Editor’s Note: Caprock Chronicles is edited each week by Jack Becker, emeritus Librarian at Texas Tech University. He can be reached at [email protected]. Today’s essay, by Paul Carlson and David ...

In 1846, at the onset of the Mexican-American War, much of what is today West Texas was embroiled in a huge dispute between the two nations — both sides claimed it as their own. When the U.S. won in ...

This is an updated version of a piece Wendler published on Aug. 12, 2023, discussing why PPHM is part of WT's service to the state and region.

EDITOR'S NOTE: "Caprock Chronicles" is a weekly series of short articles and essays that examine the life, people, events and historical places of our region's past. Today's essay by Paul Carlson, ...

For the first Europeans to encounter it, the Llano Estacado was a portal to madness. It was a “worthless and terrifying hellscape,” as Jeff Roche describes it in The Conservative Frontier: Texas and ...