Irish Texans
Trinity Irish Dance Company at Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth. Photo by Kim Ritzenthaler.
Secession and Civil War in Texas
Slaveowners controlled 60 to 70 percent of the wealth of the state of Texas. They not only controlled the state's politics but stood in protectio of chattel slavery which in turn led Texas secession from the Union and to Civil War.
85th Legislature: Record Budget, Sanctuary Ban
Photograph of the Senate conducts business in 2017. Texas Senate photo →
Texas' Other Tree Regions
Trees in the Cross Timbers, here along FM 2953 in Montague County. Photo by Robert Plocheck →
Secondary Streams of Texas
The First Official Permanent Civilian Settlement
Canary Islanders laid thecornerstone for San FernandoCathedral in 1738. Photo by ErichSchlegel →
Timeline: Reconstruction to the 20th Century (1865–1899)
A Freedmen's Bureau official stands between armed whites and blacks. Library of Congress →
On The Hunt
Keeping Up with a Texas Tradition
Hunting evolved from a sustenance activity into big recreation. Photo by Goshootguns.c →
Natural Lakes
Fort Brown Resaca at Brownsville. Photo by Robert Plocheck →
Texas Facts
Annexation to Secession
A drawing of the U.S. Army at Corpus Christi Bay 1845. Courtesy Library of Congress →
State Artists of Texas
Horned Lizards leave for West, South Texas
Recent Posts
Texas in the 20th Century, Part 3
Texas in the 20th Century, Part 2
Texas in the 20th Century
86th Legislature Increases School Funding, Sets Limits on Local Property Tax Raises
88th Legislature Report: Impeachment Trial
88th Legislature: Tax Cuts, Border Security, and Impeachment
87th Legislature: Winter Storm Uri and a 6-Week Abortion Ban
Birding in Texas
Post Secondary Education
Local Option Alcohol
Prehistoric Texas
Water Resources
Texas Droughts
Texas Tornados
Scientific Balloons in Texas
Southwest Research Institute Invents the Future
Mineral Water Spas of Texas
Community Hospitals in Texas
High School Football
Recreation
Population
Law Enforcement and Crime Reporting
Scotch-Irish Texans
Polish Texans
Texas Medal of the Arts Awards
State Musicians of Texas
State Artists of Texas
State Poets Laureate
State Historians of Texas
History of Oil Discoveries in Texas
Petroleum Production and Income in Texas
Rig Counts and Wells Drilled by Year
Major Military Installations
Federal Courts in Texas
The Money Factory in Fort Worth
State Government
Civilian Conservation Corps in Texas
Physical Regions
Wind Energy, 2012
Texas Economy 2011: A Slow Recovery
U.S. Senators from Texas
Elections of Texas Governors, 1845-2010
Texas Economy 2010: Recovery from a Great Recession
Recent Changes in Public Schools
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Obituaries
In every Texas Almanac since 1996, we include short obituaries for people who had passed away in the previous two years that had made an impact in the state.
- Charles P. "Charlie" Robinson, July 11, 2021
- Johnny Solinger, June 26, 2021
- Larry Jeff McMurtry, March 25, 2021
- Raúl G. Villaronga, March 20, 2021
- Cathy Cochran, February 7, 2021
Bluebonnet Hills Cemetery, Colleyville, TX. Photo by Dan Dennis on Unsplash
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