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View All Events →The Green Book and HBCUs in Texas
Back during the modern Jim Crow era, African Americans endured discriminatory hazards while traveling around the country. To circumnavigate these unwelcome situations, they used various travel guides to locate where they could purchase gas, get a haircut, buy a meal, sleep for the night, or enjoy some entertainment.
Learn More →Real Places 2023 Conference
Enjoy the opportunity to network with and learn from County Historical Commissions, Main Street managers, historic preservation officers, design review boards, architects, engineers, historians, archeologists, curators, interpreters, educators, nonprofit staff and volunteers, THC staff, Texas Heritage Trail Regions, and many more.
Learn More →Past Matters
View All Articles →In Gratitude for Your Support
Greetings! We are thrilled to be connecting back with you after a hot summer and following the end of what […]
Read Article →Claiming a Place in Texas History
At the end of their internship program in August of 2022, we asked the Preservation Scholars’ Class of 2022 the […]
Read Article →Food for the Body and Soul
Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site showcases the home where the 34th U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower was born in 1890. […]
Read Article →Celebrating the Old and the New (Summer 2022)
Past Matters Summer 2022; posted on 08/01/2022 A Note from the Executive Director By Anjali Kaul Zutshi A very happy […]
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