The Abilene Railroad Festival occurred this weekend, September 12–13, marking its second year since returning to downtown ...

It was the 1870s community of Chilton, later to become Big Sandy, and the railroad was coming. “They petitioned for the ...

Inspectors for the Texas Railroad Commission are investigating a 5.4-magnitude earthquake that was recorded west of Pecos near the border of Reeves and Culberson counties on Wednesday, the agency said ...

A new exhibit at the Plano African American Museum is shedding light on the often-overlooked role Texas played in the Underground Railroad, specifically through the network that helped enslaved people ...

SMITHVILLE — If you confine your Central Texas day trips to the main highways, you might find Smithville easy to skip. This half-hidden, quasi-quirky railroad town maintains its singular character in ...

LULING, Texas — This article was originally published by our content partners at the Texas Tribune. Read the original article here. Just six minutes from 5,700-person town’s historic city center, ...

Advocates, historians, and descendants of enslaved people are planning to join a 60-mile walk in Texas to bring attention to ...