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

Few topics have fascinated American readers more than the Civil War. Occurring as it did at the b...

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

Ranger Origins

Under Texas Skies

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...

James Madison Hall kept a journal from 1860 until just before his death in 1866, in which he reco...

As the nineteenth president of the United States, Rutherford B. Hayes brought an end to Reconstru...

2023 Winner of the Summerfield G. Roberts award for best work on the Republic of Texas era The fa...

Trouble, Trials, and Vexations: The Journal and Correspondence of Rachel Perry Moores, Texas Plan...

Texian Macabre: The Melancholy Tale of a Hanging in Early Houston