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San Antonio’s San Jose tile heritage rescued from oblivion.

To James Marion ‘Silver Dollar Jim’ West Jr. of Houston, the eight-bit coin was much more than mere lucre.

The tin roof is a distant memory, but I can still hear music in the patter of rain

The Caddo people flourished all over East and Northeast Texas for hundreds of years.

The historical landscape of West Texas is littered with colorful tales of remarkable deeds and doers, the rise of down-and-outers to mega fortune, local folks who have gone on to celebrity status in endeavors ranging from White House politics and movie stardom to evildoers and the lawmen who pursued them. By best account, however, there’s…