Thursday concluded six days of national rites that began in Plains, where Carter, a former Naval officer, engineer and peanut farmer, was born in 1924, lived most of his life and died after 22 months ...

When Spindletop blew open, sending columns of oil gushing 150 feet into the air over Beaumont for nine days, it ushered in a new age for Texas and the world. The economic boom that ensued made Texas ...