Center for Texas Studies

What’s your favorite? Jazz, western swing, big band, blues, rock ‘n’ roll, all of the above? Gene Fowler and William Williams explore the contributions of musicians in these genres and more in their story of music in Fort Worth and Dallas from the 19th century to the 1960s. This program, drawn from their book, Metro... Read more »

Many of the great cities of the world, including Rome, London, Lisbon, Chicago, and San Francisco, have endured devastating peacetime fires. Fort Worth joined that tragic company on April 3,... Read more »

Thanks to western books and movies, we all have a good idea of how nineteenth-century cowboys lived and origins of the cattle they drove. Right? Maybe not. Historian and author... Read more »