Texas History

Here's something not many Americans know - During the second world war, Mexico supplied three-hundred men, attached to the 58th fighter group of the 5th…

On this week's episode of Rambling Boy, Lonn sheds light on the controversial and disputed legacy of Mexican Revolutionary Pancho Villa. This seemingly…

This week, Lonn talks about the French socialist utopian community founded in 1855, just west of Dallas. It was one of a handful of utopian communities in America. Today, all that exists is an old cemetery, surrounded by strip malls and apartment buildings.

Filmmaker Andrew Shapter is the director of a documentary and feature-length film about the Porvenir Massacre of 1918. In this conversation, Shapter…

On a recent trip to San Antonio, Lonn Taylor dropped by the Japanese Garden in Brackenridge Park. Today on the Rambling boy, Lonn tells us the history of…

Over the last 10 years, there have been two big pushes to collect the oral histories of former Blackwell School students. Both efforts eventually stalled…

Dr. Don Graham is a Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin. He's written on Texas literature, culture and history for years, including…