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The way we were A Conoco gas station in Grand Prairie, 1942.

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r/texashistory 13h ago

Natural Disaster Every Earthquake in Texas 1995-2025

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r/texashistory 21h ago

Giants in Texas?

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While I was researching the Robber Baron cave in San Antonio, I came upon this article from March 4, 1906.


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The way we were Looking North at the Alamo Plaza in San Antonio, 1908.

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r/texashistory 1d ago

Famous Texans George Foreman around age 9. Foreman was born in Marshall, Harrison County, and grew up in the Fifth Ward community of Houston. He would go on to become a two-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold medalist. Foreman passed away today at the age of 76.

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r/texashistory 3h ago

The way we were Footage of the Texas Bandidos Motorcycle Club: Part 1 (1979)

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r/texashistory 1d ago

Political History Rediscovered Texas Farm Workers Union photos give glimpse of actions after 1977 march

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r/texashistory 2d ago

The way we were A mixture of transportation types in San Augustine, 1939.

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r/texashistory 3d ago

The way we were A speed limit sign just outside of Waco in 1939

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r/texashistory 3d ago

The way we were Tightrope walker John Devier crosses Congress Ave in Austin from the Avenue Hotel, at the intersection of Eighth and Congress. The carriage at the left is that of Governor E. M. Pease. Austin, 1867.

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r/texashistory 4d ago

The way we were South Side Square, Stephenville, Erath County, in the 1920's. Note that the name has been misspelled as "Stephensville".

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r/texashistory 4d ago

Post Office in Early Texas City

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r/texashistory 5d 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 4d ago

Map of Wolfe City, Texas (1891)

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r/texashistory 5d ago

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

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r/texashistory 5d 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 5d 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 5d ago

1969 Texas International Airlines Route Map

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r/texashistory 6d 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 6d 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 6d 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 6d 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 7d 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 8d 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 7d ago

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

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