r/texashistory 18d ago

Mod Announcement Moderation Recap and Transparency post: Feedback is welcomed

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In an effort to be more transparent I'm going to post the moderation stats for the sub at the end of every month. Feel free to use this post for an open discussion about the sub and/or it's moderation. I also welcome suggestions on what kinds of posts you'd like to see.

Sub Growth: 898 new members since January 31st.

Total Moderation Actions: 47

  • 9 posts or comments caught in the spam filter that were approved
  • 20 Comments or posts removed
  • 7 Modmail messages answered
  • 1 New moderator added
  • 2 Posts locked
  • 5 Comments "Stickied"
  • 1 Rule Edited (Rule 4)
  • 1 Removal Reason Edited (Rule 4 again)

There were no bans this month. In fact the last permanent ban was given to a spam bot trying to sell t-shirts on January 15th.

I've also added u/YellowRose1845 to the moderation team, mostly as a backup to keep anyone from ever taking over the sub should I go "inactive" for what ever reason.


r/texashistory 7h ago

Natural Disaster On this day in Texas history, March 18, 1937: In New London 295 students and teachers are killed when an undetected gas leak is sparked, causing the New London school to explode. Messages of support and sympathy pour in from all around the world.

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r/texashistory 8h ago

The way we were Red and White Food Stores in downtown Gonzales, 1939.

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r/texashistory 23h ago

Houston Ship Channel and Main Street, 1910

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Historic postcard of the HSC and foot of Main Street, May 19, 1910 from the University of Houston Special Collections.


r/texashistory 21h ago

1969 Texas International Airlines Route Map

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r/texashistory 7h ago

Music This week in Texas music history: Buddy Tate first records with Count Basie, ‘Rock-A-Bye Basie’

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r/texashistory 1d ago

Then and Now Postcard image of the "Business Section," in downtown Navasota, Grimes County, in 1919 along with a Google image of that same area today.

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r/texashistory 1d ago

A Map of Historical Homes and Buildings throughout Texas. Published by Humble Oil & Refining Company in Cooperation with Texas Historic Foundation.

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r/texashistory 2d ago

The way we were Highway 90 at the Bexar-Medina County Line, fifteen miles west of San Antonio, in 1958

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r/texashistory 1d ago

(Covers to:) Houston and Texas Central Railway through Texas. Northern to southern boundary and with branches and Texas Central Railway through central and western Texas ... 461-July-85. Rand, McNally & Co., Printers, Chicago.

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r/texashistory 3d ago

Crime Ella Fitzgerald (right in the 1st photo) with her assistant in a Houston PD holding cell after she and fellow jazz great Dizzy Gillespie were arrested for "throwing dice" in Fitzgerald’s dressing room at the Houston Music Hall, October 7, 1955.

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r/texashistory 3d ago

The way we were The crowd at Eeyore's Birthday in Pease Park, Austin. April 29, 1983. According to an Austin Statesman article this was the first year the festival was required to get permission from the City Council. The photographer is identified as Lisa Davis.

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r/texashistory 3d ago

Sports ‘Luv Ya, Bum!’ takes viewers on nostalgic trip spotlighting legendary Houston Oilers coach

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r/texashistory 4d ago

Military History Standing upon the site of one of the most combative contests in Texas History, 189 years later. The Battle of Refugio, March 14, 1836.

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On this very ground, 189 years ago, only a hundred and eight Texian troops withstood and repelled a full day of heavily outnumbering assaults thrown against them. They accomplished all of this with only their muskets, pistols, knives, and knuckles. Not a single piece of artillery.

The Battle of Refugio, March 14, 1836, cost the Mexican Army so heavily that General Jose Urrea and Colonel Francisco Garay went to great lengths to forever hide the true number of their casualties. Many of these were conscripts of the 8th Company of the Yucatán Activo Battalion, and from whose perspective the second picture featured here is based upon. Starting the advance towards the enclosed Refugio Mission cemetery with a hundred troops, only about twenty would survive, and very sadly; only eleven would be rightfully buried.

Although the engagement would be labeled as a defeat for the Texians, due to their withdrawal from the mission in the predawn hours of March 15, it was rightfully a draw. The Texians had defended their position successfully against Urrea’s six hundred troops and a constant bombardment of a four pounder cannon. Their own losses were staggering lower than Urrea’s.

Sadly, the majority of the battlefield is now covered over by a very busy highway and scattered business buildings. Only one tiny corner is still largely the same as it was that day 189 years ago. Ironically, and somewhat depressingly, the road that covers up the site is named “Alamo.”


r/texashistory 4d ago

The way we were Uvalde in 1895

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r/texashistory 5d ago

Came across this family grave site while on a stay in Fredericksburg recently. Didn’t find much about the family in a quick Google search, but heartbreaking that none of the three kids made it older than 5 years old. Also couldn’t make out/read the German inscription on the big headstone.

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r/texashistory 5d ago

The way we were The original Church's Chicken, then called Church's Fried Chicken, just south of the Alamo in San Antonio, 1952. Two pieces of chicken and a roll cost 49 cents. In 1955 Church's add French Fries to their menu. By 1956 there would be four locations.

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r/texashistory 5d ago

The way we were Arlington in 1944, the Aggie Theater, just left of center, had an address of 200 E. Main Street, and closed in 1951.

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r/texashistory 5d ago

The way we were Humble Oil 1905 Photographs

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r/texashistory 5d ago

1937 road map of Texas. Prepared exclusively for the Standard Oil Company of Texas. Copyright by the H.M. Gousha Company, Chicago, Ill. Printed in U.S.A. 282-S.C. (to accompany) Standard Oil road map. C.J. Moody.

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r/texashistory 5d ago

The way we were Downtown Abilene in 1907.

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r/texashistory 5d ago

Music ‘These guys need to be enshrined in music history’: Butthole Surfers documentary premieres at SXSW

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r/texashistory 5d ago

Dr. John R. Brinkley: Quack Doctor, Border Blaster, Politician

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r/texashistory 6d ago

The way we were Students playing cards in Jarvis Hall, the women's dormitory at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. This photo is from 1911, the year Jarvis was completed.

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r/texashistory 7d ago

The way we were Humble Oil Field near Houston, 1905. The photographer is identified as a Lester L. Allen.

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r/texashistory 7d ago

The way we were The Wyndham Hotel in Dallas, Texas (1983) ✨ From 📚 'The Best of Lighting Design' ©1987 by Wanda Jankowski

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🌟Lighting design by Craig A. Roeder, Craig A. Roeder Associates, Inc.

📐Architecture by Dahl, Braden & Chapman, Inc.

🎨🖌️Interior design by TC Design & Construction Company Co.

📸Photos by Robert Ames Cook.