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Texas History Lessons episodes

January 05 The Era of the Republic Part 1
This episode shares the first part of Lottie H. Hargrove's Era of the Republic.
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28 min
January 02 Time never folds his unwearied wing
Happy New Years wishes with a little bit about history and a little bit about the future.

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22 min
January 01 The Era of Revolution
This episode continues our look at Lottie H. Hargrove's Texas History in Rhyme and her attempt to set the Era of Revolution down in verse.
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33 min
December 22, 2025 The Cowboy's Christmas Ball
This episode investigates what ties The Killers, Michael Martin Murphey, and the Poet Ranchman of Texas together. Here's a spoiler --its a poem titled The Cowboy's Christmas Ball. There's a few bonuses at the end as well.
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27 min
December 15, 2025 The Cowboy's Road To Ruin
This episode looks again at the work of John Avery Lomax and the shift of the American cowboy from rustic hired hand to Texas and American icons.
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53 min
December 08, 2025 Lottie H. Hargrove's Era of Colonization
This episode begins with a look at the woman that inspired and influence Lottie H. Hargrove to set the history of Texas as poetry, Anna Pennybacker and then shares the Era of Colonization. Stick around after the end because there's a special bonus related to the work of John Avery Lomax.
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23 min
December 01, 2025 The Era of the Filibusters
In this episode we continue our journey through Lottie H. Hargrove's poetic adaptation of Pennybacker's History of Texas. It is a fascinating part of our history that deserves more attention.
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26 min
November 26, 2025 Happy Thanksgiving
This special episode is a Thanksgiving bonus--filled with Texas Thanksgiving treasures from years ago. Thanks for listening.

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28 min
November 23, 2025 The Dying Cowboy and Other Goodbyes
In this episode we take a look at the "The Dying Cowboy," the first song in John Lomax's 1910 book Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads. We will look at its history, lyrics, and follow it to where it leads us, including the music of Guy Clark and the writing of Larry McMurtry.
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44 min
June 30, 2025 Who Was Lottie H. Hargrove?
Who was Lottie H. Hargrove, the author of Texas History in Rhyme? There's not a lot of information but I was able to dig up some interesting material. Be sure to check out Texas History Lessons on Substack as well.

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16 min

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Texas History Lessons is a slow walk through Texas history. It takes the time to learn about the many exciting and important people, places and events in Texas history, with a focus on some that are…