John Wilkes Booth's father – developed a love for Texas after getting to know Sam Houston personally from his early days as a ...

Rusk County recently hosted “Victory or Death” Voices from the Alamo and Beyond on April 21. The event showcased the ...

It was a cold March morning in 1836 when Mexican soldiers at the Alamo brought the young woman named Susanna Dickinson and ...

One of the most notorious incidents of the Texas Revolution was the Goliad “Massacre,” the Santa Anna-ordered execution of ...

This year, we commemorate the 189th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto. On April 21, 1836, General Sam Houston led the ...

The Texas Revolution ended in 1836, and Shreveport’s first city government was formed in 1839. The Texas Revolution, which became the theme for many of Shreveport’s first streets.

Author of the award-winning Texian Iliad: A Military History of the Texas Revolution, 1835-1836 (University of Texas Press, 1994), Prof. Hardin has served as a historical advisor for television ...

Present at Goliad on that day was Francita Alavez, who had accompanied Mexican Captain Telesforo Alavez to Texas. Historians have been unable to discover anything about Francita before her appearance ...