FEATURED STORIES FOR JUNE 2025
Remember Rin Tin Tin? We’ll tell his story as well as look at the history, character, and service of this unique dog. This one’s for dog lovers!
The 1906 earthquake in San Francisco was one of the most tragic events in American history. This lecture gives an overview of earthquakes—what causes them, how they are measured, the San Andreas fault, predictability, etc. Then you will hear stories of what happened in San Francisco and the three days of fire that further devastated the city.
For 25 years, the Fergusons held political influence in Texas—wrestling with the issues of women’s suffrage, prohibition, the Ku Klux Klan, and battling Pancho Villa and Bonnie & Clyde—the first woman governor and the only Texas governor to be impeached! What a story!
COMING IN JULY 2025
Governor and Senator from Louisiana in the 1920s and 1930s, Huey Long was also a presidential candidate with populist appeal before he was assassinated at a young age. He was the beginning of the dynasty for the Long family in Louisiana that lasted for several decades.
Roy Bean may have been a dirty rotten scoundrel, but no one can deny that he was instrumental in cleaning up lawlessness west of the Pecos river, near Big Bend Country, in the late 1800s. His unorthodox methods made him a legend in his time.