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Ep. 154: When Lone Star Cowboys Took the Sport of Kings
Polo is called the sport of kings — but in America, it ran on Texas cow ponies. In this episode of Wise About Texas, host Ken Wise traces the interesting but often ignored history of Texas polo, beginning with cavalry drills in sixth-century B.C....
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EP. 153: How to Start a War- The Warfield and Snively Raids
In the early 1840s, a broke Republic of Texas could barely afford an army, so President Sam Houston tried something else: he deputized private citizens to raid Mexican trade on the Santa Fe Trail and split the spoils with the government. What followed was...
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Ep. 152: Teeing off with Wise About Golf!
I have started a second podcast. It is called Wise About Golf, it is a Texas golf history podcast, and the first episodes are up now. Here is why. Golf is not a break from Texas history. It is a way into it. The...
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EP. 151: A Road Trip Through the Republic
We think and talk a lot about the Republic of Texas (I hope). But what are we talking about? Most of the early settlement in Mexican Texas was east of the Colorado River and extended up the river as far as La Grange. The...
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Ep. 150: Happy 250th Birthday America!
250 years ago, the “American Experiment” began, with the result being the freest and most successful nation in the history of the world. The American Revolution, like the Texas Revolution, was the unlikeliest of victories. But a victory it was, and Texas played a...
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EP. 149: Up the River (road)
There is nothing prettier than a river flowing gently through the canyons of the Texas hill country. But traveling along the river can be treacherous. The canyon walls are steep and rocky. The path is narrow and the drop steep. Is the beauty worth...
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