7. Palestine: 'PAHL-uh-steen.' Unlike its Middle Eastern counterpart, this Texas city is pronounced PAHL-uh-steen. Named by settlers who admired its fertile land, Palestine, Texas, drew ...

Second in a series on the Texas Triangles. Water has been crucial in shaping U.S. culture, history and economic progress. Before European colonization, Native Americans relied on rivers, lakes and ...

Cotton transformed the United States, making fertile land in the Deep South, from Georgia to Texas, extraordinarily valuable. Growing more cotton meant an increased demand for slaves. Slaves in ...