HISTORY + HERITAGE
Raising Cane
For decades growing cane and making syrup was a tradition across East Texas and the South, today, there are just a few keeping it alive and going. Sugarcane has been a sweetener staple the world over for centuries. It grows in warmer climates and can even be found in...
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A call to service
Texas boasts more veterans than any other state and also more Medal of Honor winners have called Texas home than any other state in America In the pantheon of sacrifice Texas’ veterans stand tall. From the war for Texas independence to latest wars in which the United...
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New life for old dance halls
Austin County hosting “Remember When” Community Dances Out with the new and in with the old These country dance halls have stories to be told, The same songs will be sung And the old will again be young, Many miles have been danced already And the beat is still strong...
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Bellville Icon
Community works to restore legendary Turnverein Sitting atop a hill overlooking the Central Texas town of Bellville, Turnverein Pavilion has been a local landmark since the end of the 19th century. It served the needs of the German settlers of the area who needed a...
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NINETY YEARS OF SWEET
Jefferson’s Blackburn’s Syrup has become a staple on breakfast tables across the south. The family-owned company thrives after a chance encounter in the 1920s began a Texas tradition. A chance encounter more than 90 years ago helped begin a legendary Texas business....
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Texas’ Original Sport
From its roots grounded in the Texas cattle industry, rodeo was born as a test of skills for cowboys and cowgirls Rodeo was born in Texas — it had to be. Any not acknowledging that while still living within the vast borders of the Lone Star State should get out now,...
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