Friday, November 13, 2015 - 8:00am
By Anne Ruppert, Sam Rayburn House Curator
Every year since 2009, the Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site invites the community to celebrate the history of farming during Farming Heritage Day.
This year’s event included fun and educational hands-on activities for children and adults. Visitors made butter and ice cream, cornhusk dolls, and a woven craft. They also took part in...
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 8:00am
By Lester Velazquez-Po, Casa Navarro Customer Service Representative
You may have heard about “corn smut”—a parasitic fungus that attacks corn—impeding the normal growth of the plant and its produce. Predictably, many corn growers worldwide destroy the crops affected by it.
However, this seemingly destructive fungus is actually fit for human consumption. In Mexico, it is known...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 - 8:00am
By Caddo Mounds Site Manager Anthony Souther and Educator/Interpreter Rachel Galan
“The Caddo Mounds State Historic Site has always held a certain degree of mystery and magic, but for me the site is also nostalgic. Just driving by the site on Highway 21 reminds me of the days from my childhood when my family would visit the Mounds. There’s just one thing missing. The iconic grass house...
Friday, September 18, 2015 - 8:00am
By Georgia Davis, Casa Navarro Site Manager
Have you taken a good look at fake food lately? It’s amazing!
Casa Navarro State Historic Site recently acquired several fake food items for the kitchen exhibit, including six custom-made tamales. They look so realistic we were curious about how they were made, so we asked the premier source for fake food artistry in the country....
Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 8:00am
By Rachel Galan, Caddo Mounds Educator/Interpreter
"Think of a really great conversation that you've had. One that left you feeling fulfilled like a really great meal." That was one of the first things asked of participants during our first Caddo Mounds Teachers Workshop. When asked about the attributes of these great conversations, our group of educators responded:
relevance...
Friday, September 4, 2015 - 8:00am
By Melody Woods, Fulton Mansion Educator
This past summer, Aransas County kids discovered Victorian etiquette can be fun! Fulton Mansion State Historic Site—in partnership with the Texas Maritime Museum, Texas Parks and Wildlife Coastal Fisheries, Goose Island State Park, and the Bay Education Center—sponsored the Summer Experience in Aransas (S.E.A.) Camp, where more than 150 local...
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 8:00am
By Michael Moore, San Felipe de Austin Project Contract Historian
As a project contract historian for San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site, I recently spent a week at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, researching San Felipe resources in their archival collections. Surprisingly, some of the best early Texas history archives outside of Texas are in the Western Americana...
Monday, August 17, 2015 - 8:00am
By Kevin R. Malcolm, Fort McKavett Curator
This summer, Fort McKavett was full of bustle as it played host to the 9th Annual Old Stories, New Voices Intercultural Youth Camp, sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association.
This year, campers between the ages of 10 and 12 were in attendance from the Dallas, Austin, and Stephenville areas. The campers were organized into...
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 8:00am
By Nano Calderon, Casa Navarro Site Educator
The peach tree at Casa Navarro State Historic Site produced a wonderful and tasty abundance of fruit that was enjoyed by site visitors, neighbors, and wildlife in downtown San Antonio. By the end of June, most of the fruit was gone, but we saved a few dozen peaches to try a recipe from the UTSA Libraries Mexican Cookbook Collection.
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 8:00am
By Brandon Aniol, Landmark Inn State Historic Site Educator
Castroville’s Landmark Inn State Historic Site is scheduled to re-open on December 5, 2015, and the site is buzzing with excitement as the construction crew moves into the latter stages of the renovations. While the infrastructure of the site is being repaired, Landmark Inn staff is busy working on operational improvements for...
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