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Texas History Lessons episodes

June 23, 2025 Lottie H. Hargrove's Era of Discovery and Missions
This episode shares the first section of Lottie H. Hargrove's 1910 book, Texas History in Rhyme.
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20 min
June 16, 2025 The Road To Ruin: The Music of the American Cowboy
This episode continues an exploration into the myth and music of the cowboy, specifically focusing on the work of John A. Lomax and J. Frank Dobie.

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40 min
June 08, 2025 Cowboy Life in West Texas by John A. Lomax
One of the people that inspired J. Frank Dobie to devote his career to writing about Texas and preserving the stories and folk ways of the Southwest was John Avery Lomax. Lomax lived from 1867 to 1948 and during those years he did a considerable amount of work to preserve and record American folk music, especially the folk music of the cowboys. He was born in Mississippi but came to Texas in 1869 in a covered wagon. His family settled on a farm near Meridian and he spent many of his formative years growing up near the Chisholm Trail and witnessed the trail drives passing by firsthand. Lomax was also instrumental, along with
another of Dobie’s mentors, Leonidas Warren Payne, in creating the Texas
Folklore Society in 1909, and three of Lomax’s children also went on to
preserving American folk songs. He published several books on folklore, including Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads in 1910 and Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp in 1919. He published his autobiographical Adventures of a Ballad Hunter in 1947, not long before his death in 1948.
This episode shares some information from a presentation Lomax gave at a folklore society meeting in San Marcos. In it he shares some knowledge on the Texas cowboy’s speech and mode of living. You might think that you know everything about cowboy culture but I’d bet there’s something in it that will surprise you. I’ve edited it slightly to make it more readable
in print form and a little bit more polite in a couple of places.
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27 min
March 09, 2025 A Texan's Guide to Life -- J. Frank Dobie
This episode evaluates the life and work of J. Frank Dobie and I pick a fight with Larry McMurtry.
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57 min
March 06, 2025 Bride Neill Taylor's Beginnings of the Texas State Historical Association complete
This episode shares a little bit more about the remarkable Bride Neill Taylor and presents her memories on the establishment of the TSHA in its entirety.
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52 min
February 20, 2025 Bride Neill Taylor and the Foundation of the Texas State Historical Association Part 2
This episode concludes Bride Neill Taylor's historical sketch on the Texas State Historical Association.
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39 min
February 12, 2025 Bride Neill Taylor and the Foundation of the Texas State Historical Association
This episode considers the significance of the establishment of the Texas Historical Association with the first hand account of Bride Neill Taylor, one of its pioneer members.
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42 min
February 04, 2025 Blood Touching Blood by Derrick G. Jeter
Blood Touching Blood is a superb literary western written by Derrick G. Jeter. It follows the trials and tribulations of Colonel Pendleton and his cavalry command in west Texas.
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34 min
December 16, 2024 The Founding Fathers at San Jacinto?
Episode 132 of the Texas History Lessons Podcast explores the influences of the Founding Era and the Founding Fathers. How many George Washington's fought for Texas? More than I expected.
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47 min
December 04, 2024 1836 - An Adventure in Time Part 2
In Part 2 of 1836 - An Adventure in time we look at some key events and people of 1836 that helped create the modern world. It is an ongoing experiment in context and perspective and highlights some obvious and not so obvious people and events.
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50 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…