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These are the 250 most recent entries we've added to the Handbook of Texas.


  1. Rawlins, Geneva Marie Taylor 3 days ago

  2. Taylor, Josiah 3 days ago

  3. Pate, Joseph William 4 days ago

  4. Gatley, Dorothy Walton [Ann Harding] 4 days ago

  5. Morrow, Bobby Joe 2 weeks ago

  6. George, Johnny Fae Nelson 2 weeks ago

  7. Graham, Noma Hallowell [Ma] 2 weeks ago

  8. Balthazar 2 weeks ago

  9. Iglehart, Sarah A. Chambers Gooch [Fanny] 2 weeks ago

  10. Cohen, Andrew Howard 3 weeks ago

  11. Kroeger, Walker Berry 3 weeks ago

  12. Barry de Acosta, Donald Michael [Red] 4 weeks ago

  13. Beutel, Jack Allender [Jack Buetel] 4 weeks ago

  14. Saam, Byrum Fred [By] 4 weeks ago

  15. Martinez, Matt Gayton, Sr. 1 month ago

  16. Turner, Sylvester 1 month ago

  17. McQueen, Justice Ellis, Jr. [L. Q. Jones] 1 month ago

  18. Alaniz, Leonardo [Leo Najo] 1 month ago

  19. Texas-Oklahoma League 1 month ago

  20. Chase, Clarence Cornell 2 months ago

  21. Texas Military Forces Museum 2 months ago

  22. Neques 2 months ago

  23. Loring, Porter Fred 2 months ago

  24. Gransot 2 months ago

  25. McAlester, Virginia Wallace Savage Talkington 2 months ago

  26. Texas Association 2 months ago

  27. Horlen, Joel Edward [Joe] 2 months ago

  28. Grote, Gerald Wayne [Jerry] 2 months ago

  29. Forbes, Edward Ritchey 3 months ago

  30. Dunbar Library 3 months ago

  31. West Dixie League 3 months ago

  32. Central Texas League 3 months ago

  33. Hooper, Willard Tobe 3 months ago

  34. Short, Thomas H. 3 months ago

  35. Jones, Richard Percy, Jr. [Dickie] 3 months ago

  36. Hart, James Pinckney 3 months ago

  37. Rio Grande Valley League 3 months ago

  38. Forrest, Frederic Fenimore, Jr. 3 months ago

  39. Japanese Macaque 3 months ago

  40. Ramos, Romana Rios 3 months ago

  41. Herbert, John F. 4 months ago

  42. East Texas League 4 months ago

  43. Lee, Roswell Walter 4 months ago

  44. Dantzler, Louise Byrdie [Mary Brian] 5 months ago

  45. Caldwell, Earl Welton 5 months ago

  46. West Texas-New Mexico League 5 months ago

  47. Stevens, Chloe [Aunt Cloe] 5 months ago

  48. Reasner, Charles A. II 5 months ago

  49. Big State League 5 months ago

  50. Hain, Samuel Lewis Williams 5 months ago

  51. Vela, Gerard Roland 5 months ago

  52. El Paso Zoo 5 months ago

  53. Chiles, Harrell Edmonds [Eddie] 6 months ago

  54. Matthews, Jay Arlon, Jr. 6 months ago

  55. Legacies 6 months ago

  56. Low, Samuel Donaldson Warren, Jr. 6 months ago

  57. Old Nacogdoches Road to Orcoquisac 6 months ago

  58. Bartholomew Plan (Dallas) 6 months ago

  59. Shary Heights 6 months ago

  60. Machuca, Juan de la Cruz 6 months ago

  61. Republican Army of the North 6 months ago

  62. Friedkin, Joseph Frank 6 months ago

  63. Zernial, Gus Edward 7 months ago

  64. Philley, David Earl 7 months ago

  65. Allen, Jacqueline Presson [Jay] 7 months ago

  66. Canoso [El Canoso, White Hair] 7 months ago

  67. Latham, Johnie Louise 7 months ago

  68. Fain, Ferris Roy 7 months ago

  69. Yauger, Laura Fay McCormick 8 months ago

  70. Humphreys, Robert Wade 8 months ago

  71. Morris, Robert Buckner 8 months ago

  72. Peña, Alberto Antonio, Jr. [Albert] 8 months ago

  73. Pendleton, William Smartt 8 months ago

  74. Cousins, Sue Margaret 8 months ago

  75. Karchmer, Sylvan Nathan 8 months ago

  76. Wallace, John Leroy [Red] 8 months ago

  77. Collins, Rice Woods 8 months ago

  78. Jowell, George Radcliffe, Sr. 8 months ago

  79. Hughes, Moses 8 months ago

  80. Crayton, James Winfield, Jr. 8 months ago

  81. The Alamo (1960) 9 months ago

  82. Procter, Ben Hamill 9 months ago

  83. Tinhioüen 9 months ago

  84. Wohlford, William Ballard 9 months ago

  85. Morris, Burrell Wilson 9 months ago

  86. Gordon, Alonzo Peyton 9 months ago

  87. Lary, Robert Yale 9 months ago

  88. Busby, James Franklin 9 months ago

  89. Bell Helicopter 9 months ago

  90. Buck, James Madison 9 months ago

  91. School of Automobile Mechanics [S.A.M.] 9 months ago

  92. Fuente Fernández, Pedro Francisco de la 10 months ago

  93. Center for the Advancement and Study of Early Texas Art [CASETA] 10 months ago

  94. Bland, Sandra Annette [Sandy] 10 months ago

  95. Bradford, Edgar Lee, Jr. 10 months ago

  96. Foreman, George Edward [Big George] 10 months ago

  97. Pabst, Frederick Christian 10 months ago

  98. Adelberg, Norman Covin [Norman Alden] 10 months ago

  99. Bullard, Henry Adams 10 months ago

  100. Keyes, Evelyn Louise 10 months ago

  101. Wedgeworth, Elizabeth Ann 11 months ago

  102. Collins, Ira Waymen 11 months ago

  103. The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 11 months ago

  104. Bomar, William Purinton, Jr. 11 months ago

  105. Robinson, William Edward, Jr. [Eddie] 11 months ago

  106. Pals Social Club 11 months ago

  107. Bryan Museum 11 months ago

  108. Lee, Francis Lightfoot 11 months ago

  109. Sweeney, Charles Cornellus 11 months ago

  110. Van Cleve, Olen Jackson, Jr. [Jack] 11 months ago

  111. Awe, Robert James 11 months ago

  112. Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act 11 months ago

  113. Tate, John Waddy 11 months ago

  114. Nuestra Clinica del Valle 1 year ago

  115. Starnes, Jerry Cecil 1 year ago

  116. Selene Club 1 year ago

  117. Macko, Joseph John 1 year ago

  118. Dacus, Melvin Ogle [Mel] 1 year ago

  119. Burks, Doric Ball 1 year ago

  120. Morrow, William Henry 1 year ago

  121. Camp Lawson 1 year ago

  122. Gilley, Mickey Leroy 1 year ago

  123. Wachtel, Paul Horine 1 year ago

  124. Eleanor Roosevelt in Texas 1 year ago

  125. Riggs, Walter Lee 1 year ago

  126. Greek Community (Fort Worth) 1 year ago

  127. Rocket Club 1 year ago

  128. Temple, James Roland 1 year ago

  129. Blackwell School 1 year ago

  130. Brackenridge Park Golf Course 1 year ago

  131. Malloy, Adam Gale 1 year ago

  132. Olsen, Carl Edwin [Pat] 1 year ago

  133. Savage, Wallace Hamilton 1 year ago

  134. Crow, John David 1 year ago

  135. Tejano Legend Pioneers Organization 1 year ago

  136. Tinslee Lewis Case 1 year ago

  137. House Bill 3162 1 year ago

  138. Goodson, Whitsitt Ruel [Dub] 1 year ago

  139. Casino Beach 1 year ago

  140. Lyons, Theodore Amar [Ted] 1 year ago

  141. Morgan, Joe Leonard 1 year ago

  142. Mancuso, August Rodney [Gus] 1 year ago

  143. Crosby, Olive Kathryn Grandstaff 1 year ago

  144. Patten, Nathan 1 year ago

  145. Reynolds, Carl Nettles 1 year ago

  146. Koy, Ernest Anyz, Sr. [Ernie] 1 year ago

  147. Hughson, Cecil Carlton, Jr. [Tex] 1 year ago

  148. Bell, Thomas 1 year ago

  149. Mitchell, Lucille Elizabeth Reiser [Lu] 1 year ago

  150. Texas Business Women 1 year ago

  151. Loise 1 year ago

  152. Burleson, May Jane Walker [Jennie May] 1 year ago

  153. Merritt, Susan 1 year ago

  154. Hood, Dorothy Rose 1 year ago

  155. Villaseñor, Lois Peña 1 year ago

  156. Mays, Osceola Douglas 1 year ago

  157. Cook, Clara Gathright 1 year ago

  158. Distin, Vivian Dorraine Liberto Cash 1 year ago

  159. Chamberlin, Lily Pearl Ponder 1 year ago

  160. Boggess, Lynton Ross [Dusty] 1 year ago

  161. Smith, Judith Hart 1 year ago

  162. Davis, Ann Bradford 1 year ago

  163. Vincent, Albert Linder [Al] 1 year ago

  164. Beasley, Norma Lea 1 year ago

  165. Casa Mañana 1 year ago

  166. Ballanfant, Edward Lee 1 year ago

  167. Kirk, Willie Mae Jones 1 year ago

  168. Helmond, Katherine Marie 1 year ago

  169. Hieskell, Charles Colson 1 year ago

  170. Duvall, Shelley Alexis 1 year ago

  171. Bluebonnet Brigade 1 year ago

  172. Texas Institute for Rehabilitation and Research [TIRR Memorial Hermann] 1 year ago

  173. Texas Advance Directives Act 1 year ago

  174. Women's Cooperative Home 1 year ago

  175. Streams and Valleys, Inc. 1 year ago

  176. Williams, Lillian Richard 1 year ago

  177. Bluebonnet Ordnance Plant 1 year ago

  178. Shipman, Sally Raye Stevens 1 year ago

  179. Negley, William 1 year ago

  180. Omega House 1 year ago

  181. Delgado, Jacinto 1 year ago

  182. Marion, Anne Burnett Windfohr 1 year ago

  183. Fort Worth Gazette 1 year ago

  184. Lowe, Ralph Frank 1 year ago

  185. Lubbock, Adele Francoise Baron 1 year ago

  186. Smith, Ima Mae 1 year ago

  187. Wood, Jane Parson Roberts 1 year ago

  188. Bastrop Christian Church 1 year ago

  189. Burns, Mary Lynn Ann [Marilyn] 1 year ago

  190. Conopus Club of San Antonio 1 year ago

  191. Shields, Benjamin Glover 1 year ago

  192. Brush Battalion 1 year ago

  193. Lawson, William Alexander, Jr. 1 year ago

  194. Great Panhandle Indian Scare 1 year ago

  195. Welch, Louie William 1 year ago

  196. Capital Punishment in Texas 1 year ago

  197. Salmon, Joseph 1 year ago

  198. Davis, Henry T. 1 year ago

  199. Boone, James Henry 1 year ago

  200. Tilley, Phyllis Ann Jones 1 year ago

  201. Jaime, Adela Hernandez 1 year ago

  202. Waits, Edward McShane 1 year ago

  203. Kreische Brewery-Monument Hill State Historic Sites 1 year ago

  204. Lanham, Sarah Beona Meng 1 year ago

  205. Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts 1 year ago

  206. Brown, Robert William [Bobby] 1 year ago

  207. Lawther, Joseph Earl 1 year ago

  208. Old Iron Bridge 1 year ago

  209. Ratliff, Archillus P. 1 year ago

  210. Brooks, Allen 1 year ago

  211. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Franchise) 1 year ago

  212. Harris, Marcelite Cecile Jordan 1 year ago

  213. Ramirez, Rosa Miranda 1 year ago

  214. Critchett, Belle Christie Ferguson 1 year ago

  215. Married Ladies Social, Art and Charity Club of America 1 year ago

  216. Club Femenino Chapultepec 1 year ago

  217. Forbes, Margaret Anne Mueller Swan 1 year ago

  218. Harrington, Gladys Haggard Bishop 1 year ago

  219. Crowdus, John William 1 year ago

  220. Brannen, Carl Andrew, Sr. 1 year ago

  221. Gay Chicano Caucus 1 year ago

  222. Ryan, Frank Beall 1 year ago

  223. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) 1 year ago

  224. Amador, Vicente Ferrer Enríquez de 1 year ago

  225. DuPont, Margaret Evelyn Osborne 1 year ago

  226. Holbrook, Marybecca Sullivan Tilotta [Becky] 1 year ago

  227. Burrus, Elizabeth Corine Parris [Eliza] 1 year ago

  228. Routh, Sylvia 1 year ago

  229. Towler, Annie McLean Moores 1 year ago

  230. Dunn, Mary 1 year ago

  231. Hall, Constant Kirkland 1 year ago

  232. Hardaway, Samuel George 1 year ago

  233. Kent, Loren 1 year ago

  234. Arizpe, José Ignacio de 1 year ago

  235. Cockrell, Egbert Railey 1 year ago

  236. Morrison, Mary Francine Reese 1 year ago

  237. Texas Association Against Sexual Assault 1 year ago

  238. Schneider, Rose Grundfest 1 year ago

  239. Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe, Inc. 1 year ago

  240. McDonald, Nancy Jane Hanks 1 year ago

  241. La Cruz Blanca (Constitucionalista/Nacional) 1 year ago

  242. La Cruz Blanca Neutral 1 year ago

  243. Estrada, Ignacio [Nacho] 1 year ago

  244. Sam, Fung T. 1 year ago

  245. Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center 1 year ago

  246. L'Engle, William Johnson 1 year ago

  247. Bryce, William John 1 year ago

  248. Dunkins, Dennis Leon 1 year ago

  249. McSween, John 1 year ago

  250. Loving, George Barnet 1 year ago

Commemorating 250 years of American independence through the stories, people, and places that shaped Texas and the nation.

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary in 2026, Texans have a unique opportunity to reflect on the state’s role in the American story. Through exhibitions, programs, educational initiatives, and community events across Texas, Texas America250 encourages celebration, reflection, and commemoration at both local and statewide levels. At the Texas State Historical Association, we are proud to support this important moment through our mission-driven work in history education and public engagement, including Texas History Day, and we invite students, educators, and communities to explore this milestone in meaningful ways.

On July 4, 2026, we will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the greatest nation in the history of the world. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Long may these ideals live in the heart of every Texan and every American. May God bless all who have defended our freedoms that we enjoy each day. And God bless the United States of America.

Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas

Commemorating 250 years of American independence through the stories, people, and places that shaped Texas and the nation.

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary in 2026, Texans have a unique opportunity to reflect on the state’s role in the American story. Through exhibitions, programs, educational initiatives, and community events across Texas, Texas America250 encourages celebration, reflection, and commemoration at both local and statewide levels. At the Texas State Historical Association, we are proud to support this important moment through our mission-driven work in history education and public engagement, including Texas History Day, and we invite students, educators, and communities to explore this milestone in meaningful ways.

On July 4, 2026, we will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the greatest nation in the history of the world. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Long may these ideals live in the heart of every Texan and every American. May God bless all who have defended our freedoms that we enjoy each day. And God bless the United States of America.

Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas

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