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The woman who is called the ‘Mother of Texas’ faced unthinkable challenges, including a brutal winter, nearly alone on Bolivar Point

Does the Yellow Rose, immortalized in the namesake song, refer to a particular woman?

Cat’s-eye ring connects legendary Texan with young survivor at Alamo

Long before Big Tex and the grand affair at Fair Park in Dallas, a state fair in Corpus Christi ended up being a big flop

R.G. Dyrenforth lofted kites and balloons carrying dynamite into the skies of Texas, convinced it would rattle rain loose from the clouds