Love the #wildlife & #beachlife of Galveston Island, Texas! 🤩🤠🌴

The San Jacinto Monument stands where Texas history changed forever. On April 21, 1836, the Battle of San Jacinto lasted just 18 minutes but secured independence for Texas. Today the towering monument rises 567 feet into the sky, making it the tallest stone column monument in the world - even ta

Right here at San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site is where Texas history changed in just 18 minutes. On April 21, 1836, General Sam Houston and his outnumbered army launched a surprise attack on Antonio López de Santa Anna and the Mexican forces. The result was a decisive victory that s

Texas is so big it messes with your sense of scale. You can drive 12 hours and still be in Texas. It’s bigger than every other U.S. state except Alaska, larger than France, larger than Germany, and roughly the size of the entire UK. If Texas were its own country, it would rank among the largest

On this day, Texas celebrates the birthday of Joe Ely (born February 9, 1947). Raised in Lubbock, Joe Ely came out of the same West Texas soil that produced Buddy Holly and the Flatlanders, blending country, rock, folk, and punk-level energy into something entirely his own. He could share a stag

On this day in Texas history, Ernest Tubb was born (February 9, 1914). Known forever as the Texas Troubadour, Ernest Tubb helped shape what we now recognize as classic country music. At a time when country was still finding its voice, Tubb brought raw emotion, working-class stories, and a sound

Deep in East Texas, where the pines crowd the sky and the air hangs thick with mystery, locals whisper about something big moving through the Big Thicket… 👣🌲 Hunters talk about impossible footprints. Campers swear they’ve heard heavy steps just beyond the firelight. And more than a few lifelong

Blind Willie Johnson Born in Texas and gone too soon, Blind Willie Johnson remains one of the most influential musicians this state - and the world - ever produced. Raised in poverty and blinded as a child, Willie Johnson recorded haunting gospel-blues songs in the 1920s that would later insp

On this day in Texas history, C. C. “Lum” Slaughter passed away (January 25, 1919). Slaughter was one of the most influential cattlemen in Texas history, helping shape ranching in the Panhandle and West Texas when the state was still being built from dust, barbed wire, and grit. Beyond cattle, h

Lots of Texans say “Texas is full.” Under the U.S. Constitution, states can’t limit Americans moving between states. So if you don’t want more people moving here, Texas would have to secede from the USA. Do you support Texas being independent again?

This is how we concealed carry in Texas! Ready for anything! 😂

Frozen in time at Houston Union Station, the Texas Eagle sits ready for departure in July 1953. Operated by the Missouri Pacific Railroad, this wasn’t just a train - it was a promise of speed, progress, and possibility in postwar Texas. Captured by photographer R. S. Plummer, the scene reflects

Hidden in the desert basins of West Texas, a pair of star-bright eyes still looks back across the centuries. One of more than 200 painted faces at Hueco Tanks, this Jornada Mogollon mask stands apart for its rare green-blue pigment - a color so difficult to produce that researchers believe it came

WWE Royal Rumble January 26, 2020 in Houston, Texas

Anyone heard of this?

The New Republic Of Texas Good? 🤠