CenTex Past Archives | Tex Appeal Magazine

Belton celebrates 100 Years of Broncs and Buckles

By BRANDY CRUZ | Photos by BECKY STINEHOUR and courtesy of the BELTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE From its humble beginnings

By PHOENIX CARLISLE | Photo courtesy of the BELL COUNTY MUSEUM Editor’s Note: The following article was an essay written

Central Texas Site housed German POWs during WWII Story and photos by RHONDA BLACKLOCK-BAVAS The United States entered World War

By RHONDA BLACKLOCK | Contributed photos Where is my John Wayne? Where is my prairie song? Where is my happy

By RHONDA BLACKLOCK | Photo from TEX APPEAL archives Growing up in Belton, Fort Hood has always had a booming

Jolly St. Nick has long history of Central Texas visits By RHONDA BLACKLOCK | Contributed photos You better watch out.

Moravian, Bohemian culture, ethnicity alive and very Texan By Janna Zepp | Photos from Tex Appeal archives Central Texas is

By JANNA ZEPP | Public domain photos Bell County is home of quite a few “firsts,” and one of them

By Janna Zepp | Public domain photos Belton might well be the site of the first women’s shelter in American

By Janna Zepp | Public domain photos Salado can boast that it is the birthplace of many a famous Texan,