Texas Highways, the official travel magazine of Texas, encourages recreational travel within Texas and tells the Texas story to readers around the world. Renowned for its photography, statewide events coverage, top weekend excursions, off-the-beaten path discoveries, and scenic destinations, Texas Highways helps readers discover the treasures of the Lone Star State.

Texas Tough

Behind the Story

Featured Contributors

Texas Highways Magazine

READERS RESPOND MERGE • Your last few editions have been wonderful! This month’s issue was special, particularly the cover story on pecan trees and the illustrated pages on the State Fair of Texas. How difficult it must be to think up new material for a travel magazine in a time when many of us are not traveling.

Yesterday’s News

San Augustine • Betty Oglesbee restores the architectural treasures of her historic hometown

TOWN TRIVIA

The Desert Reclaims Everything • A son of El Paso returns home a year after the tragedy

DRIVE

Beyond the Sea • The Chapel on the Dunes is a beacon of hope for travelers seeking inner peace

Grassroots

And Nothing Less • Hardworking suffragists secured Texas women’s right to vote

Game-Changers • These prominent activists changed the way Texans thought about women’s right to vote.

These Are the Days of Our Lives • Stare into the heart of the pandemic at the Houston Center for Photography’s online exhibition Togethering

HIDDEN FIGURES • UNCOVERING THE UNTOLD STORIES OF 3 MIGHTY TEXAS WOMEN

TEXAS TRAILBLAZERS

TALES OF TEXAS GRIT • TEXANS ARE NO STRANGERS TO ADVERSITY. WHEN DISASTER STRIKES, WE RESPOND WITH CHARACTERISTIC TENACITY AND NEIGHBORLY SPIRIT.

ONE GIANT LEAP OF FAITH • ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF NASA MISSION STS-63, ASTRONAUT BERNARD HARRIS JR. REFLECTS ON HIS PIONEERING JOURNEY TO BECOME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO WALK IN SPACE

WE HAVE LIFTOFF

TRAVEL RESOURCE GUIDE

Texas – Made Gifts, Y’all

Magrit Co.

PLATES

Spirit of the West • Juniper berries foraged exclusively in far West Texas are used to make a distinctive gin

A Leg Up • A Houston restaurant gussies up the humble turkey leg

Love Conquers All • After 20 years and nearly as many restaurants, Fort Worth chef Tim Love hasn’t slowed down or sold out

Divided Times • The forgotten stories of pro-Union Texans in the runup to the Civil War

Relics of Texas’ Anti-Secession Resistance

Palacios • Seize the bay

‘All Kinds of Colors, Dancing Everywhere’ • Lauren Anderson, who broke ground as a Black ballerina in Houston, reflects on a career of movement

The Carrasco Sisters • CANUTILLO, CIRCA 1920