Category Archives: Texana

It relates to Texas some way

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I took the term “backyard” in the title seriously. Continue reading →

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I think the true parallel to Katrina will turn out to be a much older storm—the Galveston Hurricane of 1900. Continue reading →

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A “secret plot” to create a German State of Texas in the 1840s is, bluntly, a bunch of hooey. Continue reading →

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It’xs a pity it took me so long to find this book was truly a hidden gem and not merely a scholarly paperweight. Continue reading →

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I turned around and told him that Crockett had been dead for two months at that point, which is why he wasn’t on the plaque. Continue reading →

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I keep having to explain Frito Pie to people. Continue reading →

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