The Good Old Days: 2BT Podcast replay - Raw Aggression

Here's a bonus episode for you. Back in the day I did a podcast with my cousins, Dave and Steve, called 2BT. Two Bald Texans-Two Bearded Texans-Two (whatever word you want to use) Texans, and so on. Technically we still do it...

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April 1, 2024

The Good Old Days: 2BT Podcast replay - Raw Aggression

Here's a bonus episode for you. Back in the day I did a podcast with my cousins, Dave and Steve, called 2BT. Two Bald Texans-Two Bearded Texans-Two (whatever word you want to use) Texans, and so on. Technically we still …

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March 21, 2024

One Person's Activist is Another Person's Voice Part 1

What are activist historians trying to do? If you are enjoying Texas History Lessons, consider buying me a cup of coffee by clicking here! Help make Texas History Lessons by supporting it on Patreon . And a special thanks to …

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March 18, 2024

Bloodshed at Goliad

You've heard about "Remember the Alamo" but why are we to "Remember Goliad?" This episode contains first hand accounts by both Texans and Mexicans that were there and lived to tell about it. If you are enjoying Texas History ...

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March 7, 2024

The Fall of the Alamo - March 6, 1836

The Alamo fell to Santa Anna on March 6, 1836. This episode contains firsthand accounts of that event. If you are enjoying Texas History Lessons, consider buying me a cup of coffee by clicking here! Help make Texas History Le...

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March 2, 2024

The Texas Declaration of Independence - March 2, 1836

Primary sources are important. This episode focuses on the Texas Declaration of Independence of March 2, 1836. If you are enjoying Texas History Lessons, consider buying me a cup of coffee by clicking here! Help make Texas Hi...

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Feb. 28, 2024

Victory or Death: Travis' Letter of February 24, 1836

On February 24, 1836, William B. Travis sent out a plea for help that became one of the most famous letters in history. If you are enjoying Texas History Lessons, consider buying me a cup of coffee by clicking here! …

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Feb. 18, 2024

Texas History Fun with Artificial Intelligence

In this episode we have a little fun with Texas history and artificial intelligence. What happens when you blend Texas history with Cormac McCarthy, T.S. Eliot, Anthony Bourdain, and Tupac Shakur? You will see. This is all in...

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Jan. 27, 2024

The Tonkawa and Sugarloaf Mountain

This episode takes a look at the interesting history of the Tonkawa along with some exciting current events concerning Sugarloaf Mountain. The Texas History Lessons Theme song, Walking Through History , was written and record...

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Jan. 15, 2024

Clio holds in her hand a half-opened scroll Part 2

Lucy Maynard Salmon was a perceptive and talented historian in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her thoughts and reasoning regarding the significance of history and the need for it to be rewritten are still relavent to...

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Jan. 6, 2024

Clio holds in her hand a half-opened scroll Part 1

This episode continues a review of some of the thoughts of Frederick Jackson Turner on the significance of history and introduces another late 19th Century and early 20th Century historian - Lucy Maynard Salmon - whose though...

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New Spotlight Artist Page! Finally

I've finally added a page for the THL spotlight artists.  It is still a work in progress.  Check it out and go listen to the great music of Mando Salas and Jerrod Flusche. Mando Salas - ROSMAND Mando Salas is a Texas Country musician a…

Additional Information on the Jumanos provided by Makowa De

It's a pleasure to share a couple of bits of information shared by a Jumano historian, Makowa De: 1.  I enjoyed lesson 9 obviously. I do want to make an observation however. When the Spanish arrived they did not have a sound in their vocabular…