Discover how Texas, once the independent Republic of Texas from 1836-1845, transitioned from a sovereign nation to the 28th U ...

For nearly a century, the all-boys camp in Hunt has taught bravery and endurance to campers like me. Those virtues were in ...

The Counter-Revolution of 1836 is a big, sprawling book (over 570 pages), as befits its scope: It takes the reader from the lead-up to the Texas rebellion, through independence, annexation, the ...

Two academics published an opinion article in Texas Monthly titled “What the 1836 Project Leaves Out.” But they’re the ones who left out facts inconvenient to their narrative.

Texas is a state that prides itself on its particular spirit in independence. Largely, it stems from the famous Texas Revolution, which liberated the state from the rule of Mexico in the 1800s. Lots ...

In 1989, Hardin wrote "Texian Iliad: A Military History of the Texas Revolution, 1835-1836" (University of Texas Press, still in print).

On March 2nd, 1836, settlers in Mexican Texas signed the Texas Declaration of Independence; here are ten facts you didn't know about the Texas Revolution ...

Here is why Texas Independence Day is still celebrated after over 175 years. What to know, from the revolution to its annexation in 1845.

The 1836 Project, an advisory committee created by the Texas Legislature last year to promote “patriotic education” about the state’s history, approved a 15-page pamphlet last month that ...

The Texas Declaration of Independence was signed March 2, 1836, at at Washington-on-the-Brazos. Here are 10 things you didn't know about the Texas Revolution.

It was on March 2, 1836, when historians believe the original and five copies of the Texas Declaration of Independence were written and signed by 59 men at Washington-on-the-Brazos. If you were ...

Retired professor Stephen L. Hardin has written two standard books of Texas history, one about the revolution, another about the Runaway Scrape ...