Thursday, May 14, 2020 - 9:51am
By Jeff Harris, Site Manager, Magoffin Home State Historic Site
The stories of El Paso's Magoffin family are intertwined with the diverse dynamics of the borderland in the late 1800s. These are the real stories of people whose lives were impacted when Joseph and Octavia Magoffin moved into their new home in 1877.
Uncle Charlie Richardson was Joseph Magoffin’s first-cousin,...
Thursday, May 14, 2020 - 9:51am
By Jeff Harris, Site Manager, Magoffin Home State Historic Site
The stories of El Paso's Magoffin family are intertwined with the diverse dynamics of the borderland in the late 1800s. These are the real stories of people whose lives were impacted when Joseph and Octavia Magoffin moved into their new home in 1877.
Uncle Charlie Richardson was Joseph Magoffin’s first-cousin,...
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 - 9:32am
by Bryan McAuley, Site Manager, San Felipe de Austin and Fannin Battleground State Historic Sites
As we begin to reopen our Texas Historical Commission State Historic Sites, we reflect on some of the fun, educational activities we developed while everyone was self-isolating.
Many historic sites and museums quickly pivoted to an online, distance-learning model during...
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 - 9:32am
by Bryan McAuley, Site Manager, San Felipe de Austin and Fannin Battleground State Historic Sites
As we begin to reopen our Texas Historical Commission State Historic Sites, we reflect on some of the fun, educational activities we developed while everyone was self-isolating.
Many historic sites and museums quickly pivoted to an online, distance-learning model during...
Friday, May 1, 2020 - 4:41pm
By Jason Rivas, THC 2019 Preservation Scholar
Eddie Harrison arrived in Washington County in 1955 to serve as the county extension agent. He later served as a state farm specialist and USDA livestock specialist before culminating his civic career in Texas as Brenham’s municipal court judge for 16 years.
Harrison believed the best way to serve the public was by getting...
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 8:52am
By Rachel Galan, Assistant Site Manager, Caddo Mounds State Historic Site
In this time, when we are asked to draw in and make our worlds smaller, when groceries are sometimes hard to come by, and we are trying to minimize our trips to public places, I’ve noticed people’s focus and interest return to foraging for wild food and medicine, gardening, and other homesteading activities...
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 8:52am
By Rachel Galan, Assistant Site Manager, Caddo Mounds State Historic Site
In this time, when we are asked to draw in and make our worlds smaller, when groceries are sometimes hard to come by, and we are trying to minimize our trips to public places, I’ve noticed people’s focus and interest return to foraging for wild food and medicine, gardening, and other homesteading activities...
Thursday, April 23, 2020 - 4:10pm
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2005 issue of The Medallion.
Article and photos by Andy Rhodes, Managing Editor The Medallion
Mention the word barbecue in Texas and two things are bound to happen. First, people’s hunger juices will start flowing; second, a debate will ensue about the best way to prepare the meat.
...
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 - 4:28pm
By Rob Hodges and Andy Rhodes, Texas Historical Commission Communications Division
On an unusually brisk April afternoon in 2018, county residents packed the courthouse square in Karnes City, located about an hour’s drive southeast of San Antonio. They were celebrating one of the most dramatic transformations in the 20-year history of the Texas Historical Commission’s (THC) Texas...
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 - 7:53am
By Jeff Harris, Site Manager, Magoffin Home State Historic Site
When I first arrived at the Magoffin Home State Historic Site almost three years ago, I was aware of adobe buildings from National Geographic magazine, TV history shows, and a wee bit I think I remembered from fifth-grade social studies.
I had never visited an adobe home before, much less an adobe mansion like the...
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