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Back Matter, Editorial Team Jul 2026

Back Matter, Editorial Team

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


Full Issue, Editorial Team Jul 2026

Full Issue, Editorial Team

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


Museum Of The American Gi, College Station, Texas, Gregory A. Daddis Jul 2026

Museum Of The American Gi, College Station, Texas, Gregory A. Daddis

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


George I. Sánchez: “I Am The Man You Think I Am.” Exhibit. Monica Muñoz Martinez And Annette Rodríguez, Curators. May 4–December 21, 2025, University Of Texas At Austin, College Of Education, George I. Sánchez Building, Philis Barragán Goetz Jul 2026

George I. Sánchez: “I Am The Man You Think I Am.” Exhibit. Monica Muñoz Martinez And Annette Rodríguez, Curators. May 4–December 21, 2025, University Of Texas At Austin, College Of Education, George I. Sánchez Building, Philis Barragán Goetz

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


San Antonio Missions World Heritage Center, San Antonio, Tx, Joel Daniel Kitchens Jul 2026

San Antonio Missions World Heritage Center, San Antonio, Tx, Joel Daniel Kitchens

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


Roots Unveiled: Chinese American History 1783-1945. Exhibition. Austin Public Library, Central Library, May 18–August 31, 2025. Presented By The Asian American Art & Culture Initiative. Curated By Xuhua (Sylvia) Zhan., Shouyue Zhang Jul 2026

Roots Unveiled: Chinese American History 1783-1945. Exhibition. Austin Public Library, Central Library, May 18–August 31, 2025. Presented By The Asian American Art & Culture Initiative. Curated By Xuhua (Sylvia) Zhan., Shouyue Zhang

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


Public History Editor’S Note, Justin Randolph Jul 2026

Public History Editor’S Note, Justin Randolph

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


Public History Q&A: Commemorating Jim Crow Racial Violence And Black Community In North Texas, Helen Johnson, Felix Harcourt, Claire Wolnisty Jul 2026

Public History Q&A: Commemorating Jim Crow Racial Violence And Black Community In North Texas, Helen Johnson, Felix Harcourt, Claire Wolnisty

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


Wrangling Pelicans: Military Life In Texas Presidios, By Tim Seiter, Patrick B. Simpson Jul 2026

Wrangling Pelicans: Military Life In Texas Presidios, By Tim Seiter, Patrick B. Simpson

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


Texas Takes Shape: A History In Maps From The General Land Office, Edited By Mark Lambert, Et Al., Honora Spicer Jul 2026

Texas Takes Shape: A History In Maps From The General Land Office, Edited By Mark Lambert, Et Al., Honora Spicer

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


Somos Tejanas: Chicana Identity And Culture In Texas, Edited By Jody A. Marín And Norma E. Cantú, Laura Lee Oviedo Jul 2026

Somos Tejanas: Chicana Identity And Culture In Texas, Edited By Jody A. Marín And Norma E. Cantú, Laura Lee Oviedo

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


The Gunfighters: How Texas Made The West Wild, By Bryan Burrough, Raúl A. Ramos Jul 2026

The Gunfighters: How Texas Made The West Wild, By Bryan Burrough, Raúl A. Ramos

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


David Crockett In Texas: His Search For New Land, By Allen J. Wiener, Sam W. Haynes Jul 2026

David Crockett In Texas: His Search For New Land, By Allen J. Wiener, Sam W. Haynes

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


The Texas Civil Rights Project: How We Built A Social Justice Movement, By Jim Harrington, Wesley P. Jackson Sr. Jul 2026

The Texas Civil Rights Project: How We Built A Social Justice Movement, By Jim Harrington, Wesley P. Jackson Sr.

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


Insurgent Politics In The Lone Star State: Remembering The Anti-War Movement In Austin, Texas, 1967–1973, By Martin Murray, Manuel Grajales Jul 2026

Insurgent Politics In The Lone Star State: Remembering The Anti-War Movement In Austin, Texas, 1967–1973, By Martin Murray, Manuel Grajales

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


Farm-To-Freedom: Vietnamese Americans And Their Food Gardens, By Roy Vũ, Rudy P. Guevarra Jr. Jul 2026

Farm-To-Freedom: Vietnamese Americans And Their Food Gardens, By Roy Vũ, Rudy P. Guevarra Jr.

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


Frontera Freeways: Highway Building And Displacement In El Paso, Texas, By Miguel Juárez, Alana De Hinojosa Jul 2026

Frontera Freeways: Highway Building And Displacement In El Paso, Texas, By Miguel Juárez, Alana De Hinojosa

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


Vantage Points: “There Was No Tuesday”: A Society Writer Mourns Thevictims Of The Galveston Storm, Bryan Edward Stone Jul 2026

Vantage Points: “There Was No Tuesday”: A Society Writer Mourns Thevictims Of The Galveston Storm, Bryan Edward Stone

Journal of Texas History

The Alliance for Texas History is pleased to announce a new feature in the Journal of Texas History, called “Vantage Points,” a fresh way to engage with the past. This section presents short, focused essays (1,500—4,000 words) centered on evocative images, documents, or historical sites. Each essay begins from a particular vantage point—quite literally a place, object, or source in the field—and explores what it can teach us about the Texas past.


The Names Of Four Scouts: Slavery, Settler Colonialism, And The Limits Of Incorporation At The Texas Capitol Complex Since 1983, Mark Mallory Jul 2026

The Names Of Four Scouts: Slavery, Settler Colonialism, And The Limits Of Incorporation At The Texas Capitol Complex Since 1983, Mark Mallory

Journal of Texas History

This essay takes the commemorated names of four Seminole Negro Indian Scout Medal of Honor recipients to examine public memory at the Texas Capitol Complex since 1983. Using archival documents, newspapers, exhibits, and monuments, it traces how the Texas State Preservation Board responded to criticism through limited incorporations of Black, Tejano, and women’s histories while preserving narratives that disavow slavery and settler colonialism. It argues that these incorporations reinforce a framework centered on Texas “pioneers,” obscuring Native histories and misrepresenting the complex intersections of Blackness and Indigeneity embodied by Black Seminole history.


Albert Parsons And The Nonpareil Strike Of 1871: Race And Labor In Reconstruction Texas, George Norris Green Jul 2026

Albert Parsons And The Nonpareil Strike Of 1871: Race And Labor In Reconstruction Texas, George Norris Green

Journal of Texas History

This article explores a little-known chapter in the life of anarchist Albert Parsons and illustrates the complexities of race and class in Reconstruction Texas. Loyal to the administration of Republican Texas Governor Edmund J. Davis, Parsons helped break a strike of white supremacist printers in Austin. His allegiance to the cause of African American rights superseded class solidarity with the printers. Less than two decades later, Parsons died while supporting striking workers in Chicago.


Front Matter, Editorial Team Jul 2026

Front Matter, Editorial Team

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


The First Juneteenth: Black Churches, Reconstruction Politics, And The Houston Origins Of June 19 Celebrations, W. Caleb Mcdaniel Jul 2026

The First Juneteenth: Black Churches, Reconstruction Politics, And The Houston Origins Of June 19 Celebrations, W. Caleb Mcdaniel

Journal of Texas History

While Galveston is rightly renowned as the birthplace of Juneteenth, this article argues that Houston played an equally foundational role in the origins of the holiday as the site of the first recorded public celebration of June 19 as an anniversary of freedom. Drawing on new research in a rare newspaper, it examines the circumstances that led Black Houstonians to celebrate June 19, 1866, identifying the leaders and locations of the Houston event for the first time. Finally, it connects the first Juneteenth to two related histories: the establishment of independent Black churches in Texas after slavery and the politics …


Healing Through History, Nancy Baker Jones Dec 2025

Healing Through History, Nancy Baker Jones

Journal of Texas History

This is the written transcription of the author’s closing plenary address to the inaugural conference of the Alliance for Texas History, May 17, 2025. Its purpose is to put into both broad and personal historical contexts the events of 2023 and 2024 that led to the founding of the Alliance for Texas History. It concludes that, despite the difficulties of those events for her and for many other historians of Texas, history offers a potentially healing context for moving forward.


Back Matter, Editorial Team Dec 2025

Back Matter, Editorial Team

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


Queering The Lone Star State. Podcast. Hosted By Wesley G. Phelps.Produced By Sarah Lyngholm., Hannah Fuller Dec 2025

Queering The Lone Star State. Podcast. Hosted By Wesley G. Phelps.Produced By Sarah Lyngholm., Hannah Fuller

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


William Hanson And The Texas-Mexico Border: Violence, Corruption,And The Making Of The Gatekeeper State, Zaragosa "Mito" Diaz-Espinoza Dec 2025

William Hanson And The Texas-Mexico Border: Violence, Corruption,And The Making Of The Gatekeeper State, Zaragosa "Mito" Diaz-Espinoza

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


Texas: An American History, Walter L. Buenger Dec 2025

Texas: An American History, Walter L. Buenger

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


Robert E. Howard: The Life And Times Of A Texas Author, Brandy Winn Dec 2025

Robert E. Howard: The Life And Times Of A Texas Author, Brandy Winn

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


Neither Fish Nor Fowl: A Mercantile Jewish Family On The Rio Grande, Gabrielle Lyle Dec 2025

Neither Fish Nor Fowl: A Mercantile Jewish Family On The Rio Grande, Gabrielle Lyle

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.


Home Heat Money God: Texas And Modern Architecture, Rex Koontz Dec 2025

Home Heat Money God: Texas And Modern Architecture, Rex Koontz

Journal of Texas History

No abstract provided.