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Texas History for Kids

Texas History for Kids

By: Michelle Gallegos
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Texas History for Kids is a podcast where young listeners explore the stories they didn’t hear about in school—from legendary battles and forgotten monuments to the strange, enchanted, and unexplained corners of the Lone Star State. New episodes air every Monday.



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  • 126 - The Name Beneath the Map: Juan Seguín and the Texas Revolution
    Jun 29 2026

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    Who was Juan Seguín, and why was a Texas town named in his honor?

    Today we follow this Tejano leader from the streets of San Antonio to the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto as we uncover his important—and complicated—role in the Texas Revolution.

    Sources

    • "Juan Seguín," Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Treasures of History series (tsl.texas.gov)
    • The Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) — "Texas History for Teachers: Who Was Juan Seguín," featuring Dr. Andrew Torget (texashistory.unt.edu)
    • "Juan Seguín," Humanities Texas — Texas Originals program (humanitiestexas.org)
    • "The Complicated History of Texas Revolutionary Hero Juan Seguín," Texas Highways magazine (texashighways.com)
    • "Juan Seguín," Encyclopaedia Britannica (britannica.com)

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  • 125 - The Mountain of Bones
    Jun 15 2026

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    When you think of treasure in the Old Western times of Texas, you might think of oil, cattle, land. But for a few crucial years in the early 1880s, the most valuable thing lying around the Texas plains was the skeleton of a dead buffalo.

    In this episode we discover what happened to the remains of millions of buffalo that were brought to the bring of extinction.

    Source:

    https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/bone-business

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    Snag your Texas Flag Reading Packet—perfect for grades 4–7!
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    Email michelle@txhistory4kids.com

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    17 mins
  • 124 - The Cart Wars: The Road No One Wanted to Talk About
    Jun 9 2026

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    In this episode we uncover the little-known story of the Cart War in Texas. During the 1850s, Mexican and Tejano carreteros hauled goods by ox cart from Gulf Coast ports to towns like San Antonio. But their success made them targets. Learn how transportation, business rivalry, and questions of belonging turned a dusty Texas road into a dangerous chapter of history.

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    Snag your Texas Flag Reading Packet—perfect for grades 4–7!
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    17 mins
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