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Listen: Brandon Seale rediscovers lost Battle of Medina in new documentary

by Gilbert Aguilar September 16, 2025September 15, 2025

On the latest episode of the bigcitysmalltown podcast, Brandon Seale shares how he rediscovered a lost piece of Texas history.

New season of Texas history podcast changes the narrative on the Lipan Apaches

by Nicholas Frank December 31, 2023December 26, 2023

Record low temperatures and snowfall pummeled Texas in February 2021, resulting in hundreds of deaths and millions without power.

When Texanity failed: How the state’s independent nature left millions in the cold

by Brandon Seale August 17, 2023August 16, 2023

How Southwest Airlines fought to fly the ‘Love Triangle’ over Texas skies

by Brandon Seale August 10, 2023August 9, 2023

The prototype of the first integrated circuit created by Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments.

How a Texas Instruments engineer’s tinkering led to the creation of the integrated circuit

by Brandon Seale August 3, 2023August 2, 2023

The Hotel Robert E. Lee building commonly known as Robert E. Lee Apartments at 111 West Travis Street. Photo by Scott Ball.

How cooling innovations led to frozen beef, air conditioning and a better life in Texas

by Brandon Seale July 27, 2023July 25, 2023

Multiple oil geysers on fire at the historic oil discovery at Spindletop Hill in 1901 near Beaumont, Texas.

How Spindletop became the birthplace of the Texas oil boom

by Brandon Seale July 20, 2023July 19, 2023

A blueprint of a General Sherman locomotive

How the railroad transported prosperity across post-Civil War Texas

by Brandon Seale July 13, 2023July 13, 2023

How a series of food failures led a Texas entrepreneur to develop condensed milk

by Brandon Seale July 6, 2023July 11, 2023

The S. Colt revolving gun patent was filed on February 25. 1836.

How the Colt revolver became a ‘peacemaker’ across the Texas frontier

by Brandon Seale June 29, 2023July 11, 2023