Saddle up pardners — it’s time to git’ along, dust off them boots, and shine y’all’s belt buckles. Go Texan Day is Feb. 24. Go Texan Day began in 1954 to promote the livestock show and rodeo, an event that was to become the current Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. Before the era of social networks, it was proposed that…
“The stars at night are big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas. The prairie sky is wide and high, deep in the heart of Texas.†Those opening lines from “Deep in the Heart of Texas,†written by June Hershey and Don Swander, are a great source of pride for native Texans. They harken to the idea that the…
Does anyone remember the Grolier Encyclopedia, the supplemental Science encyclopedia, and Value Tales that salesmen guilted parents into buying when they saw kids gathered to hear pitches from someone offering a wealth of knowledge? Value Tales were hardcover books aimed at children that were shipped regularly to your house — think of Columbia House but for a young, curious reader instead….