After the Battle of Village Creek, the Republic of Texas signed the Fort Bird Treaty of 1842.

The electric interurban railway systems connected cities along the region designated as "North Texas."

The Central National Road connected Dallas, Texas to Washington, Arkansas.

At the turn of the 20th century, the Army Corps of Engineers dredged the Trinity River and built locks and dams south of Dallas.

Top o' Hill Terrace was one the biggest gambling halls, bordellos, and speakeasies in the Southwest.

Dallas boasted several vice districts: Boggy Bayou, Deep Ellum, the Reservation, West Dallas, and Commerce Street.

Most of the buildings that lie inside Fair Park in Dallas today are landmarks built purposefully for the 1936 Centennial Exposition.

US 80, formerly known as the Dixie Overland Highway, merges with the Bankhead Highway and is the mother road of the Red River Valley.

Bonnie and Clyde met in West Dallas, a place that defined them and their deeds.

Bonnie Parker's funeral director lived and worked above the funeral home. He had to move into the Adolphus Hotel, however. Why?

Several years ago, I drove the entire Belt Line Road that circles around Dallas County, and I did it again this past month.

West of downtown Dallas was the settlement "La Reunion," founded by socialists in 1850s.

The former MKT freight depot behind the School Book Depository in downtown Dallas.

Let me bore you to sleep by telling you about the history of pavement on early Dallas roads!

Draughon's Business Colleges private offered a "no-frills education without sports teams, commencement, and other distractions."

There is nothing nicer than finding that a WPA built stadium is still in use, like the sturdy, stone arena in Hugo, Choctaw County,...

Adverts in old newspapers help to provide context to history, such as how much the Red River Valley was interconnected long before our...

I was snooping around the online archives of the Texas General Land Office and found this document. It’s for John Neely Bryan, the...

I took up a new hobby last year – estate sale shopping. Like my “hobby” of ghost town collecting, this new pastime does not require...

I took the Texas Eagle from Dallas to Chicago the other week, and had a great time doing so. There’s nothing like falling asleep to the...