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  • Texas Rangers, Ranchers, and Realtors: James Hughes Callahan and the Day Family in the Guadalupe River Basin

    Fort Worth Library 500 W. Third St., Fort Worth, TX, United States

    Does your family’s history tell a larger story about Texas history? Join us for Thomas McDonald’s talk on his book, Texas Rangers, Ranchers, and Realtors: James Hughes Callahan and the Day Family in the Guadalupe River Basin. McDonald’s book is the product of research into his ancestors James Callahan and Sarah Day. The Callahan and... Read more »

  • Black Seminoles and the Seminole Indian Scouts

    Join us this month to learn about a distinct ethnic group in Texas—the Black Seminoles. Windy Goodloe, a member of the Black Seminole community, will explain the group’s migration to Oklahoma, Mexico, and Texas after a long history in Florida. She will focus particularly on those who the US Army recruited to become Indian scouts... Read more »

  • Prostitution and Power: The Madams of San Antonio’s Red-Light District, 1877-1920

    Fort Worth Library 500 W. Third St., Fort Worth, TX, United States

    Join us for the sequel to our most popular program of all time! Dr. Jessica Webb will examine San Antonio's red-light district, one of the largest west of the Mississippi, and the women who lived and worked there from the 1870s to the 1920s. Specifically, it will focus on the madams, the women who ran... Read more »