TexasHistoryLessons-Michael Sparkman
texashistoryl.bsky.social
TexasHistoryLessons-Michael Sparkman
@texashistoryl.bsky.social
Texas history from different perspectives.

texashistorylessons.com

Created by Michael Sparkman
Hey there. Hope you’re doing well. Here’s a new essay for your edification. I hope it brings you joy.

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This I Believe
What Made Dobie Feel Big
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October 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Laredo by James McMurtry. Check it out.
June 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words. — Goethe, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, 1795-1796
April 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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May 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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LOLITA’S PARIS APARTMENT WHERE SHE LIVES ALONE AND READS COLETTE, BALZAC, AND E.M. FORSTER
(Acrylic and Ink on Handmade Paper)
May 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words. — Goethe, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, 1795-1796
April 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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#OtD in 1839, the Cordova Rebellion ended in the War for Texas Independence.

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#TexasHistory
#HistoricalMarker
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Battleground Prairie Historical Marker
(A historical marker located in Seguin in Guadalupe County, Texas.)
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March 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This was a fun one to make. open.spotify.com/episode/0lBa...
A Texan's Guide to Life -- J. Frank Dobie
Texas History Lessons · Episode
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March 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Truth can’t be institutionalized. It can be learned and it can spread, but there is no curriculum for intellectual honesty. — J. Frank Dobie
February 27, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Nothing is too trivial for art, but good art treats nothing in a trivial way. Nothing is too provincial for the regional writer, but he cannot be provincial-minded toward it. Luminosity is not stumbled into. - J. Frank Dobie
February 26, 2025 at 5:23 AM
New episode about Bride Neill Taylor and the TSHA is available now.

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Bride Neill Taylor and the Foundation of the Texas State Historical Association
Texas History Lessons · Episode
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February 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The evil that men do lives after them. — Shakespeare
February 1, 2025 at 5:20 AM
How do I respond to this? I like to hear about what I get wrong with suggestions on how to improve—but this does nothing.
January 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Coming soon: Texas History Lessons + Classic Texas Books in print, e-book and audio versions (with notes, essays and very affordable prices) = Texas History Library.
January 16, 2025 at 5:16 AM
January 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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It's ALIVE!

#OnThisDay, 1 Jan 1818, Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' was published anonymously. Her gothic novel was also one of the first science-fiction novels.

#ReadMoreWomen #LiteraryWomen
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory 🗃️
January 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM