This month author Gary Pinkerton will join us to discuss his book, Trammel’s Trace: The First Road to Texas from the North. The trace initially served as a smugglers’ route in the early 1800s, but it later became an important road for immigration into Texas from Tennessee, Missouri, and Arkansas. In fact, many well-known historical figures traveled to Texas along this... Read more »

In honor of African American History Month, please joins us for a presentation by Dr. Tyina Steptoe. Steptoe will discuss the research process for her book, Houston Bound: Culture and Color in a Jim Crow City. Houston Bound focuses on the Creoles of Color, Black, and Brown communities in the Bayou City in the early... Read more »

Join us for Women’s History Month as Alyssa Banta talks about her book, The Texas Ranch Sisterhood: Portraits of Women Working in Land. Most think of ranchers as exclusively men, but Banta’s photographs tell a different story. She will present the experiences of multiple women ranchers throughout Texas--some of whom are part of a long... Read more »