Texas Brave and Strong Podcast

Quiz: What is a Maverick? 07.12.2023 7:59 ↓

Answer: A Texas cattle rancher named Maverick who left his mark on Texas, but wouldn't brand his mark on his cattle.

Texas Hills Burn for 146 Years! 23.11.2023 4:43 ↓

Fire Unites Texas German Communities every Spring for 146 years.

German-Comanche Peace 09.11.2023 9:29 ↓

It took a brave man to ride uninvited into a Comanche camp in 1847

Soldier of Fortune Fights for Texas 19.10.2023 6:29 ↓

German warrior fought for six nations, including the Republic of Texas and The Confederacy.

Official Insect of Texas? 05.10.2023 8:40 ↓

Official symbols of Texas are surprising!

Texas Food Truck--The Chuckwagon 16.09.2023 7:59 ↓

Feeding hungry cowboys on the trail

Big Foot Wallace versus wolves! 24.08.2023 12:06 ↓

When Big Foot Wallace meets a pack of hungry wolves, the challenge is to out run and outsmart them.

A Yankee finds Germany in Texas! 10.08.2023 10:51 ↓

In the mid-1800s, charming German villages prospered near San Antonio, and were protected from the Comanche due to a unique treaty. A New York Yankees penned this account of an enthusiastic visit to New Braunfels, a highlight of his Texas trip

Texas Rangers Stole Fighting Skills From the Comanche 20.07.2023 7:34 ↓

One example--standing on a galloping horse!!

The "Lords of the Plains" formed a vast Comanche Empire 06.07.2023 12:56 ↓

Settlers called on frontier "Rangers" for protection

Oxen Can't Stand on Three Feet. So, How do You Shoe Them? 21.06.2023 5:29 ↓

Blcksmiths get creative and it's humorous!

Texas Ranger "Big Foot Wallace" Meets His Match 08.06.2023 10:33 ↓

When "Big Foot" collides with the 'Big Indian" the fight is to the death!

The Cotton Road to Matamoros 25.05.2023 12:15 ↓

Cotton Evades the Civil War's Union Blockade

Iconic Texas Ranger named "Rest in Peace" 11.05.2023 21:24 ↓

A hard-riding, sharp-shooting doctor of many talents!

Dancing with the Enemy in San Antonio 27.04.2023 9:03 ↓

Union officers were honored guests in San Antonio during the Civil War.

Sally Skull: an 1860s self-made widow? 13.04.2023 11:08 ↓

Pistol-packing, horse-trading, champion-cussing woman.

Suspended Above the Brazos River 30.03.2023 7:48 ↓

Cattle in the air...

Squatter! 16.03.2023 7:49 ↓

Founder of Dallas was a Squatter?

Cowboys Tie One On! 02.03.2023 5:26 ↓

How to spot a real cowboy.

1897: UFO or Hoax--Crash in Aurora 16.02.2023 9:27 ↓

Was it a space ship??

Sam Houston's Three Wives 17.12.2022 8:18 ↓

Sam Houston had three wives and one was a beautiful Cherokee.

Hello Hico, Welcome Back! 24.11.2022 6:25 ↓

Some small Texas towns have prospered and grown during the decades. Others have boomed and then settled into obscurity. Hico in Hamilton County appeared to be in the sad, second category, but determined citizens in Hico are bringing Hico back. Increasingly it is on the list of small towns to visit in Texas and (in my opinion) for good reason. In 1856, a few years prior to the Civil War, the rush t...

High Society Comes to Texas 10.11.2022 9:44 ↓

High Society comes to Texas, 1898 In February of 1892, The New York Times published its official list of the creme de la creme of New York Society— 400 individuals, a mix of “Nobs”— old money families such as the Astors and “Swells”—the nouveau riche including the Vanderbilts. It was the Guilded Age in New York and the city’s influence helped city directories become popular across the country. In...

1831 Letter From Texas 27.10.2022 9:20 ↓

Mrs. Mary Austin Holley, a cousin of noted Texan, Stephen F. Austin, was a keen observer of daily life on the Texas frontier, before the Texas Revolution. In letters back home to Connecticut, she reported her astute observations. What follows are comments from three of her letters written in 1831 from Bolivar, Texas. . . . The people of Texas, as yet, have little time for [business]. Everybody is...

Comanche Attack! 13.10.2022 5:51 ↓

As the story goes . . . Nestled in a small clearing close to the woods and the Leon River, about seven miles northeast of the small settlement of Hamilton in Central Texas was a rustic one-room school house. The Leon River School was a simple square of loosely stacked logs with large spaces left between the logs to allow for ventilation. School was taught in the summer when the children had more f...