by B.L. Unkel | Mar 16, 2024 | History
Springtime in Texas can be heaven on earth, especially when it comes to the colorful beauty of seasonal wildflowers. Did you know wildflowers have a rich history of folklore and legend? Too much to cover here. So, let’s look at one specific wildflower—the Texas...
by B.L. Unkel | Mar 9, 2024 | Everything Else
Tonight—well, technically tomorrow morning—we’ll lose an hour as we set our clocks forward to Daylight Saving Time (DST). What do you know about it? Benjamin Franklin If you ever saw the movie “National Treasure,” you heard the main characters credit Benjamin...
by B.L. Unkel | Mar 2, 2024 | History
Happy Texas Independence Day! The Land & People In 1821, when Mexico won its independence from Spain, the nation’s northern regions (which included what is now Texas) were sparsely populated. To protect its claim on this land, Mexico continued Spain’s...
by B.L. Unkel | Feb 24, 2024 | Everything Else
The 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) season opened this week. That makes today the perfect time to talk baseball caps. History Baseball’s first “official” team, the New York Knickerbockers (formed in 1845), adopted the first official team uniform and hat in...
by B.L. Unkel | Feb 17, 2024 | History
President’s Day is just around the corner, and it’s time to learn something new about our presidents. The Beginning Congress added George Washington’s birthday (February 22) to the calendar of federal holidays for Washington D.C. in 1879. Then, in 1885, his...
