This Fall, THF is proud to support a new round of projects that highlight the depth and diversity of Texas history in its latest round of grant funding. Congratulations to the five grantees!

The third annual Duda Forum brought together preservationists, community leaders, and courthouse experts for two days of insight and inspiration in Austin and New Braunfels. With Texas’s historic courthouses taking center stage, attendees explored restoration challenges, community impact, and the importance of preserving these iconic landmarks. Read the full recap by THF President & CEO David Preziosi for highlights from this year’s forum.

At its recent meeting in San Angelo, the Texas Historical Foundation (THF) approved three new directors whose collective experience in business, law, and preservation will help advance the Foundation’s mission to preserve Texas history: Harold Prasatik of Fair Oaks Ranch, Cynthia Toles of Houston, and Jon Venverloh of Highland Park.

Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) was awarded funds for their ambitious restoration and digitization of their KPRC-Houston collection, a collection that includes the sole extant footage of many significant historical events as well as the beloved and long running Eyes of Texas series.

Funds will support the preservation of the Armsted Taylor House (Taylor Inn), located on Chestnut Street near the historic “Jockey Lot.” The project will address water drainage issues, stabilize the foundation, and repair interior damage.

Grant funds went towards the Historic Marker Program to introduce the concept, identify buildings, map locations, invite community excitement and participation; while drawing attention to historic buildings and the role they have played in the story of Palacios over time.

This year for Halloween, we are revisiting one of our past favorites: The Jefferson Historical Society Museum's “Sitting Up with the Dead: A Victorian Mourning Exhibit." The exhibit, which we visited in 2024, explored 19th-century mourning customs, including a few eerie photographic effects and practices.

More than 10,000 years ago, prehistoric peoples in Texas crafted stone spear points to hunt mammoths, bison, and other animals. These finely made tools — known today as projectile points or, colloquially, as “arrowheads” — are among the oldest evidence of human life in North America. The Texas Fluted Point Survey is documenting and mapping these artifacts in Texas to expand our understanding of our state's earliest inhabitants.

In 2024, the inaugural year of the Duda Preservation Awards, the Friends of the Wheelock School House won the top prize for their efforts to restore the 1908 Wheelock School House.