Articles - 2020

The history surrounding the Berachah Industrial Home for the Redemption of Erring Girls is one of Arlington’s most interesting...

On December 29, 2020, Texas will celebrate 175 years since annexation, the first step toward early statehood. U.S. President James K. Polk signed the annexation legislation...

Not much remains today of a century-old home near campus where outcast girls once found refuge. Everything you need to know about the Berachah Industrial...

In the 1951 season, our starting lineup was Leon Duffy and I at the ends, Larry Hufford and Grover Cribbs at tackle...

I first came to Arlington in 1943 or ’44; I don’t remember for sure which year it was. My dad was with the Marines in the South Pacific...

The Battle of San Jacinto was the final military event of the Texas Revolution. The Commander of the Texas Army, Sam Houston, was in Gonzales when he heard on March 11, 1836, that the Alamo...

The weather in the small southeastern Coahuila y Tejas town on March 1, 1836, was near freezing, and there were bone-chilling winds in the air when 59 delegates met in a small, unfinished...

I have to leave the names out of this one because this caper is still open on the books with the FBI. Gus’s room was not the first to fall victim of an explosive device...