Tuesday, November 14, 2017 - 8:00am
By Andy Rhodes, The Medallion Managing Editor
When Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Gulf Coast with 130 mph winds on August 25, the primary concern was protecting Texans’ lives. After the storm cleared, efforts shifted to the extensive structural damage along the coast and in dozens of flooded communities.
Among the impacted properties were five of the Texas...
Thursday, November 9, 2017 - 4:46pm
By Rob Hodges, THC Communications Project Coordinator
Palo Duro Canyon's Lighthouse rock formation
While working up a sweat during the scorching descent into Palo Duro Canyon along the steep CCC Trail, it’s not hard to imagine Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) crews toiling away in the sun. Evidence of their labor...
Wednesday, November 8, 2017 - 8:00am
Text and photos by Andy Rhodes, The Medallion Managing Editor
Mention the Chisholm Trail to many Texans, and they’ll conjure up images of Fort Worth’s stockyards, San Antonio’s saloons, or King Ranch’s cattle herds. These sites are deservedly iconic, but they can overshadow other communities along the Lone Star State’s dusty trails.
The Texas Historical Commission...
Thursday, August 17, 2017 - 8:00am
By Andy Rhodes, Managing Editor of The Medallion
This summer, the Texas Historical Commission welcomed two college interns to Austin for nearly two months of preservation education through the agency’s Preservation Scholars program (formerly Diversity Interns).
Zoe Simien (Texas State University) and Ledell Thomas (Prairie View A&M University) will spend much of the summer...
Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - 8:00am
By Amy Borgens and Dorothy Rowland, State Marine Archeologist and Marine Archeology Program Intern
This wooden vessel was constructed in Beaumont in 1918. Many similar ships were built for the government’s Emergency Fleet Corporation during World War I. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration...
Friday, August 11, 2017 - 8:00am
By Rob Hodges, THC Communications Project Coordinator
Legends of the Caddo Indians provide explanations for the origin of the lake they called Tso’to, but geologists believe Caddo Lake was formed by the Great Raft, a nearly 100-mile-long logjam on the Red River in Louisiana. Caddo lived in the nearby village Sha’chahdínnih (Timber Hill) from roughly 1800 to the early 1840s, when East...
Thursday, August 10, 2017 - 8:00am
Text by Andy Rhodes, Photographs by Patrick Hughey
The first adrenaline rush hits you during the drop down. Then comes the exhilarating moment of impact.
The thrill of free-falling from a rope swing, high boulder, or diving board is quickly usurped by the jolt of icy water that engulfs your body upon plunging into the aqua-blue depths. These sensations and other life-...
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 - 8:00am
By Jenny McWilliams, THC Cemetery Program
If your cemetery, community, veterans group, or County Historical Commission is planning an event to memorialize the World War I centennial, the Texas Historical Commission’s (THC) Historic Cemetery Preservation Program provides the following suggestions for commemorative activities.
Adorning Graves with Flags and Poppies. Flags are...
Tuesday, June 6, 2017 - 8:00am
By Lila Rakoczy, THC Military Sites Program Coordinator
Houston’s Memorial Park gives little indication today that it once hosted a military camp, let alone one that sparked one of the worst military mutinies in American history. And yet, the event that would become known as the Camp Logan Mutiny—or to some, the Houston Riot—would have a deep impact on how America mobilized for the...
Friday, May 26, 2017 - 8:00am
By Jim Hodgson, Executive Director, Fort Worth Aviation Museum
When the United States entered the Great War in April 1917, conflict in Europe had been raging for 32 months. By all accounts, the nation was unprepared in terms of men, equipment, training, and combat experience to be an effective partner in defeating Germany and its allies.
Nowhere was this more...
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