On the Trail to Texas Statehood
Where does the path to Texas statehood begin? There’s the Alamo, the San Antonio mission where more than 180 Texas volunteers died fighting against Mexican troops commanded by Antonio López de Santa Anna in late February and early March 1836. Or there’s Goliad, where...
What History Has Taught Me: Gary Goldstein
Growing up in post-World War II West Hempstead, Long Island, New York, was joyous. My friends were Italian (and introduced me to meatball parmesan heroes), Irish, Greek, African American, Jewish and Hispanic. Most of my pals were second- and third-generation and loved...
Go West!
On Christmas Eve, December 24, 1805, Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery settled into Fort Clatsop. They would spend their final winter encampment a few short miles from the Pacific Ocean and the mouth of the Columbia River before returning east to St. Louis...
The Horizon West
After nine years in Iowa City, Iowa, our family packed up in early August and pointed the cars West to Prescott Valley, Arizona. Driving 1,500 miles on crowded interstates and nearly empty two-lane highways across the southern plains allowed plenty of time for...
True West July/August 2025
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