There was never any doubt that Emma Burgemeister shot and killed beer and real estate magnate Ott...

Beneath the vast, unyielding Texas sky lies a story of grit, gushers, and grandeur—a tale of how ...

Texas was a land of change in the nineteenth century. Different flags flew in Texas skies during ...

Texans take great pride in having been an independent nation prior to annexation to the United St...

Held in Highest Esteem by All:The Civil War Letter of William B. Chilvers, 95th Illinois Infantry...

The Forty-Eighters of Possum Creek: A Texas Civil War Story is a departure for State House Press....

Stanley Marcus was undeniably America's Merchant Prince.He created his own legend by becoming a f...

In early 1861, most Missourians hoped they could remain neutral in the upcoming conflict between ...

Ray Perry was a farm boy from rural West Texas when America entered World War II. He always had a...

Lust for Glory: An Epic Story of Early Texas and the Sacrifice That Defined a Nation is a concise...

Juneteenth has been touted as a national day celebrating the end of slavery. Observances from coa...

This book follows the route of Sam Houston's army from Gonzales to San Jacinto during the Texas R...

Around 1848 Wilhelm Friedrich, a young German immigrant to Texas, completed three drawings that c...

Tempest Over Texas: The Fall and Winter Campaigns, 1863-1864 is the fourth installment in Dr. Don...

When Americans settled Texas in the 1830s, they brought their booze with them and found some made...

Best known as the Texas Ranger captain who tracked down and killed Bonnie and Clyde, Frank Hamer ...

This historic collection, revised and expanded, is the most complete and authoritative history of...

Texans may believe it is safe to walk the state's highways and byways. No recent Comanche raids h...

These stories by a noted Texas historian recall a time when a kid could go to the picture show wi...

The legendary Sam Bass refused to give up his companions to the trailing lawmen. In 1878, the cha...

The annais of Texan bravery hold few better examples of bold determination and sheer audacity und...

Ball's circumstances and experiences allowed him to glimpse the war through two sets of eyes, tha...

Blood on the Bayou: Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and the Trans-Mississippi takes a well-known story, t...

Biographies of 24 noted women ranging from 19th-century writer Jane Cazneau to 20th-century polit...

May 1862. The C.S.S. Alabama is launched in Liverpool and makes its way to the Azores. There it r...

The Battle of the Alamo is one of the most compelling stories from American history. Students of ...

Winfield Scott Hancock gained his greatest fame for his crucial contributions to the Federal vict...

A children's activity book with games, puzzles, and coloring pages for children of all ages. Lear...

In the middle of the Great Depression, nine brothers from a small town in the Texas Hill Country ...

To succeed in higher education today, college students need to develop the all-important skill of...

In the summer of 1863, Federal forces scored major victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, turning...

In December 1941, my family evacuated to Bataan (my mother’shome province) when Gen. MacArthur ur...

Pearl Sets the Pace tells the story of two landmark companies and a mighty dynasty. It begins in ...

The history of Texas has had an important effect on the history of the United States, and Texas h...

From the beginning of the Civil War the Confederate bastion at Vicksburg thwarted Federal hopes f...

This new study revolves around the Tonkawa tribe in the history of the Lone Star State and the gr...

The host of the country western radio talk show 'Cowboy Corner' has compiled conversations with 2...

In 1867 the New York Times wrote that 'in cunning or native diplomacy Satanta has no equal in bol...

Historian David Coffey wrote that the ''late Texas folklorist and historian Lawrence Clayton foun...

History of the Sixth U.S. Cavalry during the Civil War, fighting Indians in Texas, Arizona and Ne...

Texas women have been eloquent commentators on the life and times of Texans from pioneer days to ...

The second book in this critically acclaimed series discusses many of Texas' indomitable characte...

In 1881, six months after the establishment of Abilene, Texas, seventeen residents met at the loc...

Alma Caldwell’s diary provides the perspective of teenagers in 1913 and 1914. It begins in the su...

The history of Texas is usually told in terms of its 'giants' such as Sam Houston and Stephen F. ...

Don Martin De Leon was the only Tejano empresario to settle a colony in Texas, in the days before...

State House Press is launching a new series of Texas biographies aimed at students in the fourth ...

Robert Hall was a true Texian: a pioneer settler, Indian fighter, Texas Ranger, and veteran of th...