Musty old documents, digging in archives, the thrill of discovery!
Music
Great Texas musicians and bands like Brave Combo, Willie Nelson, Joe Ely, Big Daddy Alright, Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys, Lyle Lovett, Bowling for Soup, the One O'Clock Lab Band, Billy Joe Shaver, Peter Schmidt and his Gentlemen Scholars, Kentucky Fried Texas, Necrotones
Movies
The Alamo; Paris, Texas; Texas Chainsaw Massacre; The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom; Terror in a Texas Town
Television
History Channel
Books
Gone to Texas by Randolph B. Campbell
Heroes
Sam Houston, David Crockett, Sarah Cochran, Jane Long, Cynthia Ann Parker, Quanah Parker, Lorenzo de Zavala, Adina de Zavala, Stephen F. Austin
About me: The Portal to Texas History offers a digital gateway to the rich collections held in Texas libraries, museums, archives, historical societies, and private collections. Check out the Portal for cool old maps, books, letters, manuscripts and photographs.
http://texashistory.unt.edu/
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