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{spotlight–1}   Wheel Fact Texas Talk Man [June 2021] describes a trip that some of the cast of the movie Giant took to the state fairgrounds in Dallas in 1955, mentioning they “boarded the soaring Texas Star” Ferris wheel. That particular wheel was shipped over from Europe and set up in Dallas in 1985. William…

{spotlight–1}   San Jacinto Stands Alone While I enjoyed the article about the Battle of Puebla and admire Gen. Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín’s part in it, I take exception to calling it “Mexico’s San Jacinto moment” [The Hero of Cinco de Mayo, May 2021]. San Jacinto was a victory that ended the war with Mexico and…

{spotlight–1}   Runaway Scrape’s Anguish Janice Woods Windle wrote about her family’s involvement in the Runaway Scrape in her historical novel True Women [The Runaway Scrape, April 2021]. One detail I’ll never forget is that a child who died on the way east was later dug up and reinterred near home, after the danger was…

{spotlight–1}   Family Roots Some of the more interesting pass-along plants [Putting Down Roots, February 2021] were introduced by Lorenzo de Zavala when he was a minister to France when Texas was a republic. Roses were a gift from France and planted by Adinade Zavala, his granddaughter, in their Lynchburg homestead, eventually shared and spread…

{spotlight–1}   Inspired Devotion Thank you for Michael Hurd’s thoughtful column on Black History Month [Time To Talk About That, February 2021], along with your tribute to war hero Doris Miller. Something that always inspires me about the United States is the degree of loyalty and devotion it inspires even in people it has treated…