David Hotson (b. 1959) founded his New York City-based practice David Hotson Architect in 1991. His projects – houses, loft residences, penthouse apartments, and galleries – are known for their remarkable spatial and visual complexity. His Church of Saint Sarkis in Carrollton, Texas is espe...
1950 – The name changed to Midwestern University, with the junior division remaining Hardin Junior College. 1959 – The university added a graduate school. 1961 – Action of the 56th Texas Legislature placed the university as a part of the Texas Colleges and Universities System and the junior c...
Senate Bill 434 Senator Mayes Middleton of Galveston introduced this gem (that's sarcasm in case you couldn't tell) of a bill in the Texas Senate, Senate Bill 434. In a nutshell, the bill would eliminate the 1959 Texas Open Beaches Act and take authority away from the Texas General Land...
A consolidation bill had been introduced in the House and much of the Legislature supported it. On March 22, less than two weeks before the session ended on April 1, a pamphlet appeared signed by 12 members of the House. It outlined several reasons for consolidation, including: “The recent...
In 1963 Representative Bill Walker, of Cleveland, recommended an alternative to the House, saying that “Texas, Our Texas” was “difficult to sing, especially by large gatherings”; was not widely known; and that it “lack[ed] the martial character needed and desirable in the state song of...
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William M. (Bill) Sims 1932 - 2016 of Dallas joined the staff ofThe Progressive Farmerin 1947. He went on to become editor-in-chief. During his long tenure with the popular publication, he authored more than 500 articles and used his vast knowledge of agricultural production, policy and le...
Housewright, Ed. Beyond Just Win, The Story of G.A. Moore, Texas High School Football’s No. 1 Coach. Blue River Press, 2016, 205 pp., cloth. Thursday Night Lights Hurd, Michael. Thursday Night Lights, The Story of Black High School Football in Texas. University of Texas Press, 2017...
Johnelle Hunt was a stay-at-home mom until 1961 when she and her husband J.B. Hunt sold their house to start a rice hull packaging business. The duo turned that initial operation into J.B. Hunt Transport Services, one of the largest transportation companies in the world. Hunt acted as ...
President-elect Donald Trump has been named Time magazine's Person of the Year, the magazine announced Thursday, after he became only the second president in U.S. history to lose reelection and thenreclaim the White Housefour years later. ...