Women homesteaded within a unique environment of land law and a culture that did not encourage independence for women but apparently found farming an acceptable enterprise.” ...

Austin has been the capital of Texas since 1839, but did you know a brief ‘war’ nearly made Houston the seat of power in the Lone Star State?

Donald Trump promised to build a wall at our Southern border in his first term. He promotes the erasure of our Northern ...

Advertisement In 1845, Texas was admitted into the United States as the 28th state. In 1848, gas lights were installed at the White House for the first time. In 1851, the first chapter of the ...

In 1170, Anglican churchman/politician Thomas Becket was killed at Britain's Canterbury Cathedral. In 1845, Texas was ...

Texas formally became a state of the United States. Significantly, in anticipation of that grand event, John O’Sullivan, a ...

From 1836 to 1845, during the Texas Republic, the process was formalized for crimes like murder, rape and arson. Racial ...

For the current Alabama roster, running back Jam Miller has said he will return for another season. Richard Young, Daniel Hill and Kevin Riley can all return as well. Alabama also signed running back ...

“the Congress shall have the power to declare war”; the plain meaning of which is, that it is the peculiar and exclusive duty of Congress, when the nation is at peace, to change that state ...

Although they received no compensation, according to the State Department ... independence against Mexico in 1836, Polk annexed Texas in 1845, and by 1846, the United States declared war on ...