Farm Bill 1985: A Lost Opportunity
Rally to Save Family Farms Texas Populism Project Doug Zabel grew up on a farm in the Midwest and was… Read More »Farm Bill 1985: A Lost Opportunity
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Texas Organic Label First in Nation
First Texas official Organic Label Texas was first State to certify an Organic Label for produce. That’s right—TEXAS! In 1987,… Read More »Texas Organic Label First in Nation
Texas Ag Department and Nuclear Waste
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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