1970 adventure triggered Bill Wittliff's passion for photographing vaqueros

Mike Brick, special to DMN:
To the Library of Congress, the Texas State Historical Association and the Internet Movie Database, he is William D. Wittliff, though his patrons call him Bill. His friends call him Billy. Somebody once called him a "Renaissance hombre."
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Visit the collection here: http://alkek.library.txstate.edu/swwc/wg/index.html

Lines are drawn over plans for Battleship Texas at San Jacinto state historic park

Tom Benning reports:

An enormous dreadnought battleship sits near the spot where some of Sam Houston's troops camped at San Jacinto Battleground before the stunning upset that secured Texas' independence 174 years ago.

Disorienting from a purely historical perspective, the famous Battleship Texas is nonetheless a welcome sight to a broad coalition of state officials, local leaders and history buffs. In the more than 60 years since the battleship retired to a slip at San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site, the two pieces of Texas lore have together become an integral part of the local fabric at the park and along the Houston Ship Channel.
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Stutz reports:State Board of Education continues debate over standards for social studies

AUSTIN – State Board of Education members resumed their volatile debate over social studies standards Wednesday as the panel neared its first vote on what Texas students will be taught in U.S. history, government and other classes over the next decade. Stutz reports.

On this day in history,

Jones buys Cowboys, fires Landry

Feb. 25, 1989

By GARY MYERS / The Dallas Morning News

Editors' note: The following appeared in the final Feb. 26, 1989 edition of The Dallas Morning News.

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Tex Schramm's eyes filled with tears. Then his voice cracked and he cried. It was almost too much to comprehend: Tom Landry is no longer the only coach the Cowboys have ever had. Landry was fired Saturday by the Cowboys' new owner, Jerry Jones, who named University of Miami coach Jimmy Johnson to succeed him.

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