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Excelsior House Hotel: A Riverboat-Era Inn in Jefferson Built in 1858
Captain William Perry built a home, offices and hotel on Big Cypress Bayou in 1858. Today the Excelsior House bills itself as Texas’s oldest…
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Luckenbach, Texas: How Hondo Crouch Turned a Hill Country Crossroads Into a Music Legend
A town with one general store and a handful of residents became world famous. The story begins with Hondo Crouch, a beer joint and…
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Natural Bridge Caverns: How Four UT Students Discovered One of Texas’s Largest Cave Systems in 1960
In 1960, four University of Texas students squeezed into a narrow shaft on the Wuest ranch and found a vast cave network. Today it…
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Gruene Hall: Inside Texas’s Oldest Continually Operating Dance Hall, Built in 1878
A tin-roofed dance hall in New Braunfels has hosted music since 1878. George Strait, Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett have all played its small…