Thursday, October 2, 2014 - 3:06pm
By Dixie Hoover, Confederate Reunion Grounds Site Manager
Cooler weather has finally arrived at Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historic Site, and the upcoming events calendar is full for this fall. But looking back at summer, it sure was fun!
Summer events at the site revived the camaraderie experienced by Civil War veterans during their summer camp meetings here, which...
Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 8:00am
By Rachel Galan, Caddo Mounds Educator/Interpreter
“The camino real, or more aptly the caminos reales, is more than a route, more than a series of parajes between two end points. It is a complex set of relationships between travelers and nature, buyers and sellers, governors and governed.”
–Jesus F. de la Teja, 1991
I've made a daily ritual of leaving my desk...
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 - 8:00am
By Rachel Galan, Caddo Mounds Educator/Interpreter
It is a fairly safe bet that following a rainstorm there will be a new treasure of blooms at Caddo Mounds State Historic Site. Earlier this week, I stumbled across a sunny patch of copper lilies (pictured at right). These beauties cropped up in close proximity to a 1920s-era barn near our main road segment of El Camino Real de los...
Friday, August 8, 2014 - 10:15am
By Georgia Davis, Casa Navarro Site Manager
Casa Navarro State Historic Site recently hosted Salsa Navarro: Historic Cookbook Recipes in the Modern Kitchen. This event was the site staff’s first effort at engaging the public in historic Tejano gardening and foodways. The goal of the interpretive program was to expose attendees to primary resources in the community and have them...
Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 8:00am
By Cody Mobley, Fort McKavett Staff
Fort McKavett State Historic Site is currently presenting monthly programs that cover all aspects of the fort’s history. The most recent program, “Hard Work and Hand Tools: The Construction of Fort McKavett,” focused on the methods that soldiers used when constructing elements of the buildings in 1852.
Many visitors came out to participate in...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 7:31am
By Hal Simon, THC Historic Sites Interpretive Specialist
One of the strengths of many collections held by the Texas Historical Commission’s (THC) historic sites is the number of site-specific artifacts each has to exhibit. These artifacts help tell the real stories of the people who owned and lived in each property. Through ongoing research, we can often document items in the...
Friday, June 6, 2014 - 9:52am
By Amanda McVay, Varner-Hogg Plantation Educator
In April, Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site celebrated the 18-minute battle that won Texas its independence from Mexico in 1836, known today as San Jacinto Day. The day got off to a good start with beautiful spring weather, which set the stage for our festivities. Prior to the event, the Varner-Hogg Plantation Friends...
Friday, May 30, 2014 - 8:00am
By Nano Calderon, Casa Navarro Staff
Fiesta Week in San Antonio is a time when the community comes together to celebrate local and statewide heritage. In keeping with this spirit, Casa Navarro State Historic Site hosted an evening of activities based on the traditional decorative craft known as “papel picado.”
Eduardo Velasquez and Patricia Perez of Alianza LatinoAmericana...
Friday, May 9, 2014 - 8:00am
By Anne Ruppert, Sam Rayburn House Museum
Sam Rayburn’s farm was home to more than just members of the Rayburn family. Along with Sam, his sister Lucinda, his brother Tom, and other family, the home served as the residence for two employees: Charlie Phillips, his wife Bobbie, and Bobbie’s young granddaughter, Barbara.
Bobbie, an African American woman, began working as the cook...
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 8:00am
By Will Cradduck, Fort Griffin Herd Manager
What do wildflowers and large groups of Scouts have in common with baby longhorns? They are all sure signs of spring at Fort Griffin State Historic Site!
Pictured is one of our new heifer calves born about eight weeks ago. She’s getting lots of company, as the other cows have their calves, and they all have great fun as they play...
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