Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - 4:13pm
By Debra Drescher, State Coordinator, Texas Main Street Program
Historically, courthouses served as the central meeting places and architectural anchors for downtowns. In fact, they were often placed first in a community’s urban plan.
Today, Texas courthouses continue to anchor downtown activities. In many cases, they provide the primary park space in a historic business...
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 9:11am
By Andy Rhodes, Managing Editor, The Medallion
While exploring the Lone Star State’s historic downtowns, many travelers are understandably drawn to the architectural beacons of courthouse towers. Some visitors may continue strolling throughout a historic business district in search of cafes and boutiques without noticing the buildings in between.
Even fewer will realize that...
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 - 9:43am
This article was originally featured in the November/December 1995 issue of The Medallion.
Not one, not two, but a record-breaking eight historical markers were dedicated recently in historic Thurber, a coal mining ghost town located 75 miles west of Fort Worth.
Founded in the 1880s by the Texas and Pacific Coal Company, Thurber at its height was the largest town...
Friday, February 15, 2019 - 12:53pm
There is an interesting collection of Texas destinations to visit with compelling connections to several former commanders in chief. Texas has three presidential libraries—the most of any state in the U.S.—where visitors can explore artifacts and exhibits examining the people, places, and events that influenced their time in office. There are also several lesser-known destinations with...
Thursday, February 14, 2019 - 10:15am
This article was originally featured in the September/October 1992 issue of The Medallion.
Maurice de Leleu was one of three children, the son of 19th-century Flemish immigrants who traveled from Belgium to New York City. In 1908, his parents died, and he was taken in by the Children’s Aid Society, a charitable institution for waifs.
In 1912, De Leleu and a group of...
Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 11:54am
This article was originally featured in the January 1990 issue of The Medallion.
Texans are preparing to celebrate the 300th anniversary of one of the oldest and most significant roads in Texas. Known as the Camino Real (King’s Highway), and also called the Old San Antonio Road, it was one of the most important factors in the early development of the state.
It was...
Friday, January 25, 2019 - 4:14pm
On Friday, November 30, the THC held a dedication ceremony for the Porvenir Massacre Undertold Marker.
With Texas’ proximity to the Mexican Revolution and U.S. involvement in World War I, the nation confronted racial and social instability that fed, and fed on, the bloody conflicts.
Schemes to claim tracts of the U.S. for Mexico were publicized—some might say...
Friday, January 4, 2019 - 4:41pm
By Anne Ruppert, Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site
Christmas at Sam Rayburn’s house this year felt a little bit like it did 100 years ago.
2018 marked the centennial anniversary of the signing of the Armistice (November 11, 1918) which effectively ended World War I. On Saturday, December 8 the Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site continued its look back at the war...
Friday, January 4, 2019 - 4:41pm
By Anne Ruppert, Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site
Christmas at Sam Rayburn’s house this year felt a little bit like it did 100 years ago.
2018 marked the centennial anniversary of the signing of the Armistice (November 11, 1918) which effectively ended World War I. On Saturday, December 8 the Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site continued its look back at the war...
Monday, December 31, 2018 - 12:55pm
As we take a look back through the past year, here are our most popular blog posts published in 2018.
Triumph and Tragedy on the Early Texas FrontierAlmost forgotten by generations of Texans, the 1813 Battle of Medina was the fierce and bloody climax of the first Texas war for independence. The battle—which took place in modern-day Atascosa County—...
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