Friday, November 9, 2018 - 2:31pm
By Lila Rakoczy, THC Military Sites Program Coordinator
Signs of the First World War are all around us—hiding in plain sight, in fact. One obvious but overlooked place is local cemeteries. For those with an interest in World War I, grave markers are an invaluable source of information about the men and women who served.
After World War I, the repatriation of American dead...
Friday, November 9, 2018 - 2:18pm
By Bob Brinkman, THC Historical Markers Program Coordinator
We don’t know if Henry Grady Oxford and Robert Lee Melbern knew each other in life. At the outbreak of World War I they both lived in Coryell County, and their farms were about 10 miles apart. We do know that these young men living parallel lives on Central Texas soil embarked upon similar lives of service for their country...
Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 5:12pm
By Lila Rakoczy, THC Military Sites Program Coordinator
On November 11, 1918, a 30-year-old Texan in the Intelligence Section of the 360th Infantry Regiment reflected in his diary on the day’s events:
“The orders called for continuing the artillery fire with the same intensity until eleven in the morning, when the hostilities would be suspended for thirty-five days....
Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 4:24pm
By Andy Rhodes, Managing Editor, The Medallion
There isn’t much material evidence of World War I in Texas. There are former training airfields, museums with weaponry exhibits, and parks containing honorary memorials, but travelers need to dig a little deeper to find a truly meaningful experience. In fact, the Great War’s Lone Star legacy is most poignant in the real stories...
Monday, November 5, 2018 - 2:39pm
By Nina Simon, Executive Director, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
This article was originally featured in the October 2018 issue of Main Street Matters.
Nina Simon is the keynote speaker during Thursday’s Real Places Conference 2019 lunch session. She has been called a “museum visionary” by Smithsonian Magazine, a Silicon Valley Business Journal “40 under 40,” and Santa...
Thursday, October 25, 2018 - 2:39pm
By Rosie Whisenant, Uvalde Grand Opera House Manager
This article was originally featured in the October 2018 issue of Main Street Matters.
The Uvalde Grand Opera House was built in 1891 and is the second-oldest opera house in Texas. Rich with history and legend, the building has seen a vice president, state governor, two dragons, and even a few ghosts. Originally...
Friday, October 5, 2018 - 10:54am
By Calvin Blair, Preservation Scholar, Texas Historical Commission
This article was originally featured in the September 2018 issue of Main Street Matters.
This summer, I was given the unique opportunity with the Texas Historical Commission to spend two months in Austin learning about the agency's different divisions and their roles. As part of the Preservation...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 1:54pm
The 21st annual Austin Museum Day, the Austin Museum Partnership’s (AMP) free day of discovery at about 40 museums in the greater Austin area, returns on Sunday, September 23.
The THC is proud to participate once again by co-presenting the Austin Museum Day Instagram Contest. Museum Day attendees can show off all the cool things they encounter at museums and have a chance to...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 12:46pm
By Mark Thomas, President/CEO of Taylor Economic Development Corporation
This article was originally featured in the September 2018 issue of Main Street Matters.
In late 2015, two budding entrepreneurs approached the City of Taylor and the Taylor Economic Development Corporation with an idea about a project that would lead to a very big turnaround in downtown Taylor....
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 - 1:39pm
By Lois Bronaugh, Intern, Sam Rayburn State Historic Site
For many, August is a month of change: summer is ending, autumn is beginning, school is starting, and leaves are falling. 119 years ago this month, two people in North Texas added yet another significant change to the season—marriage!
These two individuals, W.A. Thomas and Katherine Rayburn (Thomas),...
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