Shreveport is older than Caddo Parish, which was created on January 18, 1838. The very first sheriff of Caddo Parish was Alexander Boyd Sterrett, the husband of Martha Bowie Sterrett.

Kerr was also a member of the "Old Three Hundred," a group of 300 settlers led by Stephen F. Austin who received land grants from the Spanish government to settle what would become Texas.

As far back as we can tell, Spain reigned over what would become Texas first. They called Texas theirs twice; from 1519 - ...

Was there a Greek presence in early Texas? County Map of the State of Texas ... by descent and known to spoil his wife with jewelry and fine clothes. March 27, 1836- The Goliad Massacre The prisoners ...

While maps might have indicated that New Spain included much of what is now Texas, the Spanish, in fact, rarely controlled ...

Have you ever wondered how old Texas oyster reefs are? One Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi doctoral candidate, Kelley Savage, is about two years into studying ...

Rilee Crouch disappeared in July in what is being described as a custody dispute Texas Department of Public Safety A 3-year-old girl from South Padre Island, Texas, missing since early July ...

Authorities in Indianapolis have charged a 55-year-old Texas man with felony stalking of Indiana Fever star and WNBA rookie of the year Caitlin Clark. Michael Thomas Lewis is accused of repeated ...

OHP arrests suspect in 30-year-old Texas cold case (Oklahoma Highway Patrol) In Plano, Texas on Aug. 15, 1991, an 8-year-old was abducted by an unidentified man as they were walking with another ...

CARTER COUNTY, Okla. — Oklahoma Highway Patrol arrested Nicholas Ray Carney, a 64-year-old man suspected of allegedly abducting and sexual assaulting an 8-year-old in 1999. In Plano, Texas on ...