Texans have remembered the Alamo for 190 years, but the state's revolution appears to be a blip in Mexico's centuries-long ...

From Spanish control to Tejano support, here's what life in Texas looked like during the American Revolution.

This week on The Bookmark,James Aalan Bernsen, author of The Lost War for Texas: Mexican Rebels, American Burrites, and the Texas Revolution of 1811. We’ll be talking about this overlooked first war ...

Ben Milam was an average man who traveled the early frontier. But the course of events would place him in the middle of the fight for Texas independence and into legend. Milam’s decisive actions made ...

The shot heard around the world, well, at least in Texas, was fired in Gonzales, a 7,000-person town about 70 miles southeast of Austin. It was here that the now-famous phrase "Come and Take It" was ...

This week we continue with the series on the causes and coming of the Texas Revolution. This entry will look at the critical developments during 1833 When the dust had cleared from the Battle of ...

Erastus "Deaf" Smith was perhaps one of the most unique figures to emerge from the early years of Texas History. In spite of a nearly total hearing loss, “Deaf” Smith still served Texas with courage ...

The Texas Revolution of 1835 to 1836 looms large in U.S. history, but in Mexico, it barely makes the curriculum — crowded out ...