Historic Sites and History

4+ hour, 36+ min ago   (759+ words) The Menger Hotel on Alamo Plaza, shown here in 1877, was founded in 1859. It grew from a modest boardinghouse to a sophisticated hostelry, serving fine food and offering a variety of travelers’ amenities. It remained in family hands until it was…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (257+ words) Visitors were greeted with presentations and educational materials during an event celebrating the unveiling of the Arboretum's final master plan design on May 10, 2025. Arboretum staff are trying to find out who cut down four heritage mesquite trees after they discovered…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (460+ words) FORT WORTH, Texas – Opal Lee, the lifelong Texan and a driving force in making Juneteenth a federal holiday, spent her 100th birthday on Wednesday at the center of celebrations in her hometown that included a scheduled visit by former first lady…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (618+ words) An area of towering rock spires in southeastern Arizona known among Native Americans as the Land of Standing-Up Rocks is poised to become the nation's newest national park. Legislation to create Chiricahua National Park is expected to be transmitted to…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (679+ words) San Antonio has changed a lot over the years, and that includes some landmarks like statues and signs being lost, removed or relocated. MySA asked locals to tell us which ones they remember from the city's past - and if you…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (452+ words) As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary of independence, Smithsonian leaders are turning to AI to better understand items in its collection tied to the fight that led to the country’s founding. The goal is to allow the public and…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (343+ words) Flood Watch through this evening as 2 to 5-plus inches of rain could lead to flash flooding. The remains of 10 more babies were recovered from the site of a former institution for unmarried mothers and their children in Ireland, bringing the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (521+ words) People cool off at the San Pedro Springs Park pool on June 17, 2023. The San Pedro Springs Park Conservancy was created to raise funds for improvements at the park, which is north of downtown. A group of private citizens has created…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (383+ words) BOSTON – A maritime expert planned to visit a Nantucket beach Monday to inspect weathered wooden beams exposed by the weekend’s powerful nor’easter, possibly the remnants of a 19th-century shipwreck buried beneath the island’s southern shore. The Egan Maritime Institute said…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (248+ words) KATHMANDU – Rescue teams on Monday searched for a dozen people swept away by an avalanche that killed at least four on a Nepalese mountain during severe weather. Rescuers from the Nepal National Mountain Guide Association, which is leading the efforts,…...