Our step-father, Don Anderson, remembers being a four-year-old boy in the front yard of his Albany, TX home and watching his mother upset...

Over 158 years ago the "Immortal Seven" voted "no" as members of the Texas Secession Convention that met in Austin in 1861. These seven...

Do you throw on your finest green garments each year on Saint Patty’s Day? Maybe you attend a parade or enjoy some green beer? If you...

Richard "Dick" Litton was born around 1855 in Hog Eye, now known as Elgin, TX. He was the thirteenth child of Sarah Standifer and John...

There were plenty of men headed west during the United States expansion but you do not hear much about the women. Our dear friend,...

Being mostly fourth and fifth generation born Texans, we assumed all our family that pioneered to this state were farmers and ranchers....

Not sure if you ask yourself that question a lot or not? I sure do. How did I get to 40 yrs old, or how did I get to Midland, TX? That is...

“Roses are red, Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet and so are you.” E.P. gave his daughter this poem the morning he died. She was at school...

*Some names have been changed or omitted to protect the descendants of those involved. Livestock rustling in 1930’s west Texas was a...

When your name is Ernest Primrose Perry you are tough and not to be messed with, and you go by E.P. or Ernie. He was my great...

In April of 1882 my second great grandfather, Benedict Joseph Riney "B.J.", moved to Abilene, TX and engaged in the restaurant and...

I recently researched 87, out of a possible 128, fifth great-grandparents surnames. Why you ask? Who has that kind of time? If I am...