History

“If that’s a stump, it’s the weirdest stump I’ve ever seen.”

Geological testing and historic research confirmed that this site was the primary source of stone used in the 1700s to build the Alamo Church. It was also used for other structures.

It took a man actively trying not to find oil to make the biggest oil discovery in U.S. history.

The Black Gospel Archive at Baylor University is the largest digital collection of gospel music in the world. Now the Lilly Endowment has awarded the archive a $2.48 million grant to expand the archive.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945.

S2P4: In 1923, the city of Lubbock established an ordinance confining African Americans to an eastern area of the city. Out of that confinement grew a tight-knit community of educators, innovators and leaders. In this episode, we explore an area known as "the flats"—one of the first Black communities within Lubbock. We hear the stories of the leaders who came from "the flats." As current leadership pushes the community forward, they reflect on aspects of the past that helped East Lubbock flourish—that need restoration and preservation.

Current students at Texas Tech University are only allowed to keep fish as pets while living on campus. But 50 years ago, some students brought animals…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opBxiKvXaY0&feature=youtu.beThe Museum of Texas Tech hosts the American History Camp Wednesday through Friday from 10:00…