Tuesday, July 14, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1879, Texas passed the Fifty Cent Act, selling public land in 52 West Texas counties at 50 cents an acre … Continue reading Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Monday, July 13, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1859, rancher Juan Cortina shot Brownsville city marshal Robert Shears after watching him beat a former employee, igniting the first … Continue reading Monday, July 13, 2026

Sunday, July 12, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1870, Kiowa Chief Kicking Bird outfought a U.S. cavalry force at the Battle of the Little Wichita River in present-day … Continue reading Sunday, July 12, 2026

Saturday, July 11, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1985, Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan became the first MLB player to record 4,000 strikeouts. Ryan, a native Texan, … Continue reading Saturday, July 11, 2026

Friday, July 10, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1938, Houston-born Howard Hughes took off from New York on his record-setting flight around the world. He circled the globe … Continue reading Friday, July 10, 2026

Thursday, July 9, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1716, the Domingo Ramón expedition founded the Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de los Nacogdoches Mission among the Nacogdoches Indians, with … Continue reading Thursday, July 9, 2026

Wednesday, July 8, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1860, mysterious fires swept Dallas, Denton, and Pilot Point on a 110-degree afternoon. The blazes sparked the statewide panic known … Continue reading Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1891, the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury officially opened the new deepwater port at Velasco on the Brazos River. The boomtown flourished until … Continue reading Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Monday, July 6, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1861, German immigrants founded Texas’ first Sons of Hermann lodge in San Antonio. The fraternal insurance society is still headquartered … Continue reading Monday, July 6, 2026

Sunday, July 5, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1855, Governor Elisha Pease authorized James Hughes Callahan to lead a force across the Rio Grande after cross-border raiders. The … Continue reading Sunday, July 5, 2026