215- Lake Jackson
Lake Jackson is a small town developed as a company town for Dow Chemical.
May 17, 2024•8 min
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Stories of history, life and faith in the Lone Star state.
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214 Come and Take It Cannon
In 1835 the Come and Take It Cannon fired the first shot in the Texas Revolution.
May 10, 2024•8 min
213 Lake Livingston
Lake Livingston was built in the early 1970s.
May 03, 2024•7 min
212 Menard House
The Menard House is thought to be the oldest house in Galveston.
Apr 26, 2024•8 min
211 Uncle Bill
Never give up praying for a loved one to come to know Jesus Christ
Apr 19, 2024•8 min
210 1940 Air Terminal Museum
What was Houston's original airport is now a vintage museum.
Apr 12, 2024•8 min
209 Battleship Texas 4-2024
Battleship Texas has been in dry dock getting repairs for a year and a half, and is now getting ready to go to her new home in Galveston.
Apr 05, 2024•8 min
208- H-E-B
The history of the grocery store chain H-E-B.
Mar 29, 2024•8 min
207- Clapping Hands
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Mar 26, 2024•9 min
207 Clapping Hands
A 12 year old girl gives Major League Baseball of the "clapping hands" on the scoreboard.
Mar 22, 2024•9 min
206- Lamar University
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Mar 19, 2024•8 min
206 Lamar University
The history of Lamar University in Beaumont.
Mar 15, 2024•8 min
205- Automobiles
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Mar 12, 2024•8 min
205 Automobiles 3-2024
In the early 1900s when automobiles first came to Houston.
Mar 08, 2024•8 min
204- Texas Independence Day
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Mar 05, 2024•6 min
Texas Independence Day
59 People signed Texas Declaration of Indendence on March 2, 1836 at Washington on the BRazos.
Mar 01, 2024•6 min
203- Baytown Nature Center
When a major hurricane destryoed the Brownwood Subdision in1983, homes were not rebuilt. Instead they were bulldozed. A decade later the destroyed neighborhood was turned into a beautiful nature center.
Feb 27, 2024•6 min
Baytown Nature Center Ep 203
When Hurricane Alicia destroyed the Brownwood Subdivision in 1983, the officials opted to buy out properties and bulldoze the houses. Over time, actually about ten years, the city built a beautiful nature center on those properties.
Feb 23, 2024•6 min
202- Cowboy Bill Pickett
Cowboy Trick Rider created a rodeo event known as Bulldogging. The cowboy jumpss off his horse and grabs a steer by his horns and wrestles him to the ground.
Feb 20, 2024•8 min
Cowboy Bill Pickett
Bill Pickett was a trick rider, and rodeo cowboy who created the Bulldogging event. When a cowboy jumps off of his horse and wrestles a steer to the ground.
Feb 16, 2024•8 min
201- Baytown
The three cites, East Baytown, Pelly, and Goose Creek united to become one city…. Baytown.
Feb 13, 2024•8 min
My 200th Episode
You’ll hear a little of everything from me… I’m a bit of a history buff, I like to tell personal stories, and Faith plays a huge role in my podcast.
Feb 06, 2024•9 min
199- Get What We Deserve
We are bombarded daily with everything from cars to furniture, and told we can get it right now. But those are material things. In reality we are sinners, so we should thank God that we don’t get what we deserve.
Jan 22, 2024•7 min
198- Birthdays
When both of our grandsons have birthday a week apart we take them to celebrate.
Jan 09, 2024•7 min
197- Drums
After many years of playing drums and working at the radio station, it all finally caught up with me, and I had to make a choice… Radio or Drums. I chose Radio.
Jan 02, 2024•8 min
195 Dad Accepts Jesus
My dad believed in Giod, but was very put-off with the fake TV preachers and evangelists. So I had to use finesse in getting him to accept Jesus as Lord and savior.
Dec 18, 2023•8 min
194 Toonerville Trolley
More than 100 years ago, the Toonerville Trolley started running between Bellaire and Houston. Then trolley cars were people movers 20 years before bus service became a reality.
Dec 11, 2023•7 min
193 Father of Houston Heights
Daniel Denton Cooley was very instrumental in the development of Houston Heights, establishing a school, and eventually elected as Alderman when the Heights incorporated in the late 1800s. He also served as Chairman on the joint city and county committee that built Jefferson-Davis Hospital. He became known as the Father of Houston Heights.
Dec 07, 2023•8 min
192 Ninfa's Fajitas
After Ninfa Laurenzo’s husband died she was struggling finacilally. So she turned part of her Tortilla factory into a restaurant. She then created a new dish she called Fajitas, and Tex-Mex was born in Houston, Texas.
Dec 04, 2023•8 min
191 God Never Changes
It’s comforting to know that God doesn’t change with the times. God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Nov 27, 2023•8 min
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