In this "From the Archives" series — subtitled in jest "20,000 Years of Austin History in 20 Minutes" — we've introduced the concept for the series, and devoted one column to the arrival of humans in ...

The hub of south-central Texas blends the diverse cultures of Spanish history and the American West, small town and metropolis of 2 million residents, making it a place full of everything! It is ...

Presidio San Sabá, located near Menard, Texas, was established by Spain in 1757 to secure its territorial claims and foster an alliance with the Lipan Apache. In 1758, the nearby Mission San Sabá, ...

JACKSON COUNTY, Texas – A mission site from the 1700s lost to time was uncovered in early December on a private ranch in Jackson County, Texas, near Presidio la Bahía and Fort St. Louis. The long-lost ...

The written history on those ranches dates to the 19th century, but a large spread that was listed recently in South Texas by Republic Ranches, the Double Q Ranch in Goliad County, can claim not only ...

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A U.N. agency named the Alamo and the four Spanish colonial Catholic missions in San Antonio as a World Heritage Site on Sunday, the first place in Texas deemed to be of ...

SAN ANTONIO — Long before the Alamo became a military fort, it was a religious outpost of the Spanish Empire. Mission San Antonio de Valero, originally built upriver from its current location, was ...