Texas History for Kids

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. 

  1. 1d ago

    Texas Museum Halloween: The Cursed Dress, Old Rip, and the Stolen Shrunken Head - 137

    Let me know what you thought of this podcast! Send a text. A wedding dress blamed for generations of heartbreak. A horned lizard said to have survived thirty-one years sealed inside a courthouse cornerstone. And a shrunken head stolen from a Texas museum—only to reappear seven weeks later in a plastic bag beside a road. In this Halloween episode of Texas History for Kids, I'll visit three of the strangest objects preserved in Texas museums. Sources Used Stockyards Museum  Official Website https://www.stockyardsmuseum.org/ Fort Worth Star Telegram  Stockyards Museum and Bad Luck Wedding Dress https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/fort-worth/article289744454.html The Texas Bucket List  Stockyards Museum and Dress Exhibit Story https://thetexasbucketlist.com/2017/09/the-texas-bucket-list-stockyards-museum-in-fort-worth/ Frieze  The Bad Luck Wedding Dress and the History of Cursed Clothing https://www.frieze.com/article/peter-stricklands-demon-dress Texas State Historical Association  Eastland County https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/eastland-county City of Eastland  History https://www.eastlandtexas.gov/history Texas Historical Commission  Eastland County Courthouse https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5507016983 Frontier Times  September 1936  The Jibaro Head Hunters of Ecuador https://www.frontiertimesmagazine.com/ecomm/product/vol-13-no-12-september-1936 Bandera County Chamber of Commerce  Bandera History https://www.banderachamber.com/history Texas Historical Commission  Texas Hill Country Trail Region https://www.thc.texas.gov/public/upload/publications/hillcountry.pdf Support the show 🎧😊Podcast Listening Response Activities 🎉 Y’all, it’s freebie time!  Snag your Texas Flag Reading Packet—perfect for grades 4–7! Plus, join the email list for more Texas-sized learning fun each week. 👉 SEND MY FREEBIE! Email michelle@txhistory4kids.com Visit the Website Facebook YouTube TpT Store

    Texas Museum Halloween: The Cursed Dress, Old Rip, and the Stolen Shrunken Head - 137

  2. Sep 28

    The Lost Lonestar Flag - 136

    Let me know what you thought of this podcast! Send a text. A teenage girl in Georgia created a white silk flag with a single blue star and sent it hundreds of miles away to the Texas Revolution. Follow the remarkable journey of Joanna Troutman’s lost Lone Star flag from Georgia to Velasco and Goliad, where it became connected to James Fannin, the Georgia Battalion, and one of the most tragic chapters of the Texas Revolution. Sources Used Texas State Historical Association Joanna Troutman — Handbook of Texas Flags of the Texas Revolution — Handbook of Texas Georgia Battalion — Handbook of Texas Goliad Massacre — Handbook of Texas Support the show 🎧😊Podcast Listening Response Activities 🎉 Y’all, it’s freebie time!  Snag your Texas Flag Reading Packet—perfect for grades 4–7! Plus, join the email list for more Texas-sized learning fun each week. 👉 SEND MY FREEBIE! Email michelle@txhistory4kids.com Visit the Website Facebook YouTube TpT Store

    The Lost Lonestar Flag - 136

  3. Sep 21

    Columbia: The Clues That Fell Over Texas - 135

    Let me know what you thought of this podcast! Send a text. When Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart over Texas in 2003, thousands of pieces scattered across the eastern part of the state. Follow the clues investigators used to uncover what went wrong—and discover how Texans helped solve one of NASA’s most difficult mysteries. Sources Used National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Remembering the Columbia STS-107 Mission. https://www.nasa.gov/remembering-columbia-sts-107/ Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report, Volume 1. August 2003. https://govinfo.library.unt.edu/caib/news/report/volume1/default.html National Aeronautics and Space Administration. STS-107 Mission Archives and Crew Biographies. https://www.nasa.gov/remembering-columbia-sts-107/ National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Columbia Chronology and Investigation Timelines. https://www.nasa.gov/remembering-columbia-sts-107/ National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Columbia Accident Investigation Board Foam Impact Testing Resources. https://www.nasa.gov/remembering-columbia-sts-107/ National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Space Shuttle History and Return to Flight Resources. https://www.nasa.gov/history/space-shuttle-program/ Support the show 🎧😊Podcast Listening Response Activities 🎉 Y’all, it’s freebie time!  Snag your Texas Flag Reading Packet—perfect for grades 4–7! Plus, join the email list for more Texas-sized learning fun each week. 👉 SEND MY FREEBIE! Email michelle@txhistory4kids.com Visit the Website Facebook YouTube TpT Store

    Columbia: The Clues That Fell Over Texas - 135

  4. Sep 14

    The Invisible Enemy that Reshaped Texas - 134

    Let me know what you thought of this podcast! Send a text.  A faded quarantine card warned families to stay inside—but the danger was invisible. Discover how smallpox, cholera, yellow fever, an influenza reshaped Texas communities, from Spanish missions to early vaccination programs and the 1899 Laredo Smallpox Riot.  Sources Used National Park Service. “San Antonio Missions Spanish Influence in Texas.” Teaching with Historic Places. https://www.nps.gov/articles/san-antonio-missions-spanish-influence-in-texas-teaching-with-historic-places.htm National Park Service. “Mission San Juan.” San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. https://www.nps.gov/saan/planyourvisit/sanjuan.htm Texas State Historical Association. “Epidemic Diseases.” Handbook of Texas Online. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/epidemic-diseases Texas State Historical Association. “Laredo Smallpox Riot.” Handbook of Texas Online. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/laredo-smallpox-riot Texas State Historical Association. “Public Health.” Handbook of Texas Online. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/public-health Texas Medical Association. Mike Cox. “Frontier Medicine Texas Doctors Overcome Disease and Despair.” https://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=2012 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “History of Smallpox.” https://www.cdc.gov/smallpox/about/history.html El Paso Community College. “Flu Epidemic of 1918 Hit El Paso Hard.” Borderlands. https://epcc.libguides.com/borderlands/19 Support the show 🎧😊Podcast Listening Response Activities 🎉 Y’all, it’s freebie time!  Snag your Texas Flag Reading Packet—perfect for grades 4–7! Plus, join the email list for more Texas-sized learning fun each week. 👉 SEND MY FREEBIE! Email michelle@txhistory4kids.com Visit the Website Facebook YouTube TpT Store

    The Invisible Enemy that Reshaped Texas - 134

  5. Sep 9

    “Wait… You Could Mail a Kid?” - 133

    Let me know what you thought of this podcast! Send a text. People really did mail children—and one Texan helped put a stop to it. In this episode, we uncover why families used Parcel Post as transportation, how rural mail routes changed everyday life, and what this bizarre story teaches us about transportation, communication, and innovation.  Sources Used Smithsonian National Postal Museum. “Very Special Deliveries.” Documents known cases of children traveling through Parcel Post, including May Pierstorff and the early Ohio and Pennsylvania cases. https://postalmuseum.si.edu/very-special-deliveries Smithsonian National Postal Museum. “1910s.” Timeline documenting May Pierstorff’s February 1914 trip and Postmaster General Albert Burleson’s March 1914 announcement concerning human beings in the mail. https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/250-years-of-stamps-and-stories-of-the-us-postal-service/1910s Smithsonian National Postal Museum. “Precious Packages—America’s Parcel Post Service.” Information about May’s weight, postage, trip, and her family’s reluctance to pay the train fare. https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/reaching-rural-america-past-exhibits/precious-packages-americas-parcel-post-service United States Postal Service. A Kids’ History of the United States Postal Service. Explains the 1913 introduction of Parcel Post, earlier package restrictions, first six months of parcel volume, and growth in mail-order business. https://about.usps.com/publications/pub100k.pdf United States Postal Service. “Rural Free Delivery.” Explains how rural delivery connected farms and rural households, influenced road improvement, and expanded business markets. https://about.usps.com/who/profile/history/rural-free-delivery.htm United States Postal Service. “Texas: Dates That First Rural Routes Were Established at Post Offices, through 1904.” Documents early Rural Free Delivery service in Texas, including Fate and La Grange in 1899. https://about.usps.com/who/profile/history/pdf/first-rfd-texas.pdf Texas State Historical Association, Handbook of Texas. “Burleson, Albert Sidney.” Biography of the San Marcos-born Texan who served as U.S. Postmaster General from 1913–1921. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/burleson-albert-sidney U.S. House of Representatives, History, Art & Archives. “Burleson, Albert Sidney.” Congressional biography documenting Burleson’s Texas background, education, congressional career, and service as Postmaster General. https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/10207 Support the show 🎧😊Podcast Listening Response Activities 🎉 Y’all, it’s freebie time!  Snag your Texas Flag Reading Packet—perfect for grades 4–7! Plus, join the email list for more Texas-sized learning fun each week. 👉 SEND MY FREEBIE! Email michelle@txhistory4kids.com Visit the Website Facebook YouTube TpT Store

    “Wait… You Could Mail a Kid?” - 133

  6. Aug 31

    Big Bend's Dinosaur - ALAMOSAURUS 132

    Let me know what you thought of this podcast! Send a text. Travel back millions of years to prehistoric Texas and meet the enormous Alamosaurus of Big Bend National Park. Discover how fossils from this giant sauropod were uncovered, why its name has nothing to do with the Alamo, and how Sul Ross geology students helped continue a dinosaur mystery decades later.  Sources Used:  Sul Ross State University. “Sul Ross Geology Students Collect Vertebra from Alamosaurus in BBNP.” April 8, 2025. https://www.sulross.edu/sul-ross-geology-students-collect-vertebra-from-alamosaurus-in-bbnp/ National Park Service, Big Bend National Park. “Alamosaurus.” https://www.nps.gov/bibe/learn/nature/alamosaurus.htm National Park Service, Big Bend National Park. “Alamosaurus Airlift” photo gallery and collection. https://www.nps.gov/media/photo/gallery.htm?id=5DECF36E-155D-451F-6707A3766A994BE5 National Park Service. “Monster Hunters in Big Bend – a Ghost from the Past.” https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/monster-hunters-in-big-bend-a-ghost-from-the-past.htm Support the show 🎧😊Podcast Listening Response Activities 🎉 Y’all, it’s freebie time!  Snag your Texas Flag Reading Packet—perfect for grades 4–7! Plus, join the email list for more Texas-sized learning fun each week. 👉 SEND MY FREEBIE! Email michelle@txhistory4kids.com Visit the Website Facebook YouTube TpT Store

    Big Bend's Dinosaur - ALAMOSAURUS 132

  7. Aug 24

    Charles Goodnight: The Surprising Story Behind a Texas Cowboy Legend - 131

    Let me know what you thought of this podcast! Send a text. Charles Goodnight lived a life that sounds almost too wild to be true. Born just days after Texas declared independence, he had only about six months of formal schooling, but grew up to become one of the most influential cattlemen in Texas history. In this episode of Texas History for Kids, I'll uncover 15 surprising stories from Goodnight’s life, including his frontier scouting days, his connection to the Cynthia Ann Parker story, his encounters with the Comanchero trade, the creation of the Goodnight-Loving Trail, the chuck wagon, Palo Duro Canyon, and his role in helping preserve Southern Plains bison. Along the way, we’ll separate legend from fact and discover why Charles Goodnight’s story reaches far beyond cattle drives and cowboy hats. Perfect for students, families, homeschoolers, and Texas history fans who want to learn the stories hiding just beyond the classroom lesson. Support the show 🎧😊Podcast Listening Response Activities 🎉 Y’all, it’s freebie time!  Snag your Texas Flag Reading Packet—perfect for grades 4–7! Plus, join the email list for more Texas-sized learning fun each week. 👉 SEND MY FREEBIE! Email michelle@txhistory4kids.com Visit the Website Facebook YouTube TpT Store

    Charles Goodnight: The Surprising Story Behind a Texas Cowboy Legend - 131

  8. Jul 27

    A National Mammoth Treasure - 130

    Let me know what you thought of this podcast! Send a text. What was found beneath Waco, Texas at Waco Mammoth National Monument? In this episode of Texas History for Kids, we explore the discovery of the Waco mammoths, learn how these giant animals lived, and uncover the mystery surrounding their deaths. Support the show 🎧😊Podcast Listening Response Activities 🎉 Y’all, it’s freebie time!  Snag your Texas Flag Reading Packet—perfect for grades 4–7! Plus, join the email list for more Texas-sized learning fun each week. 👉 SEND MY FREEBIE! Email michelle@txhistory4kids.com Visit the Website Facebook YouTube TpT Store

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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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  • Creator
    Michelle Gallegos
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    138
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Texas History for Kids
  • Show Website
    Texas History for Kids

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