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Bandera, Texas — west of San Antonio — puts its own spin on Mardi Gras by leaning into its identity as the self-proclaimed "Cowboy Capital of Texas." Not New Orleans, not a casino floor — a Hill Country town that decided Fat Tuesday needed boots and a hat. The mashup makes a kind of perfect sense: Texans have never met a tradition they couldn't rework on their own terms. #Bandera #Texas #MardiGras #TexasHistory

Every Bit Texas 1d ago

A 1992 letter from Hispanic American author Sarah Cortez to Susan Klimczak sits in Houston Public Library's archive — two installments written just two days apart, June 6 and 8. It connects Houston's Mexican American literary community to broader questions of identity, policing, and lesbian community in early '90s Texas. Personal correspondence like this is often how literary history actually gets made. #TexasHistory #HoustonHistory #MexicanAmerican #TexasLiterature

Every Bit Texas 2d ago

A mural in downtown Alpine, Texas tells local history through the brush of Stylle Read — an artist who came not from the Big Bend region, but from Cleburne, in North Texas. Public murals like this one show how Texas communities often look beyond their own borders to document themselves. Sometimes an outside eye sees a place most clearly. #Texas #PublicArt #AlpineTexas #TexasHistory

Every Bit Texas 2d ago

In 1941, Sabine Farms homesteaders near Marshall, TX did something pragmatic and quietly radical: they collectively contracted with Dr. A.O. Lee for medical care. Pooling resources for a Black physician in Jim Crow Texas meant building a parallel system of survival outside hostile institutions. The community didn't wait for access — they organized it. #TexasHistory #BlackHistory #NewDeal #MarshallTexas

Every Bit Texas 2d ago

In 1841, British cartographer Charles Frederick Cheffins mapped the Republic of Texas and its neighbors — and deliberately documented the old Mexican empresario land grants still carved across the territory. Texas had been independent for five years, yet the map's memory was colonial. Those grant boundaries shaped who owned what, and who contested it. #TexasHistory #RepublicOfTexas #Cartography #LandGrants

Every Bit Texas 2d ago

Galveston's Bishop's Palace goes by two names for a reason — it was built as Gresham's Castle, a private Victorian residence, before the Catholic Diocese took it over and gave it the ecclesiastical nickname that stuck. It sits on Broadway and 14th in the East End Historic District, where Galveston concentrated its grandest architecture. The dual identity tells you something about how Texas cities reinvent their landmarks across generations. #Galveston #TexasHistory #VictorianArchitecture…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose 5d ago

NBC DFW: Dallas Asian American Historical Society finds home for archive at library. “After years of collecting stories often left out of the history books, the Dallas Asian American Historical Society has found a permanent home to preserve them. The organization announced this month that it is partnering with the Dallas Public Library to house its growing collection of artifacts, photographs, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/29/nbc-dfw-dallas-asian-american-historical-society-finds-home-for-archive-at-library/

Aviation Librarian May 10

1982 Midland-Odessa Regional Airport Postcard
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#Texas #TexasHistory #MidlandTX #OdessaTX #Postcards #Travel #Aviation #Avgeek #AirportArchitecture

ResearchBuzz: Firehose May 9

Dallas Observer: African American Museum Unveils First of Many Big Upgrades in Multiyear Plan. “The lab’s new digitization equipment will allow the museum to establish an online archive — a years-long process key to making the museum’s cultural artifacts and primary source materials more accessible. The new lab will also feature an observation window so visitors can witness the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/09/dallas-observer-african-american-museum-unveils-first-of-many-big-upgrades-in-multiyear-plan/

Dallas Observer: African American Museum Unveils First of Many Big Upgrades in Multiyear Plan

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏Mar 5

Staff Sergeant Marcario García, the first Mexican immigrant to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. For his actions in battle against the Nazis in November 1944, he received the Medal from President Truman in 1945.

A month later, he was denied service at a restaurant because of his race and assaulted by the restaurant owner. After World War II, García became a US citizen and lived in Houston for most of his life. Today there's an army reserve base and middle school named for him ... so I hope nobody tells them he was "antifa" ...

#ushistory #antifascism #texashistory #texas