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Texan's Headline News:
June 30, 2005
Today in Texas History
June 30, 1835 Mexicans put down an uprising of colonists at Anahuac.
June 30, 1835 Mexican Army Capt. Antonio Tenorio surrenders the Anahuac garrison after spotting an advance by troops under the command of William B. Travis. Travis would later be criticized for allowing the Mexicans to leave after pledging that they would not take up arms against Texas.
Today's Texian Headline News
Texas Region Fault Zones Awaken as
'Compressed' North American Plate
Ready to Break Say Russian Scientists,
US Scientists Confirm Danger to Continent
New case of mad cow disease found in Texas
Gladewater Woman Disagrees With Police's Story
On Gladewater Shooting
Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Girl On Bus Could Return To East Texas
Longview Fire Caused By Fireworks
Tyler Pipe Fined $1,500,000
Giant Sinkhole Continues To Grow
Defenders kept in the dark about crime lab problems
U.S. Case of Mad Cow Traced to Texas
Texas choir won't let boy audition for soprano role
Texas Couple Admits Molesting Their Baby
Texas Man Mysteriously Gets Rare Illness
West Texas Narcotics Drug Task Force likely to dissolve
2 more arrested in brutal beating of Texas man
Texas beef industry facts and figures
Perry, Strayhorn spar over education funding
Texas military members memoralized
Texas fugitive/Spurs theft/arrested in S.C.
Experts eyeing hidden menace terrorizing Texas’ grazing land
R-Necks play for PRIDE in West Texas Whatacup
 
Texian History Tidbits
The Mt. Tabor Indian Cemetery
THURBER'S HISTORY
The Waco Suspension Bridge
Brownsville-Barril
The Last Gasp of the Wild Bunch:
Ben Kilpatrick at Baxter’s Curve,
March 12, 1912
THE DOUBLE HANGING AT BELLVILLE IN 1896
Texian Culture
The First Permanent Civilian
Settlement in Texas
Mexican-American Sharecropping in the Early Twentieth Century
Guy Town
Chinese Texans
THE OIL FIELD SHOOTERS
Famous Texians
O. Henry
John Warne Gates
Augustus Carl Buchel
Xavier Blanchard Debray
William Polk Hardeman
  
Texan's Headline News:
June 29, 2005
Today in Texas History
June 29, 1907 Sculptress Elisabeth Ney dies and is buried at Liendo Plantation.
June 29, 1832 Mexican troops under the command of Jose Antonio Mexia march into Matamoros to claim the area for Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, marking the first action of Mexia’s expedition to preserve Texas as part of the Mexican union.
June 29, 1852 Fort Riley was established near Brackettville. The name was later changed to Fort Clarke.
Today's Texian Headline News
Kinder Morgan to buy gas facility from Texas Genco
BP Texas refinery blast probe finds faulty alarms
Texas bats are a cotton farmer's best friend
Burn Bans Expand Across North Texas
Texas Crop, Weather Report
Volunteers sought at Texas State Parks and historic sites
Distillers Applaud Texas Legislators
Texas delays Hoosier's execution
Pioneer to buy South Texas, Permian reserves
A Little Texas Sunshine
Texas man guilty of obscenity charge
City workers charged in fake bid scheme
Border Patrol warns of heat deaths
Momentum Builds for July Launch of 'Complete Fuel'
into Texas Retail Accounts
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. Announces Pricing of Common Stock Offering
Old Makeup Carries Risks For Infection
More Legal Troubles For Tatum Family
CPS seeks custody of newborn
Sink hole closes FM road near Tyler
Texas is seeking federal disaster relief for Matagorda and Knox counties
Laredo border officials seize almost $80,000
A lawmaker wants to know if the Bush administration
tried to suppress a survey indicating U-S policies spurred immigrants
to illegally enter the country.
Texas House Thwarts Voucher Bill
Texas House Passes Takings Compensation Bill
East Texas expanding education for young
 
Texian History Tidbits
Alibates Flint Quarries and Ruins
Mission San Sabá
Cattle Drives
When "Airships" Invaded Texas
GASOLINE, TEXAS
Famous Texians
William S. Porter
"O. Henry"
Buffalo Man
ALBERT THOMAS
BEAUFORD JESTER
Donna Hooks Fletcher
Texian Culture
Prehistoric Life and Death in the Rustler Hills
A Paleoindian and Archaic Campsite and Workshop
on the Balcones Escarpment
German Settlements in Central Texas
Age of Steam Railroad
CATHOLIC GERMANS FROM RUSSIA IN TEXAS
Texan's Headline News:
June 28, 2005
Today in Texas History
June 28, 1892 - The first battleship Texas is launched.
June 28, 1860 Southern Democrats nominate John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky for President.
June 28, 1957 Hurricane Audrey strikes near the Texas-Louisiana line, killing more than 400 people.
June 28, 1919 - The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, was ratified by the Texas Legislature.
 
Today's Texian Headline News
Paper Money Tyranny
by Ron Paul
Family Altered Photo of Missing Child to Get More Help
High court rules on religious displays
History spares Texas court's Ten Commandments
East Texans Confused About Ten Commandments Decision
Fear Over Gas Well Explosion Prompts Evacuations
Mother arrested after children ask neighbors for food
Man held after girl, 12, alleges she was raped aboard bus
Former Dallas student sentenced to six years in English prison
Texas man tried to save Florida girl
Texas Commits to Protecting Children In Child Care
From Serious Pneumococcal Diseases
Texas man arrested in road rage incident
Minuteman group seeks 1,000 to patrol Texas, NM
Possible anti-Kelo law in Texas
Will Eminent Domain Be Added to the
Current Texas Legislative Special Session?
Plan to widen road over Indian burial ground draws fire
An East Texas college student finally learned why she'd gained weight
UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE IS SEARCHING FOR
CESAR LIRA AND MANUEL AYALA
New law stiffens penalty for providing booze to kids
Texas Recording Professionals Garner Expertise from Masters
Students offer advice on surviving freshman year
At Senate hearing, SBC fights phone, television legislation
High-tech parking meters could pull in WiFi users
Medicaid maladies
Perry school plan gathers critics
TABC concerned about club's role in drunken driving
AU theater banner draws controversy
VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE HELP
AT BETHESDA HEALTH CLINIC
CZECH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
SETS JULY CONFERENCE
 
Texan's Headline News:
June 27, 2005
Today in Texas History
June 27, 1874 A Kiowa and Comanche war party commanded by Quanah Parker attacks buffalo hunters at Adobe Walls in what is now Hutchinson County on the Canadian River. Three hunters and 13 Indians are killed. The encounter, called the Second Battle of Adobe Walls, spurs the final military effort known as the Red River War to force the last Indians living east of the Pecos River into Indian Territory, now the state of Oklahoma.
Today's Texian Headline News
Texas homeowners cash in on natural gas scramble
Contractor sues to keep Trans-Texas details hidden
Texas requires coverage of Digene's HPV test
Is Texas Tea the new tech?
Texas Woman Missing From Carnival Cruise
Wyoming inmates in Colorado head to Texas
Texas Music Festival opens tonight at UPC campground
Giant Sinkhole A Mystery
Flight attendant sentenced to five years for bomb note on plane
Woman kept alive 20 years after someone tried to strangle her
High-tech robotic open-heart surgery found in Odessa
Oklahoma aims to draw more Texas gamblers
River of joy for Texas heroes
Franek Technologies Prevents $500,000 Loss for
U of Texas Southwestern Medical Center With Power Protection System
Ark. insurance regulators freeze Texas cemetery owner's accounts
Taiwan's Formosa Plastics group plans new PVC plant in Texas
Law officers dispute speeding survey
Texans' taxes should not fund lobbyists
Friedman pushes education
Declaring a particular race doesn't deny Hispanic roots
AG opinion may not help club owner
Fans run rampant on Guadalupe Street as
honking Longhorns drive by campus
Proud Of East Texas: Jay Pepper
Possible UFO photographed over Lake O The Pines, Texas
Neighbors intrigued by alligator sightings
Strait talkin'
Texian History Tidbits
The Urrea Oaks
Tree Murder in La Grange
JACKSBORO, TEXAS
The Good Luck Colony
TUMBLEWEEDS' TALES
Famous Texians
John Ireland
James Pinckney Henderson
Preston Earnest Smith
John Bowden Connally
Peter Hansbrough Bell
 
Texan's Headline News:
June 26, 2005
Today in Texas History
June 26, 1928 The Democratic National Convention begins in Houston, the first nominating convention held in a Southern city since 1860.
June 26, 1832 What is considered the first bloodshed of the Texas Revolution takes place at Velasco when Texans, who were transporting a cannon from Brazoria to Anahuac, are challenged by Mexican forces under the command of Domingo de Ugartechea. The Mexicans surrender June 29 after their ammunition runs out.
Today's Texian Headline News
Texas ranchers are confident that beef supply is safe
Miss Texas Pageant Sunday
Elissa, the towering ship that calls Galveston home, is
'The Tall Ship of Texas.'
Royalties owed to South Texas family
challenged again
East Texas Train Derailment
New 'Front Door' To The World for North Texas
Once all the buzz, 'killer bees' not as deadly as anticipated
'04 seizures of pot, meth broke records
Baylor cancer director says second center to help underserved area
Minutemen in a Lone Star State of Mind
State may consider site along Neches River for park
Texas AgrAbility helps impaired ag workers increase productivity
Association seeks to allay fears about prescribing fire
BP to move into former Big Kmart building
Supreme Court may close with retirement
Texas Capitol Commandments ruling is expected
Family’s house burgled during funeral
Property rights in question after court rules
cities can seize private property
City now has more power to take over private property
Get a state parks pass
Jury still out in trial of local dentist
Fight for mental health funds not over
Cornyn: Amnesty for illegal immigrants wouldn't pass in Congress
Kooky caravan show's all promo
KNH seeks help for Diamond Jubilee
Texas Shakespeare Festival Calendar
Orange deputy fired for mishandling seized drug money
Hemp for Victory
True to himself, true to his music - Lovett
COSBY, COULTER COMING TO COWAN
Mother of 11 Wins Purina Mills HOW Sweeps
Texian Culture
Firecracker Pueblo
Aldridge Sawmill and the East Texas Logging Bonanza
The Humble Ethnographer's Corner:
West Texas culture
Clovis Points
Norwegian Capital of Texas, Clifton
Texian History Tidbits
Texas Sports History
HISTORY OF LA SALLE
AND McMULLEN COUNTIES
HISTORY OF COTULLA
Texans Take Washington
Comyn, Texas
Texan's Headline News:
June 25, 2005
Today in Texas History
June 25, 1864 Rip Ford's Confederates win one at Las Rucias. A year later he wins the last battle of the Civil War after the war ends.
June 25, 1999 The San Antonio Spurs win the team’s first NBA championship, defeating the New York Knicks 78-77 in Game 5 of the NBA finals.
June 25, 1941 The contract to build Jones Field airfield base in Bonham was approved. The Bonham Aviation School there provided flight training for army pilots during WWII.
Today's Texian Headline News
Freeport moves to seize 3 properties
Court's decision empowers the city to steal property
for a private marina
THE END OF PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS
DFW Controllers Hid Near Misses
If you have been flying into the Dallas-Fort Worth area,
you probably should be dead
Second U.S. mad-cow case found in Texas
Lottery officials admit to inflating jackpots
Texas slay victim's father wins
60-day custody of grandson
Conservative groups demand more accountability
in school spending
Grusendorf: Teacher pay
50 years later, "Giant" remains touchstone for West Texas town
MISS TEXAS USA CROWN IN LAREDO
Texas Supreme Court dismisses Cantu lawsuit against Herald
Alto students travel to Happy, Texas for mission work
East Texas Landlord Arrested
Eminent Domain, Texas style
Texas AG seeks 'truth in billing' for wireless phone services
Texas Court Proposes Schedule for MOSAID
Patent Lawsuit Against Infineon
Wells gets Federal Reserve OK on Texas purchase
Texas money flows north
6 Texas children locked in sweltering van
The many ways that justice can fail
Felton West, writer and editor for Houston Post
Pair arrested in sexual assault of 12-year-old
Advertising Gets a New Vehicle in Texas
Texas Ranger museum gets $2.1 million for expansion
Hwy 377 widening options released
Airman's rape trial halted amid dispute with counselor
Great Stories Told at Texas Thoroughbred Association Conference
No easy fix for reapportionment wrongs
Residents concerned after court ruling
Texian Culture
SCENES of TEXAS CULTURE
MY LAST TALE FROM THE WEST TEXAS DUST
SPECIAL PASSOVER ESSAY
SACRIFICING THE BEST FOR
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU LOVE THE MOST
British Isles to Texas
Scots came to Texas
Spanish came to Mexico and Texas as conquerors
soldiers, settlers, and priests
From Sweden to Texas
Texas Cajuns are descendants of the peasants
from Acadia who left French Canada
The Swiss are only a small cultural representation in Texas
The Wends of Texas represent a small Slavic group
Famous Texians
James Lambert Rundell
Marialice Shary Shivers
Ima Mae Smith
Mildred Paxton Moody
Adele F. Baron Lubbock
Texan's Headline News:
June 24, 2005
Today in Texas History
June 24, 1840 Col. Henry Karnes calls for a volunteer army to fight Indians, Mexicans and lawless elements on the frontier.
June 24, 1716 To celebrate the feast of St. John, soldiers of the Ramón expedition stage the first horse race in Texas.
June 24, 1859 Edwin St. John Greble, first commanding general of the 36th Infantry Division, is born at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Greble is credited with reorganizing the Texas and Oklahoma National Guards in 1917 at Camp Bowie in Tarrant County and training the force for action in France.
June 24, 1860 Lt. William H. Echols left San Antonio with 20 camels and 25 pack mules to explore parts of West Texas.
Today's Texian Headline News
Herds Of Wild Hogs Venturing Into Big Sandy Neighborhoods
Mail Thief Pleads Guilty To Federal Charge
Deadly Insects, Raw Sewage Infest Neighborhood
Kilgore Shakespeare Festival Begins
Body Found In Harrison County
Peeping Toms Lurking In Tyler Apartment Complexes
Exxon Mobil employee loses arm in explosion
Dry cleaner charged with videotaping restroom
Baylor plans multi-component mental health complex
Irish company says it will build wind farm in West Texas
Sexual assault trial begins for former Panhandle priest
Couple convicted in connection with fake cancer scheme
Quarantine to Bee Discontinued in Texas
Texas inmate fingered in 1988 Peninsula murder
Enbridge Energy Partners Completes New
East Texas Natural Gas Transmission Pipeline
Texas Dream Home Turns Into Nightmare
Texas Aviation Hall of Fame names inductees
Man, boy arrested in child rape case
Judge says Roberts should have checked facts
New student fees generate $150,000
Seaweed washes up on beaches
Police look into another beating claim
Latino group to continue legal battle over Texas district lines
New Study Says States Including Texas Fudge Graduation Rates
Edwards To Announce Plan For Bosque River Cleanup
Texas Legislature reinstates important CHIP benefits
Investigation shows airplane near-misses underreported by Texas controllers
Lightning strikes are common in West Texas
Irving Hears Proposals For Future Texas Stadium Development
Lenny's books 80 Texas franchise restaurants
U.S. court: Texas college was wrong to prohibit pamphlet distribution
Lone Star Spots Big on Texas Imagery
He's no Queen Street cowboy
Kinky to pay a call to NE Texas
Famous Texians
HANK THOMPSON
RIP TORN & "SISSY" SPACEK
Cousins from Granger, Texas
BARBARIANS AT THE CITY LIMITS
A STATUE FOR Lightnin' Hopkins
Samuel Arthur Robertson
True Texas Tales
IDIOT SIGHTING*:
At a good-bye luncheon for an old and dear coworker who was leaving
the company due to downsizing," our manager commented cheerfully,
"this is fun We should do this more often." Not a word was spoken.
We all just looked at each other with that deer-in-the-headlights stare.
This was a bunch at Texas Instruments.
IDIOT SIGHTING*:
I work with an individual who plugged her power strip back into itself
and for the life of her couldn't understand why her system would not turn on.
A deputy with the Dallas County Sheriff's office no less.
Texian Culture
Native Texans
Lebanonese and Syrian Texans
Texas Norwegians
Upper Nasoni
ROBERTSON'S COLONY
in TexasFree Online Book
Texian History Tidbits
The Texas State Cemetery
"The Arlington of Texas"
The Capitol Goddess or
What's a girl like you doing on a Capitol like this?
NEW LONDON SCHOOL EXPLOSION
The Equestrian Statue of
Juan Seguin
Battle of Brushy Creek
Samuel Emery Chamberlain
"My Confession."
Texan's Headline News:
June 23, 2005
Today's Texian Headline News
Texas Man jailed for Islamic centre attack
First Open-to-the-Public
Scientific Peer Review Shroud of Turin Conference
Slated for Dallas
Seal border with Iraq, US tells Syria
(Why doesn't the US seal that border?
They have ALL the troops there!
Oh yea.. the US can't even seal and protect the Texas Border---)
Massive Crack Opens In Earth
In Texas
Traffic, Business Slowing Down On Broadway
ETMC EMS Dispatcher Receives State Honor
For Helping Young Boy
Dallas girl, 14, drowns in South Padre Island surf
Blown-out gas well won't be plugged until August
FDA warns Perry about Canada drug plan
Feds Interfere with Texas AGAIN
Trans-Texas Corridor consortium seeks public money
Texas Governor Commutes 28 Death Sentences
Seized tiger cubs headed for Texas sanctuary
One week of pure heaven for Texas runners
Caldwell: ‘the miracle’ is East Texas
North Texas Minority Chambers of Commerce Unite
in Show of Community Support for DFW International Airport
Sierra Systems Awarded USD $4.3 Million Contract
to Overhaul Texas Student Loan System
Wholesale insurance company comes to Texas
Four Generations of War Veterans Reunite in Texas
Texas Enacts Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Program Law
Texas Investigates Bingo Machine Price Fixing
Texas Truck Driver Indicted for Workers' Comp Fraud
Central Texas counties dealing with dry conditions
Flags Lowered To Half Staff In Honor Of Late Texas Congressman
The Quiet Jack Kilby
Texas Soldiers Killed In Iraq
Benefit Concert For The Oasis Staff
During this special session, lawmakers should make
improved public education their first priority.
Texas men charged in EP 'pigeon drop'
DNA links inmate to rape of Pearland teacher in '03
Today in Texas History
June 23, 1931 Texan Wiley Post starts his flight around the world.
June 23, 1919 Texas becomes the ninth state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving women the right to vote.
June 23, 1955 Amon Carter, a successful newspaperman and entrepreneur, passed away. Works of art and funds from his estate were used to create the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth.
Texian Cultures
Jewish Texans
Japanese Texans
Once You’ve Experienced the Freedoms...
Bringing Back Cobwebs
Texian History Tidbits
WHY STUDY HISTORY?
Texas Catholic Historical Society
1860s Living Farmstead
at Old City Park
Republic of Texas Boundary Marker
The Second Battle of the Alamo
San Augustin, Texas - January 9, 1836
David Crockett's Letter to his Children
Texas Makes Movies
Famous Texians
Twin Sisters
DICK DOWLING
LBJ AND EAST TEXAS POLITICS
Antoinette Power Houston
Capt. William Lee "Will" Wright
 
Texan's Headline News:
June 22, 2005
Today's Texian Headline News
CenterPoint, City Of Tyler To Pay Legal Fees
Woman, 63, dies after collapsing in courtroom
Telegrams from Hughes to Hepburn up for auction
Lack of rain keeping Texas as dry as Dust Bowl days
Texas sea-lion biologist faces federal charges
Minuteman Patrolling Texas Border
City officials are considering ways to improve the Texas City Dike
East Texas legislators say they hope homeowners
will get property tax relief
Man from Texas found dead in canal
State law targets discount brokers
Real estate rule to add services, but costs may rise
WaMu selling five Texas branches
Exxon CEO expects Texas LNG terminal OK soon
Potty Mouthed Perry
(Perry Just Another Compassionate Right Wing Conservative Christian)
New Mega Millions Rules Go Into Effect Wednesday In Texas
Farm credit leader comments on commodities, changes
Texas Franchise Bill May Ride Again
Tribe Told to Reroute DeLay Checks
Sugar Land city manager named 'Best in Texas'
Pickle represented Central Texas for more than 30 years
Eldorado to Drill in Texas
Today in Texas History
June 22, 1876 General Santa Anna dies of old age in Mexico City.
June 22, 1867 This is the worst single day of a yellow fever epidemic that sweeps coastal Texas
June 22, 1994 The Houston Rockets win the team’s first NBA championship, beating the New York Knicks 90-84 in Game 7 of the NBA finals.
Texian Cultures
The Hungarians
The Irish have early connections with Texas
The Italian Texans
WINDMILLS IN TEXAS
LET ANGELS PROSTRATE FALL
Camp Meetings in Texas
Famous Texians
ELISE AMALIE TVEDE WAERENSKJOLD
Early Norwegian-Texan Abolitionist
TOM THREEPERSONS, BORDER LAWMAN
William Thomas "Billy" Cloyd
Sheriff of Motley County
"Gentle Justice"
Sheriff Wayne McCollum
Texas History Tidbits
1910: Historical eyesore
Lynching turned downtown centerpiece into disgraceful reminder
1912: Bridge over troubled water
One night of terror became
a lasting part of Galveston's identity
Isaac's Storm: A Man, A Time,
and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
The B'nai Abraham Cemetery
Brenham, Texas
Texan's Headline News:
June 21, 2005
Today in Texas History
June 21, 1845 The annexation of Texas by the United States was approved by the Texas Congress.
June 21, 1917 Humble Oil Co., later known as Exxon, is incorporated.
Today's Texian Headline News
Warm Welcome in Texas for Minutemen
Texas judge refuses to move Cuban exile's case
Retired schoolteacher, noted for frugality,
leaves his Texas alma mater $2.1 million
Texas firm to help in Abura search
Texas Gov. Signs Insurance Fraud Legislation
eRepublic to launch Texas Technology Magazine
Perry signs teacher retirement bill
Correctional Services Corporation/Texas Department of Criminal Justice
to House up to 250 Inmates at Jefferson County Detention Center
Odyssey Thera, Texas biotech team up
Asbestos bill in U.S. Senate would undercut recent Texas legislation
with an inferior law opposed by consumers and corporations.
Start of summer brings burning bans
Critics say meetings on dumps are needed
New law makes landfill meetings optional
Opponents fear change will restrict public's right to know about
landfills, hazardous waste sites.
Joint exercise of Texas National Guard, Czech soldiers begins
Inmates to take HIV test before release
Major Death Penalty Rulings This Term
Texas Passes Financial Literacy Law
Catalyst Announces Patent Pending Status for
Elliptical Cross-Arm Design
New cast takes on 'The Real World,' Texas-style
Molecular Imprints Installs Tools in
Various National Labs & Research Centers
Trout program progress slow, but steady
Fired BP worker says workers wrongly blamed for explosion
Magazine ranks Austin eighth cleanest city
Crude and copper hit highs on supply worries
Texas Flowers teams up with specialty foods distributor
Texas Prison Guards Indicted for Workers' Comp Fraud
Tax freeze passes
Texian Cultures
The French Texans
Texans of German birth or descent
Greeks and people of Greek heritage came to Texas
A 'Tuna' Atmosphere
If the Principles Are Gone
In Those Days, It Was Just Different
Texian History Tidbits
The Red River War of 1874
Kincaid Shelter: 13,000 Years in the Sabinal River Valley
Falcon Reservoir: Ghosts of Spanish Ranchos
Ceremonial Cave
1906: Lake Cliff Park
1870s: Uptown cemeteries
A Roadside Park Mystery
THE SHERIFF
A Gonzales County Rite of Passage
PIERCE, TEXAS
Famous Texians
Milton Irish
Alfonso (Alphonso) Steele,
last Texas survivor of the battle of San Jacinto
TUFFY
The East Texas Chow
The "Junk Yard Dog" as Teddy-Bear
DAN MARTINETS - THE LONE GRANGER
Abel Head Pierce
THE MIGHTY HOSS
"Ol' Rip"
The Entombed Horned Toad of Eastland County
THE BIG BOPPER
Texan's Headline News:
June 20, 2005
Today in Texas History
June 20, 1924 Audie Murphy was born near Kingston, Texas. He grew up to be the most decorated soldier of WWII, and went on to star in 39 motion pictures.
June 20, 1841 The Santa Fé expedition, launched by Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar without Texas Congressional authorization, leaves Central Texas on its way west to establish trade with and solidify Texas’ claims to territory around Santa Fé. Members of the group are taken prisoner by Mexican troops, marched to Mexico City and imprisoned. They are finally released in 1842.
June 20, 1928 The beaches at Galveston were crowded.
Today's Texian Headline News
Texas Comptroller says Unitarian church not a tax-exempt religion
Perry extinguishes Texas Comptroller's
move to increase cigarette tax
Texas Comptroller Diverts Lottery Money From School Children
Texas Comptroller Will Run for Governor
Nurse in Texas prison suspected of Oregon murder
Military can't slow drug war violence
Agents flood a crime scene in Nuevo Laredo
Texas group denies boy's bid to sing soprano in All-State Choir
Texas Governor Vetoes School Budget
Women outshine in doctors' gathering in Texas
Texas Tech & Special Session
Texas quintet plays the Magic Stick
DFW Airport will be hosting Texas Day
at the new International Terminal D
Texas cyclist dies in crash in Kentucky
Dry Spring Brings Plentiful Watermelon Harvest in Texas
Texas Legislature copes with development issues
'IT IS OUT OF CONTROL'
Ranchers call for action
New bank takes root in River Oaks
Organizers capitalize on established name in bid
for piece of lucrative pie
Tax freeze on table in Galveston County
'Barbecu' romp brims with real Texas flavor
Texas, Iowa, Indiana Raise Maximum Speed Limit
The Loneliness of a Lonestar Liberal
Itera Buys Gas in Texas
Just blame Texas for Basalt political fight
Texas fights summer litter
Supreme Court could decide Ten Commandments
Southern grub: Texas couple brings barbecue stand to Ennis
Is it safe to eat fish caught near the dike?
Two die in shooting at raceway
Alcohol and counties gets complicated
Valley counselors stunned by study on marijuana use
New vaccine recommended for youth
San Marcos at 'ground zero' of 'Flash Flood Alley'
Flash flood alley topic of film
Border Patrol to get medical training
Woman released after questioning
Letters tell DA man who killed fetuses controlled mom
Russian Adoptions Orphaned by State
Texian Cultures
Danish Texans
The Dutch Texans
The Filipino Texans
Texans of English origin
The Buffalo Soldiers in Texas
Turn-of-the-Century Women of the Cloth
Texian History Tidbits
1894: Parkland Hospital
The Eerie Demise of Johnny Horton
The Lady in Blue
Chilling Tales of Ghostly Experiences at the Alamo
The Baker Mansion
The mystery of Center High School's second floor
TIOGA, TEXAS
Famous Texians
James Brown
as Lt. Rip Masters
with co-star Rin Tin Tin
Pass the Biscuits, Pappy
James Washington White
DORIS MILLER: HERO
Mary, Mary, Once of Perry
Cliftine Van Gilder
Monetta Eloyse Darnell
William Gerald Tobin
General Hiram Bronson Granbury
Beauford Halbert Jester
TEN MORE THINGS
YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT JUDGE ROY BEAN
Rupert P. Wright
Outlaw with two faces
Tejano Hero Norberto Sierra
Belle the Cow
PRIMADONNA'S BIRTHDAY
Pansy Hundley
PANSY The Librarian
Texan's Headline News:
June 19, 2005
Today in Texas History
June 19, 1865 General Gordon Granger landed at Galveston and issued a proclamation declaring all slaves in Texas to be free.
Today's Texian Headline News
Perry spikes probation and consent search bills
Single handedly Voids Constitutional Rights
Ignores STATE imposed Prison Overcrowding
Texas law strips right to parole in murders
Domestic violence is a men's issue. Take a stand
Versatile Texas Star shines
Texas Shakespeare Festival receives grant
North Texas Crops Field Day Set for July 21
Juneteenth celebrations planned across Central Texas
Under the Dome: Austin lawmaker tops
Texas Monthly's worst list again
Texas firm to build wind farm in Union County
Convict Flees Texas Courthouse
Brain boom: Latinos can help close technology gap
Victims' rights monument stirs trouble
Courthouse site could influence jurors
Museum celebrates emancipation of Texas slaves
Texas gun fund-raiser nothing to laugh at
Perry increases border security with more troops, equipment
Wave Theory: Don't Mess with Texas!
Minutemen Project Possibly Coming to Texas
Cornyn seeks middle ground on illegal workers
Senator wants to stem the costs for Americans
without destroying the economy
Man convicted for causing miscarriage
taunted girlfriend in letters
Cirrus Logic gets $25 million in settlement against Fujitsu
Texas City firefighters and the city are near
getting back to talks
VAN ZANDT COUNTY FAIR MOO-VES OUT
Scientist Creates 3-D Holographic Video
Cities get temporary restraining order
"Fair Of The Future":
High-Tech Agriculture, Equestrian Center?
Special Freebie on Texas
Journal of the Texian Expedition Against Mier
by Gen. T. J. Green, 1845
Free Online Book
Texian Cultures
Chinese Texans
The story of Belgians in Texas
Czech presence in Texas
"This Beautiful Mountain Paradise...”
I Will Not Be a Token
Just Such Good Guys
Nana's Father Is Chasing Pancho Villa,
but Thelma's Father Knows Where He Is
The Mind Has to Be Opened like a Parachute
A Man of Vision
And Then We Found Another Mission
Texas People Have Such a Love Affair
The Yellow Rose
My Black Seminole Ancestors: Running to Freedom
Many Texans, do not know that black Indians lived in Texas
Texian History Tidbits
Timeline: Spain and Texas
Texas: The Shape and the Name
African Sailors, a Vanished Colony, and Texas
Abilene: Where the West Lives On
Waco: Down by the Riverside
Uriah Lott
HIDDEN HISTORY of HOUSTON HOCKEY
Hidden History of Sequoyah
Jack Ruby's Carousel club
1927: First convenience store
Robert Johnson
Singer left mysterious legacy at 508 Park Ave.
Texas Music:
Its Roots, Its Evolution
Women in Texas Music
The Yellow Stone
TEXAS MAMMALS
Mexican-American Sharecropping in the Early Twentieth Century
Sha'chahdínnih (Timber Hill):
Last Village of the Kadohadacho in the Caddo Homeland
Wax, Men, and Money:
Candelilla Wax Camps along the Rio Grande
Tunnell's Journey
The Gilbert Site
The Governor's Mansion
LOFTS AROUND TEXAS
Texas 1806
Folk Remedies and Early Medicine
"Blue John" and "Pony"
My Experiences on the Plains
Timeline of Texas Governors
Famous Texians
Ashbel Smith, pioneer doctor
Jesse Billingsley, San Jacinto soldier, ranger, and legislator
William Lockhart Hunter, soldier and politician
Randal Jones, early Texas soldier and public official
Rufus Easton Campbell, farmer and soldier
William Gordon Cooke, soldier and statesman
John W. McHorse,
a citizen of the Republic of Texas
James Austin Sylvester
captor of Antonio Lspez de Santa Anna
Phillip Walker, Republic of Texas veteran
James Charles Wilson, senator
Stephen Williams
volunteered for military service in 1835, at the age of seventy-five
Texan's Headline News:
June 17-18, 2005
Blind Justice: Donors Help Revive 'Talking Newspaper' Program In Texas
Texas juries gain new alternative to death penalty
Texas Keeps Custody of Cancer Patient
Texas no friend to black defendants
Senators try to explain failure to co-sponsor lynching apology
Texas Industries offers notes to help fund spinoff
Texas Supreme Court Reverses Lower Court Judgment Against Sterling ...
Bill to help support military in Texas
2 Texas Marines killed in Iraq bombing
Deaths caused by soul-less entity in D.C.
Texas Cheeleaders Disciplined In Feces Frame Job
LOCKHEED, U TEXAS BID TO RUN LOS ALAMOS LAB
U.S. Supreme Court stops another Texas execution
Texas' Economic Status
Green elected to Texas Jail Association
Former Texas Chief Justice to join Baker Botts
I'M NOT ANOREXIC..I'M FROM TEXAS
Man shoots 2 at Savoy plant, then himself
Texas Monthly names Mike Villarreal one of state's best lawmakers
Texas workers secure about jobs
Attorney General Greg Abbott Wishes Texas Dads A Happy Father's Day
What the Sheriff Has for Dinner
Statewide Polling Pioneer Joe Belden Dies
Little Texas Electrified
Texas firm has financial ties to Buena Vista casino
Texas A&M Engineering Launches RFiD Lab with GlobeRanger Software
Best in Texas, Galveston Daily News to keep presses rolling
Folk sounds of Texas
Textbook funding caught in crossfire of school bill
Texas couple gives $4 million to Auburn University art museum
Whittier Energy Corporation Announces Closing of
Acquisition of RIMCO Production Company
FISHING REPORT
Growing Goya Foods has gigantic plans
New Houston plant will be twice size of current one
Texas Legislature Roundup
Health officials investigating illness outbreak
Lufkin Gets Ready For A Historic Holiday
Perry considering veto on budget item
Sex-ed saint
Brilliant doc follows Lubbock teen who fights for gay-straight alliance
Ex-Baylor Player Is Sentenced
Texas comptroller makes conspicuous plans for Saturday
City, engineer settle lawsuit
Roscoe to receive grant for sewer improvements
'Dream Home' winner losing fight to keep house
Kinky Friedman to visit El Paso
Kinky Friedman - showman or serious candidate?
Undocumented workers fill niche in U.S. economy
A possible conflict for DeLay?
Tyler's East Texas State Fair to move
El Paso imam detained on visa violation
Port could receive funding
2 REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS
FACE NEW CHARGES IN CHEROKEE COUNTY
When Texas freezes over
UNCOVERING SCIENCE OF NATURE
Texas schools should be for U.S. citizens
Advocates upset at sale of prison horses for meat
States Sue Promoter of Unapproved Drugs
Texan's Headline News:
June 13, 2005
Texas church van crashes in Arkansas,
police say no major injuries
New adjutant general takes charge of Texas National Guard
Texas Governor Mobilizes Evangelicals
Texas Legislature fails to serve constituents
Dishonoring Texas
In 'Cement Capitol of Texas,'
Residents Search for Cause of Ailments
Supreme Court throws out conviction of inmate
on Texas' death row
Neighborhood in Texas to be sex offender-free
Sprouts growing in North Texas
Farmers' market-style chain to open second location
in Flower Mound
Files fuel questions on DeLay tie to PAC
Gordon Baxter, longtime SE Texas radio personality, dead at 81
US President's Terrorism Crusade to be Tested in
Occupied Texas Today
PYR Energy Announces Spud of 2nd Well at Tortuga Grande
Experts try to open doors for stem cells
Seach Continues For Missing Texas Man
Ecoloclean Industries Receives Project Proposal Invitation
From US EPA
Texas man unharmed after exposure to cyanide
Proud Of East Texas: Dr. V's Art
Mueller may get institute
$100M center would be health research hub
Delphi Medical Wins Significant New Contract
With Applied Biosystems
$500 Million Plans for Consol Energy Coal Mining Expansion
Blast investigators are dedicated to job
Students made year successful
Turmeric hope against cancer
Honeywell plant to expand
Texas DSHS Issues Plague Precautions for Midland County Area
A team of Texas A&M scientists is dedicated to understanding
mysterious oxygen depletion around the
Gulf of Mexico's floor
Texas Attorney General Abbott
Asks U. S. Supreme Court To Uphold
Right Of Reporters To Protect Sources
Life still thrives in 'dead zone'
Report cites need to get the word out on cancer research
Decision passed down Thursday on
Cherokee County redistricting case
Texan's Headline News:
June 12, 2005
Biological Warfare, Mad Cow Disease
On University of Houston Student's Hit List
 
Indicted Delay Associates Behind Texas Anti-Gay Bill
"gateway to the great east texas oilfield"
20th anniversary for the Texas Shakespeare Festival
Fathers rally for more time with their kids
National arts convention held in Austin
The fine art of cake decorating
UT hacker found guilty
Laredo soldier dies in Iraq
Bats live off of cotton, corn pests
Alicefest sparks concerns about Highway 21
Landfill baby tip came from hospital
Raised by state of Texas,
young man adrift in homelessness
Southeast Texas Family Furious Over Medical Mix-Up
Diabetic men 'face sex problems'
Three arrested at cockfight
Leader of polygamous sect indicted
Houston rappers meet on hardwood for charity
Rise and Fall
Former sheriff in shackles after term of scandal, controversy
Lemonade stands raise funds for cancer research
Man arrested for Southmost slaying
Ibarra pulled over for defective headlight, police say
Some keep the faith in herbal remedies
 
Legislation could close plants that kill horses
Botanical Research Institute of Texas
Launches Awareness Campaign to Further
Botanical Knowledge About the Art and Science
of Life-Preserving Plants
Texas Redistricting Case Headed Back To Supreme Court
'El Chapito' freed, arrested again
Texan's Headline News:
June 10-11, 2005
Parents drop objection to radiation help
Teachers may get a pay raise
Top cloning pioneer here for stem-cell conference
Texas cow tests positive for mad cow
Court ruling requires disclosure about funding in Texas House races
Detonating Device Disappears From Truck In East Texas
Is Texas Teen Serving Life Sentence For Fetal Murder
Or For Practicing Medicine Without A License?
Texas gasoline prices rebounding after declines
Storm raises fire risk for East Texas, forest service says
Have fun at Funfest
Outpatient obesity surgery now available
in northeast Texas with the
Lap Band procedure
Suburbia provides hide-out in full sight
Texas company fined for neglecting Arkansas cemeteries
Restoring faith in Texas justice will take giant leap
Family wins appeal to get Padre Island royalties
Court rules for heirs of priest who received title to land in 1700s
Federal Panel Backs Texas Redistricting
The fisherman who has it all
Beneficial Bats
Legal fight over children on Medicaid continues
Texas groups demand apology for governor's comment
Border sister cities share tragedies and triumphs
Deregulation law clause lead to price hikes
Texas 46 widening project ready to begin
Spirit of Texas Music Series presents
Joe Ely and Bob Schneider
Diocese names 8 priests accused of abuse
Probe of plane crash under way
Pilot likely was practicing before hitting a house
Mild breeze brings enhanced surf conditions
Movie Magic Comes to North Texas
Vehicle registration stickers have wrinkles
Texans may get to buy prescription drugs from Canada
Taking TAKS online
Texan's Headline News:
June 8, 2005
Today in Texian History
June 8, 1911
Cereal millionaire C.W. Post sponsored the first of 21 "rain battles" in Texas.
Explosives were fired in the air to encourage precipitation.
June 8, 1944
William Royce "Boz" Scaggs born Dallas Texas
rocker (Steve Miller Band)
June 8, 1950
Kathy Whitton Baker born in Midland Texas
actress (Right Stuff, 16 Candles)
June 8, 1972
John S. Murphy Jr of Waco Texas killed in Vietnam
Texian History Tidbits
Quest for Peralta Gold
The Battle of San Bennidito
Rangers of the Republic
The Houston Family Kidnapping
Silver Stars and Six-Guns
Today's Texian Headline News
Child Services Reform Bill Signed in Texas
Tornado damages East Texas town of Grapeland
Texas Governor Rick Perry does a doozy on a parental consent bill
Where The Buffalo Roam: Austin, Texas
Townsend Named Texas A&M Agriculture Education Head
Insects Bugging You?
Know Which Repellent to Choose
Texas Industry Still Hoping for Gaming Vote
Commerce Energy Expands Into Two New Texas Markets
Allied Telesyn LightExplorer Quadruples Fiber Capacity For East Texas
Texas House delegation split over Love Field rule
NetNation Expands to New Texas IDC
Texas Instruments in late spotlight
Preventing Spider Bites
Eagle casts eye on boosting town
Queensbury man extradited from Texas
Cowboys Ordered To Pay Photographer For Copyright Infringement
Sheriff's Deputies Arrest Fraud Suspects
United Steelworkers Expands Investigation of BP Disaster
In Our View: Like an oven
US Oncology Enters Pharmaceutical Distribution Business
Surfside Beach has new rebuilding plan
Texas Summer Music Conference update
Are old wells contaminating groundwater?
AREA BARBERS FORM GROUP
Old South racism lives in Texas town
Residents of Camp Switch well on way to clean water
Man Charged In Death Of Wife Who Fell From Golf Cart
Moolinda winning entry in cow contest
Pesticide firm AgraQuest lands $14.35 million
Famous Texians
BARBARA CHARLINE JORDAN
Wiley Hardeman Post
Erastus (Deaf) Smith
Thomas William (Peg Leg) Ward
Freddie Joe Steinmark
Greenbury Logan
Andrew (Rube) Foster
Texan's Headline News:
June 7, 2005
Today in Texian History
June 7, 1842
A colonization contract was granted to
Burchard Miller and Henry Fisher to settle
1,000 German, Dutch and Swiss immigrants in Texas.
June 07, 1888
R.E. and John Stafford were killed in a saloon in Columbus, Texas
as a part of the Stafford-Townsend feud in Colorado County.
June 07, 1998
James Byrd Jr., a black man, is dragged to his death in Jasper.
Accused white supremacists are found guilty of the crime,
and two are sentenced to death.
Today's Texian Headline News
Hundreds Protest As Texas Gov Signs Anti-Gay Measure
Radioactive Waste Transported to Texas
Texas Genco files for $600 million IPO
Missing Texas Girl Found In Kentucky
PNM Resources completes purchase of Texas power company
AJC Criticizes Texas Governor for Mixing Politics, Religion
Time Runs Out In Texas For Bells
Locals claim Keep Texas Beautiful awards
Knobias, Inc. Announces Texas Vanguard Oil Company
as the SPOT of the Week in Its Small-Cap ClipReport
Storms Hammer West Texas
Nine Injured When Truck Slams Into Central Texas McDonald’s
Wounded Marine Dies At Brook Army Medical Center
Jealousy May Have Been Motive For Shootings That Left Three Dead
Arrest Made In Death Of Newborn Found In Vacant Central Texas House
Local Police Officer Discovers $500,000 After Traffic Stop
Owen Sworn As Federal Appeals Court Judge Monday
Three Dead After Morning Shootings In Waco
Texas Memory Systems Adds Redundant RAM to Reliability
Features of the World’s Fastest Storage
Texas Schools Cut Budgets in $30 Billion Funding Plan Battle
DESPITE GOVERNOR’S ASSERTION,
TEXAS FAMILIES DESERVE PROTECTIONS
TEXAS TECH ALUMNI EVENT MONDAY
ALLEYFEST ROCKS
GLADEWATER RODEO SPURS INTO ACTION
ANDERSON COUNTY OFFICER
REALLY DIGS HIS POSITION
TOMATO FEST ON TAP NEXT WEEKEND
OVERTON BLUGRASS, GOSPEL FESTIVAL
SLATED FOR WEEKEND
UNCLE FLETCH'S HAMBURGER BASH
AT LAKE ATHENS MARINA, RV PARK
LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT
KOBRIN WINS CLIBURN CONTEST
LEGISLATURE HAS WAY TO GO
TO DISCARD FAILURE LABEL
NEW HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM
HAS PROMISE
DESALINATION COSTS REMAIN
TOP PRODUCTION OBSTRUCTION
Texas man convicted under fetus protection law, gets life sentence
Texas judge dismisses lawsuit against Trustreet predecessors
In Texas, the Death of a Reporter
Supreme Court declines to hear libel-by-parody case
Oryxe to Build Texas Plant for Fuel Additive
Illegals shocked as judge actually puts them in jail
West Texas teacher gets 14 years in child-assault trial
Crews investigate suspicious package
Woman Clubbed with 2x4 Outside Home
Snake causes power outage
Mosquitoes Swarming Valley Cities
San Antonio communities to gain new water supply
Texas Country Hit Maker Jason Allen To Appear At CMA Music Fest
Famous Texians
Dan Rather
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nolan Ryan
Earl Christian Campbell
Sandra Day O’Connor
Ernest Dale Tubb
John Bowden Connally, Jr.
Gail Borden, Jr
Molly Ivins
Tidbits in Texian History
The Secret History of Tuna
Bush: The Secret History of a Reelection
The Moon: Earth's Future Power Hub?
Hidden History
In 1839 the plight of the Cherokees was desperate
1850s: Vickery
1912: Toasting success
Beer giant tapped Dallas' upscale hotel market
1934: Lawyers & outlaws
Mansion once used for viewing of
Clyde Barrow's body now home for law groups
1962: Little Egypt
'Life was hard there, but ...
it was one of the blessed things that happened to me'
1958: Jack Kilby's integrated circuit
North Dallas lab was birthplace of modern electronics
Whipple Expedition
History and Lore of Alibates Flint
Texan's Headline News:
June 6, 2005
Today in Texian History
June 4, 1827
Members of a group of colonists known as the "Old 300"
received titles to land as part of Stephen F. Austin's Texas colony.
June 5, 1836
By this date, between 75 to 100 men had been recruited
in Cincinnati as volunteers in the Texas Revolution.
They were called the "Buckeye Rangers."
June 05, 1859
Herman Lehmann is born in Loyal Valley.
He is later captured by Apaches and adopted by them.
June 06, 1957
Attorney General Will Wilson raids Galveston
to close down gambling
June 06, 1936
The Texas Centennial Exposition opens at Dallas’ Fair Park
in celebration of the centennial of Texas’
independence from Mexico.
June 6, 1849
Fort Worth was established along the Trinity River,
at the same site as present-day Fort Worth.
It was one of ten forts marking the western Texas frontier
Fort Worth is established as the
westernmost boundary with Indian tribes.
June 06, 1851
Fort Mason was established on Post Hill
in present Mason, Texas
June 06, 1931
Texas dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey
is born in the Bell County town of Rogers.
Today's Texian Headline News
Texas governor signs abortion bill at church school amid protests
Missing Texas A&M student found after seven years
Veterans in Texas will have greater
access to long-term health care
Texas developers creating sex offender-free neighborhood
Invasive weed is monster nuisance in Texas reservoir
Gangs in Texas recruiting 11-year-olds
Texas BPL Initiative Dead;
Antenna Bill Exempts Amateur Radio
EAST TEXAS LAWMAKERS
GRADE 2005 LEGISLATURE
For Texas couple, caring for Sudanese 'heart kid' life-changing
Damage reported across North Texas
Old South racism lives in Texas town
Coast leaving scientists with a sinking feeling
Voter Fraud: They Found Some?
Texans in D.C. try to scoop up Blue Bell
Washington acknowledges mishandling of Quran at Guantanamo prison
Test The Water Before You Head To The Beach
Senator announces possible intent to
run for agricultural commissioner seat
Man Found Shot To Death Inside Apartment
Motorcycle Crashes Fatal
Palestine has fun with festivals
'the kind of justice Texans demand'?
Documents detail suspicion of priest's abuse
Hope continues for re-opening of paper mill
Texas judge rules against DeLay political action committee
Texas comptroller certifies new state budget
2 indicted in separate Texas vote fraud cases
Judge in chair case warns of penalties
Texas pitcher could face jail and more if he pleads guilty
Texan's Headline News:
June 3, 2005
Today in Texian History
June 03,1947
Margo Jones opens her Dallas Theatre-in-the-Round.
June 03, 1715
Spain decided to reoccupy Texas,
and several missions were founded.
On this date Father Hidalgo was placed
in charge of the Mission San Franciso de los Neches.
June 03, 1965
San Antonio native Ed White becomes
the first American to walk in space.
June 3, 1836
A group of mounted volunteer Texas Rangers,
later known as the "Horse Marines,"
captured three Mexican army supply ships.
June 3, 1951
Christopher Cross Texas Singer Born this Day
June 3, 1966
LUTHER L. ROSE
Missing in Action -Vietnam
June 3, 1967
Ronald James Dexter
Missing in Action -Vietnam
Today's Texian Headline News
Texas speller wows the judges with his knowledge
of word definitions at the national bee
VanDam continues to dominate on Lewisville
Oughta be a law, says Texas official
Trans-Texas Corridor opponents to rally in Temple
New Signs Can Be Read From Farther Away
Texas man rescued at Pine Creek
Minutemen not so welcome in Texas
Boy Who Fought Off Shark Ready to Swim Again
Stranger than 'fiction'
Craddick highlights West Texas legislation
Gas company calls for multiple wells in blast site
It’s a sin – but oh so stylishly done
Valley plant determined to protect area water supply
Friedman speaks with isle Pachyderms
A tribute to songsmith Alejandro Escovedo
PANOLA-RUSK DRUG TASK FORCE
MAY BE DISSOLVED
Famous Texians
Governor James Stephen (Jim) Hogg
Colonel Edward Mandell House
Governor William P. Hobby
Annette Finnigan
Edward Higgins White II
MARGARET VIRGINIA JONES
Texan's Headline News:
June 2, 2005
Today in Texian History
June 02, 1835
Lorenzo de Zavala landed at Velasco with his family.
He settled on land near the present San Jacinto State Park.
June 02, 1941
Andrew Jackson Houston, Sam's youngest son,
is appointed to serve out a term in the U.S. Senate.
June 2, 1865
General E. Kerby Smith surrendered the T
rans-Mississippi Department at Galveston during the Civil War.
The Illegal U.S. Occupation of Texas Begins
June 2, 1875
Quanah Parker, the last chief of the Comanches
who roamed over North Texas,
surrenders at Fort Sill in present-day Oklahoma.
Today's Texian Headline News
June 10 - 11: 17th Annual
Overton Bluegrass Festival
Phone: (903)834-3171, (903)834-3946
Family-oriented entertainment event.
Festival is recognized for its
beautiful outdoor environment, friendliness of the people,
and quality of food and entertainment.
City Park. E-mail: banjodon1@aol.com
Texas Ex-Prosecutor Gets Drug Prison Term
Texas Kayaker Finds Message In A Bottle
Texas-based plastics maker to locate plant in Prattville
Principals must learn Spanish
The bluest town in red Texas
Perry Predicts Special Session Before End Of June
Rather than being Job 1, Texas children got jobbed
A dismal legislative session
State legislature didn't get it done
Texas : Budget Bloated By ‘Good Causes’
Texas Law And Juvenile Criminals
ANGLERS HONORED AT
TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHERIES CENTER
TFFC PLANS FISHING WEEK FESTIVITIES
Hispanic Parents Rally for School Choice in Texas
Polls Show Solid Support for School Choice
Dick Armey Help Defeat Texas Tax Hike
Far West Texas water group completes draft
Natural gas line burning near Crosby, Texas
Storms cause damage in parts of Central Texas
Eyes of Texas upon UT alum
Agriculture commissioner enters race for comptroller
Depending on the details, workers' comp bill worthy
Universities lack way to pay for projects
Missing South Texas child delivered to Dallas-area police station
Texas Children's broadcast format to go national
Texas jurors might get pay raise at a cost of $300K to Grayson County
PRESCRIPTION FOR HEALTH
A Honky-Tonk Hero
DA in Texas may extradite accused sex offender
living in Bermuda
Oil Rises to 3-Week High After Shell Shuts Texas Refinery Units
Former jailer files appeal of conviction
Little Texas mixes rock, country
Researcher Studies Ways to Put More Protein ‘Bang’ in Beverages
Reservist families find health care access difficult
Attorney general keeping close tabs on sex offenders
Mexican Mafia's No. 3 man sentenced to 18 years
Swimming season off to its deadliest start in years
Ukraine native learned to adjust to Texas life
Texas toolin'
Austin's Spoon discover the dance floor
North Texas Town Cracks Down On Pocket Bikes
Cookbooks save true Texas taste
Famous Texians
Richard King
Steamboat Pilot
Karle Wilson Baker
Dorothy Scarborough
Mayor Clay Henry Jr.
Jo-Carroll Dennison
Shirley Cothran
Marion Slaughter
a.k.a.Vernon Dalhart
Texan's Headline News:
June 1, 2005
Today in Texian History
June 01, 1963
Texas A&M allows women to enroll; the Maggie is born.
June 01, 1946
Texas colt Assault, a horse owned by the King Ranch,
wins the Belmont Stakes and becomes
the seventh Triple Crown champion in the history of horseracing.
June 01, 1893
Dan Moody, Texas governor from 1927 to 1931,
is born in Taylor in Williamson County.
Moody became the state’s youngest governor and the
first to hold an outdoor inauguration ceremony when he took office.
On June 01, 1887
Gunfighter Clay Allison died near Pecos, Texas
after accidentally falling beneath wagon.
June 1, 1969
The Lyndon B. Johnson State Historical Park
opened to the public in Gillespie County,
the birthplace of the former president.
Today's Texian Headline News
The Texas Ghost Lights Conference
Make a toast to Texas:
Award-winning wines from Tyler, Texas
Deep Throat notes head to University of Texas
Crop Pest Scouting Workshop Set in Plainview
Texas Crop and Weather Report
Governor Rick Perry Proclaims June
Home Ownership Month in Texas
Aminex declare Texas well commercial
Texas ranks No. 1 in unbelted pickup truck deaths
TXU Energy Expands Marketing Efforts Across Texas
Two Lanes Of Eastbound 183 Open After Accident
Leading Regional Texas Theater
Selects SLS International's Sound System
Slate's Well-Traveled: Texas BBQ? Not So Fast...
Amber Alert Still Active Texas
Texas film incentives bite the dust
Texas small businesses proceed with caution
East Texas Woman Talks About Horrifying Ordeal
Trial Starts For Man Accused Of Murdering Fetuses
Texas lawmakers kill gay foster parent ban
Senior RX Support sued by Texas AG
Master plan in place for Texas State University
Verizon, SBC Stumble in Texas
Pilot missing since Korean War buried in Texas
Services Held In Texas For
Air Force Pilot Shot Down During Korean War
Texas prison to be run by Utahns
Better Screening for Sexual and Physical Abuse
Could Improve the Health of Minority Adolescent Women
Fallout of school bill's failure
Wasabi-crusted fish will wow taste buds
Good news for Texas shrimp enthusiasts
Texas Corral Restaurants to sponsor 4th Annual
Elmer Musgrave Memorial at Illiana Motor Speedway
Some insurance companies decreasing rates
Bravo takes a look at parents' unsportsmanlike conduct
Peaches
cropping up in Texas
Sinking the Texas Clipper
Judge pay hits Houston pols in purse
Deer Workshop in Sonora, Texas
Jenna Boyd
is Traveling Far These Days
TSTC to hold summer camps
Texas Workforce improves service
Man sentenced 10 years for harming disabled person
Road Repair crews working night shift
Famous Texians
Jenna Boyd
ROBERT CLAY ALLISON
John Wesley Hardin
Kathy Whitworth
Assault
1946 Triple Crown Winner
1946 Horse of the Year
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