2023 |
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What a Handshake is Worth
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Sancho
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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It’s My Turn
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Quinta Mazatlan
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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My Valentine
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Tom Hoskins and his Thousand Points of Light
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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We Might Oughtta Praise Texas Grammar
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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The Port Mansfield Cut and the treasure discovered there
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Jesse H. Jones was a model philanthropist
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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‘Three red marbles’ is a story fit for Thanksgiving
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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La Llorona
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Yonderings
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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How Texas Saved the Buffalo
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Wright Bacon: A Texas Original
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Remembering Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Texas
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Flying to school on my Western Flyer
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Falcon Lake
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Remembering the Uvalde 21
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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What happened to Toadsuck, Texas?
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May 04, 2022 |
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The Pessimistic Farmer
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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How The Railroad Help Built Texas
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Wordle For Texas
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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LBJ’s Humor
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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A Little Test Of Texas’ Official Symbols
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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How Ranchers Used Barbed Wire To Make Phone Calls
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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Texas Ice Fishing
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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The Most Generous Texan Of Yore?
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Texas Navigator App
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Peregrine Falcons
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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The Young Lieutenant Who Crossed the Wild Horse Desert
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Texas And The Art Of Understatement
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Words That Migrated
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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The Texas Olympics
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Miles And Miles Of Texas
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Long Before Elon Musk, A Different Man Had A Plan To Develop Boca Chica
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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There’s Something About A Person Named Tex
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Watermelon Season
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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The Story of C.H. Guenther
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May 19, 2021 |
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Don Pedrito: Healer of Los Olmos
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Larry McMurtry and the Lonesome Dove Quadrilogy
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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High Security and Low Security Texas
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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What’s In A Name? For These Famous Texans, Everything.
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Artist Tom Lea’s ‘Sarah In The Summertime’
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Lyndon Johnson’s Gifts To Texas
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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In Praise Of Vultures
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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A Letter from Texas
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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The Texas Connection To Colorado’s Royal Gorge Bridge
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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The Queen’s Royal Welcome to Texas
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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Norfleet: The Texas Rancher Who Kept On Coming
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Texas: A State That Loves Its Flag
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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The Tragic Story of Dora Hand
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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El Llano Estacado
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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How Madame Curie’s Philanthropy Continues To Inspire
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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Dichos
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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Jefferson Davis Highway: The Persistence Of A Confederate Memorial
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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How Texas Became A Desert
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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El Rio Bravo
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May 20, 2020 |
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The Hero Of Cinco De Mayo Was A Texan
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May 06, 2020 |
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Texas Cowboy Moves to Montana
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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Things ‘Redneck Dave’ Said to Me on the Drive Across Texas
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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The Texas Polio Epidemic
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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Jim Bowie: Timeless Influencer
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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The Texas Coral Snake – Beautiful and Occasionally Dangerous
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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Love Letter to Scarlett
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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The Impeachment and Conviction of Texas Governor Jim Ferguson
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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Three Texas Myths That Won’t Die
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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The Republic of Texas is No More
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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The Man Who Led The Battle Against Yellow Fever
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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The Distance In Smoots
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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101 Essential Texas Books
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Nov 13, 2019 |
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Sam Houston And Me
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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10-and-a-Half Frightening Facts About the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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Oct 16, 2019 |
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Wit And Wisdom From T. Boone Pickens
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Oct 02, 2019 |
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What Elvis Presley Owed West Texas
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Sep 18, 2019 |
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The Modern Tall Tales Texans Tell Kids
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Sep 04, 2019 |
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How Ingersoll, Texas Lost Its Name
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Aug 21, 2019 |
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Remembering The Summers Of My Youth
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Aug 07, 2019 |
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Gunsmoke & Texas
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Jul 24, 2019 |
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The Texas Crutch
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Jul 10, 2019 |
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Teddy Roosevelt’s Texas Campaign
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Jun 26, 2019 |
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Remembering ‘Beneficent Genius’ Bill Wittliff
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Jun 12, 2019 |
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On Mother’s Day: Remembering Nonnie
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May 15, 2019 |
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The Lady In Blue
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May 01, 2019 |
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What Siri Can’t Tell You
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Apr 17, 2019 |
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What’s In A Name – The Rio Grande Valley
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Apr 03, 2019 |
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The Mystery Of The Osage Murders
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Mar 20, 2019 |
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The Luckiest Letter in Texas
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Feb 20, 2019 |
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Picturing Texas
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Feb 06, 2019 |
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Ranch Words In Urban Life
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Jan 09, 2019 |
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D.H. Snyder – Cattleman And Philanthropist
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Dec 12, 2018 |
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Time-Traveling With Frederick Law Olmsted
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Nov 28, 2018 |
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How Moms Use The Legend Of La Llorona To Keep Their Kids In Line
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Oct 31, 2018 |
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Tower Climbers
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Oct 18, 2018 |
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Texans Have A Funny Relationship With The Letter ‘R’
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Oct 03, 2018 |
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Out-Texas Me This!
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Sep 19, 2018 |
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Defenders Of The Alamo
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Sep 05, 2018 |
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Texas As A Unit Of Measure
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Aug 08, 2018 |
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The Armadillo’s Texas Roots Reach Back To Ancient Times
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Jul 12, 2018 |
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Pink Cadillacs And Lucky 13: How Mary Kay Ash Built A Billion-Dollar Business
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Jun 27, 2018 |
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What Anthony Bourdain Knew About Mexico
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Jun 13, 2018 |
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Where Have All The Horny Toads Gone?
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May 30, 2018 |
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In 15 Minutes, Barbara Jordan Built A Legacy
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May 16, 2018 |
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Ten Songs About Lovin’ The Lone Star State
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May 02, 2018 |
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Texas Might Have Been Smaller
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Apr 18, 2018 |
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Endangered Words
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Apr 06, 2018 |
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Samuel Walker: The Real Walker, Texas Ranger
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Mar 23, 2018 |
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Windmills: A Memory of Spring
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Mar 07, 2018 |
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Jack Johnson: The Galveston Giant
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Feb 21, 2018 |
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My Valentine
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Feb 07, 2018 |
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Plumbing The Depths of Jacob’s Well
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Jan 24, 2018 |
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A Handy Guide To The Most Texas-Loving Pages On Facebook
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Jan 10, 2018 |
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On The 20th Century, And The 22nd
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Dec 27, 2017 |
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4 Gifts For Texas
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Dec 13, 2017 |
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Judge Roy Bean
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Nov 29, 2017 |
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Jules Verne, Texas, and the Moon
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Nov 15, 2017 |
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Honorary Texans
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Nov 01, 2017 |
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Missing Whataburger
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Oct 18, 2017 |
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Texas Contractions
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Oct 04, 2017 |
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Uncle Dale’s Greatest Gift
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Sep 20, 2017 |
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Bass Boat Heroes
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Sep 06, 2017 |
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Texas: The Name Heard ‘Round The World
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Aug 23, 2017 |
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Cabeza de Vaca: The First Texas Tourist
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Aug 09, 2017 |
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Top of the Chart Songs about Texas Towns
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Jul 26, 2017 |
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Show ‘Em Your Badge
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Jul 13, 2017 |
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Texas Land Rush
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Jun 28, 2017 |
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McMurtry And Twain
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Jun 14, 2017 |
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Lingo for Gringos: Ten Spanish Words All Anglos Should Know
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May 31, 2017 |
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Three Texas Pride Stories
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May 17, 2017 |
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Quanah Parker: A Mother’s Day Story
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May 03, 2017 |
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The One Musician To Get A Ticker Tape Parade Was A Texan
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Apr 19, 2017 |
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This Is The Scariest Bridge In Texas
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Apr 05, 2017 |
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Might Oughta Talk About Texas Grammar
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Mar 22, 2017 |
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Texas Weather is Never Normal
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Mar 08, 2017 |
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Anglo Settlers Were Texas’ Original Undocumented Immigrants
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Feb 22, 2017 |
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The How, Where and Why of Valentine, Texas
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Feb 08, 2017 |
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The Weird Connection Between Tony Romo and Tony Roma’s
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Jan 25, 2017 |
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What It Means to Be a Texas Gentleman
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Jan 11, 2017 |
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Here’s Your Texas-Themed Reading List for 2017
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Dec 28, 2016 |
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The Story Behind Texas’ Favorite Butter
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Dec 26, 2016 |
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Jack Sorenson’s Paintings Capture the Simple Joy of Christmas
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Dec 14, 2016 |
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Trying to Talk Texan? Let Your Words Lean Into Each Other
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Nov 30, 2016 |
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The Queen of King Ranch
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Nov 16, 2016 |
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Dr Pepper: The Story of Texas’ Favorite Soft Drink
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Oct 19, 2016 |
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Sure, Texas Is Big – But It Used to Be Even Bigger
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Oct 05, 2016 |
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The Real Texan Who Inspired Captain Woodrow F. Call
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Sep 21, 2016 |
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Homesick for Texas: Songs & Tributes to the Lone Star State
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Sep 07, 2016 |
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The Texan Origins of the Word Maverick
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Aug 24, 2016 |
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Texas Demonyms: Dallasites, Victorians, and Everything In-Between
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Aug 10, 2016 |
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The Life of Tom Landry, the Man in the Hat
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Jul 27, 2016 |
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Words, They are a Changin’
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Jul 13, 2016 |
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Oscar Wilde’s Tour of Texas Gives Us Life
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Jun 29, 2016 |
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‘You May All Go to Hell’ And 9 More Great Texas Quotes
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Jun 01, 2016 |
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The Mysterious Texan and the Ranchers’ Convention
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May 18, 2016 |
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Three Secrets of Life From My 101-Year-Old Mother
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May 04, 2016 |
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The Airline That Started With A Cocktail Napkin
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Apr 20, 2016 |
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Listen: 12 More Words Texans Mispronounce
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Apr 06, 2016 |
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In the Land of Pickups, Texas is King
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Mar 23, 2016 |
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I’m Mad, Too, Eddie!
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Mar 09, 2016 |
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Think There’s No Poetry In Texas? Think Again
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Feb 24, 2016 |
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Before We Had Social Media, We Had Dairy Queen
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Feb 10, 2016 |
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The Time It Never Rained
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Jan 27, 2016 |
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The Texas Rancher and the New York Banker
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Jan 13, 2016 |
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The Story of James Dean and the Shamrock Hotel
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Dec 30, 2015 |
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Here’s An Apple Pie Recipe For Any Texan Holiday
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Dec 16, 2015 |
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What You Might Not Know About the Texas Constitution
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Dec 02, 2015 |
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One Texan In The Global Village
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Nov 19, 2015 |
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6 Reasons Texas Is Better Than Alaska
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Nov 04, 2015 |
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The Top 12 Quotes From ‘Lonesome Dove’
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Oct 21, 2015 |
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When the Young Lieutenant Met the Wild Mustangs
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Oct 07, 2015 |