People’s History in Texas Blog

Texas Ag Department and Nuclear Waste

by Richard Croxdale
May 2, 2020August 12, 2020

Billboard in Deaf Smith County This is the first post on PHIT’s oral interviews with Texas Department of Agriculture Hightower… Read More »Texas Ag Department and Nuclear Waste

PHIT New Project

by Richard Croxdale
April 20, 2020August 12, 2020

Hightower Campaign Poster The Hightower Years Farms on Fire The Texas Camelot PHIT is beginning a new oral history… Read More »PHIT New Project

A way station for the Underground Railroad in Blanco County

by Richard Croxdale
March 4, 2020August 12, 2020

Some may be surprised that there was an Underground Railroad network in Texas. By Steve Rossignol | The Rag Blog | February 13,… Read More »A way station for the Underground Railroad in Blanco County

The Texas Two Step Primary and PHIT

by Richard Croxdale
February 25, 2020August 12, 2020

Austin Chronicle illustration by Nick Derington The Day of Election is upon us. For the People’s History in Texas followers… Read More »The Texas Two Step Primary and PHIT

Bastrop County Freedom Colonies

by Richard Croxdale
November 23, 2019August 12, 2020

Bastrop County Museum The Bastrop County Museum has a wonderful exhibit on a series of previously unrecognized Freedom Colonies in… Read More »Bastrop County Freedom Colonies

Shiner Beer Documentary 1975

by Richard Croxdale
October 22, 2019August 12, 2020

The Last of the Little Breweries, a documentary on Shiner Beer, is an absolutely wonderful piece of history. It was… Read More »Shiner Beer Documentary 1975

Pecan Shellers Strike

by Richard Croxdale
October 4, 2019August 12, 2020

Steven Harrigan’s New Book on Texas Steven Harrigan published an excerpt from his new and highly anticipated book, Big Wonderful… Read More »Pecan Shellers Strike

Jesse Billingsley Texas Hero and Pet Lover

by Richard Croxdale
September 24, 2019August 12, 2020

Jesse Billingsley Meditations at the Museum PHIT’s new project is to visit small Texas museums and tell stories of peculiar… Read More »Jesse Billingsley Texas Hero and Pet Lover

Barton Creek

by Richard Croxdale
July 18, 2019August 12, 2020

Barton CreekEd CrowellPhotos by Alberto Martinez Who doesn’t love Barton Springs? Home of the ice cold swimming hole. Home of philosopher’s rock. Home of the… Read More »Barton Creek

Socialist Ghost Town

by Richard Croxdale
June 27, 2019August 12, 2020

Once this was Kristenbad Wrapped around the de Cordova bend in the Brazos River, just south of Granbury, Texas, lies… Read More »Socialist Ghost Town