TSHA in the News

Fort Worth Star Telegram
Aquarena Springs makes way for restoration of Spring Lake
Fort Worth Star Telegram
The first Europeans to visit the area were likely members of a Spanish expedition in 1709, according to the Handbook of Texas Online. Several short-lived Spanish missions were later located there, and the springs were a stop on Old San Antonio Road ...

North Dakota oil boom resurrects ghost town of Dore
Daily Republic
The state's population is at record levels and its unemployment rate is the lowest in the nation, a turnaround attributed to the oil boom. Merl Paaverud, superintendent of the State Historical Society of North Dakota, said other abandoned towns in the ...

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3.7 magnitude earthquake shakes Gary, Timpson
Longview News-Journal
While earthquakes are rare in East Texas, they are historically present in the area. According to the Texas State Historical Association, earthquakes have happened in East Texas. Earthquakes are reported to have happened in Rusk in 1891; Center in 1981 ...