Dr. Kathryn Knox, from Ft. Collins, Colorado, brought a friend with her to the 174th anniversary of the fall of the Alamo on Saturday, March 6th. Read More...

Memo to Rick Perry: Santa Anna thought it was all over after the Alamo, too. Last week--ironically, on Texas Independence Day--Texas Gov. Read More...

Thirteen days after the siege began the men defending the Alamo in San Antonio de Bexar, fell to Santa Anna and the Mexican army. Read More...

Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player. Posted on March 5, 2010 at 6:39 AM ****** Susanna Dickinson was known as the messenger of the Alamo. Read More...

By MITCH MITCHELL Our ancestors kept secrets.The secrets they kept, and the secrets their parents kept from them, left holes in our histories.Minorities helped create Texas and the nation and helped tame the West, but they barely get a mention in most history books.On Tuesday, a group of people who can shed light on that era will gather at the ... Read More...

By STEVE CAMPBELL The legacy of Susanna Dickinson, 'The Messenger of the Alamo,' who survived the battle that killed her husband and then carried news of the mission's fall to Sam Houston, will be marked today, Texas Independence Day, with the opening of a museum in Austin.Dickinson and her daughter, Angelina, were among the dozen or so women and ... Read More...

The Charles G. Davenport Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas and the Piney Woods Chapter of the Sons of the Republic of Texas will co-sponsor a ceremony to commemorate the 174th anniversary of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Read More...

Kay Bailey Hutchison gets warm wishes from her former secretary Nita Owen, at a stop in Grand Prairie, during a daylong campaign blitz in North Texas. Read More...

John Keel, the Texas State Auditor, posted a letter on his Web site today from William Barret Travis that was written from the Alamo 174 years ago to the day. Read More...

This historic Alamo tale based on the eyewitness account of Enrique Esparza , son of Gregorio Esparaza and Ana Salazar. Read More...

I live near downtown and whenever I make that statement the response is invariably "Oh, you live in King William." The answer is no, I live in Dignowity Hill. Read More...

Ever wonder about the Yellow Rose of Texas? The yellow rose is considered by some the unofficial flower of Texas. Read More...

Senior Airman Jon Turney was raised near Santa Anna. Senior Airman Jon Turney of Santa Anna recently was named "Airman of the Year" while based at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, serving as an instructor for the 29th Attack Squadron. Read More...

Is it a good or bad thing to be named one of the state's Most Endangered Historic Places? The Sam Jacinto Battlefield is going to find out, having earned that dubious honor this morning. Read More...

Located in the center of Galveston's historic Broadway Street, this castellated limestone and granite mansion was built in 1887 by Victorian architect Nicholas Clayton for attorney and railroad entrepreneur Walter Gresham. Read More...