For years, Black and Mexican-American children attended West Oso schools under a system controlled largely by Anglo trustees. The district
With the help of ChatGPT and hours of work, we created the 1860 census for Starr County, Texas. If you
Here is a short version that sticks to what we can prove and lets the reader draw the political conclusion.
When I began tracing the Barrera side of my family, I expected to find baptisms, marriages, births, and deaths. What
West Oso has never been one of Texas’ wealthy school districts. It served working-class families on the edge of Corpus
Listen to the story Going backward has been the best way to trace my ancestors: census records, birth records, baptisms,
Republicans control Texas. They control the governor’s office, the Legislature and the agencies that issue licenses, regulate businesses and enforce
Listen to the Story When my third-great-grandfather José María Barrera rode with Colonel Santos Benavides during the Civil War, he
Once a thief, always a thief? Sticky-finger Paxton, a pen, a wife- keep your eyes on him. Ken Paxton has
Meet Bo French, the Republican nominee for a statewide office in Texas. French is not some anonymous internet troll sitting
American history remembers Francis Marion as the “Swamp Fox,” a Revolutionary War hero who used surprise attacks, informants, hidden routes,
A Boy Growing Up in Molina Growing up in Molina in the early 1960s meant knowing where you belonged. We
Amazing what $20 billion that should have been ours buys, with Abbott’s political position at stake. Miller provides the children;
How Much Did Gas Cost the Year You Were Born? Enter your birth year and see the average price of
The image on the left: I prefer the nickname Sticky Finger Paxton; it is simple and easy to remember. Republican
Listen to the story In December 1961, Molina finally got something the City of Corpus Christi had promised years earlier:
Listen to this story Molina: Annexed to Stop the “Slums,” Then Told to Pay for Plumbing The image on the
