Blog Posts About THC's Historic Sites

By Bethanie DePalermo, San Felipe de Austin Staff

A striking pink granite bench with the simple inscription, “Austin’s Old 300,” sits under an oak tree at San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site. The bench itself provokes questions from visitors and creates an interpretive opportunity for staff and volunteers. Guests are surprised and intrigued to learn that descendants from...

By Judy Jensen, THC Senior Graphic Designer

Historic preservation and the arts came together most unexpectedly at the recent KinCity Reading Series at The Twig Book Shop in San Antonio’s historic Pearl Brewery complex. The spring reading featured seven poets and a short memorial for San Antonio poet H. Palmer Hall. One of the poets, Janice Rebecca Campbell, read a poem about Fort...

By Anthony C. Souther, Caddo Mounds Site Manager

It is my day off, and as I sit at my dining room table looking out my back door, it’s a beautiful Texas day at Caddo Mounds State Historic Site. Although it has turned cold again (I’m told this is unusual for Texas at this time of year) it has not spoiled the day.

I look down the gently sloping ridge to the man-made reservoir, and...

By Amanda McVay, Varner-Hogg Plantation Educator

Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site was pleased to host a book review of The Brazos Beckoned with author Marie Beth Jones. A notable author and resident of the area, Jones was the first speaker in Varner-Hogg’s 2013 Authors Series.

Jones is the author of a series of books focusing on the history of Brazoria County, including...