2025 Most Significant Scholarly Book, Texas Institute of Letters A history of racism and segregation in twentieth-century Houston and beyond. Through the 1950s and beyond, the Supreme Court issued decisions that appeared to provide immediate civil rights protections to racial minorities as it relegated Jim Crow to the past. For black ......
Beneath the vast, unyielding Texas sky lies a story of grit, gushers, and grandeur-a tale of how oil, cattle, and the audacious dreams of larger-than-life figures forged a state unlike any other. Under Texas Skies: Oil, Ranches, and Dreams that Shaped a State takes readers on a sweeping journey through Texas history, from the explosive birth of ......
How wheat growing, milling, and baking shaped the people and culture of North Texas. In the national imaginary, America's amber fields of grain lie in the country's center, but for more than a century, they also grew across one pocket of the South: North Texas. From the 1840s to the 1970s, the state's agriculture, dominated in lore by cotton in ......
The 2026-2027 Texas Almanacis ready for liftoff! The 73rd edition-produced by the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)-is loaded with more than 700 pages of all things Texas. Unlock the history and future of space in the Lone Star State. Learn the importance of Spanish exploration to the area. Discover new lists of top attractions to add ......
Building on the successful first edition, published in 2007, this comprehensive update to Texas Quails: Ecology and Management provides an encyclopedic overview of the research and best practices that support quail management and conservation, an accessible as well as useful guide for wildlife and natural resource professionals. Four species of ......
The story of the Star Film Ranch and its pioneering crew, who created the first "authentic" Westerns filmed in Texas. In 1910, the MEliEs Star Film Company of Manhattan set up a moving-picture studio outside San Antonio, the first in Texas. Determined to make the most authentic Westerns possible, the company filmed there for a little over a ......
The story of the iconic Fonda San Miguel from owner Tom Gilliland. Celebrate 50 years of Austin institution Fonda San Miguel with The Soul of Fonda San Miguel. Owner Tom Gilliland tells the story of this iconic restaurant from its start in 1975 through the decades, highlighting its dedication to the traditional regional foods of the cuisine, ......
The 2026-2027 Texas Almanacis ready for liftoff! The 73rd edition-produced by the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)-is loaded with more than 700 pages of all things Texas. Unlock the history and future of space in the Lone Star State. Learn the importance of Spanish exploration to the area. Discover new lists of top attractions to add ......
The Krause Ranch is not a normal Hill Country landscape-it has bottomless holes, dinosaur tracks, high limestone river cliffs where golden eagles nest, and occasional visits by TPWD-authenticated pumas and black bears. Historian Thad Sitton offers a detailed description of the 1,670-acre property, its human history, its natural history, and Gary ......