The Hidden History of Texas

Here is were you will find The Hidden History Of Texas podcast. The episodes cover Texas history from the earliest days of Indigenous peoples to Spanish exploration, control by Mexico, the Anglo’s take over, Texas becomes part of the U.S., the confederates move in, and back to the U.S. The audio files are accurate and try to tell the story as best as they can from all sides of the issues. The hidden history of Texas is a history replete with heroes and villains of all sorts. There were good and bad people throughout Texas history, just as there were throughout world history.

Episodes

The Spanish Build Presidios to Protect the Missions and Harass the French

June 21, 2025 • 9 mins

Welcome to the Hidden History of Texas I’m Hank Wilson, and I’m talking about the presidios (or forts) the Spanish established alongside the missions. I’ll also talk about how the French became involved with Texas and their influence on the Spanish expansion of both missions and presidios. Before I go further, please if you don’t mind subscribing to the podcast, it’d be greatly appreciated. Once the Spanish decided to expand th...

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The Spanish Build Missions

June 14, 2025 • 10 mins

The Spanish Build Missions In this episode I want to talk about the missions that the Spanish established when they colonized Texas. I’ll talk about the reasons for the missions, how many were established, and some of the good and the bad that took place in and around the missions. Spanish explorers operated under the philosophy of the three G’s, God, Gold, and Glory, the Spanish missions in Texas are a direct result of th...

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Episode 68– Looking for Gold and Glory

May 28, 2025 • 7 mins

The Hidden History of Texas Looking for Gold and Glory – Before I get too far into it today, how about subscribing to the podcast. Tell your friends that you’ve found the coolest place on the net to learn about Texas history. Well maybe not the coolest, but a pretty cool place, thanks I’d appreciate it. As I’ve discussed in the past, the Spanish presence in the Americas was pretty much an accident. Until Columbus bumped into the...

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Episode 67 – The Comanche, Kiowas, Tonkawas in Texas before the Spanish

May 20, 2025 • 11 mins

Welcome to Episode 67 of the Hidden History of Texas – I’ve been discussing the 1st peoples of Texas, those who were here when the Spanish arrived and today, I’m going to discuss The Comanche, Kiowas, Tonkawas.Remember how I discussed some of the differences between the Hunter-gathers tribes (mostly nomadic lifestyle) and the farming tribes (mostly stationary lifestyle). I brought up some of the religious beliefs and how the majori...

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Episode 66 – The First Peoples of Texas

May 13, 2025 • 10 mins

This is a more in-depth look at the First Peoples of Texas. Why” because there were people here long before the Spanish and any other Europeans set foot on the land, First, allow me to try and clear up some terminology especially one word and that word is “Indians”. The people Columbus encountered when he first reached the shores of the continent where misnamed, because Columbus thought he had reached India and as we know, he was ...

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Episode 65 – Trials and Tribulations of The Early Spanish Explorers of Texas

May 7, 2025 • 12 mins

Previously I talked about the world in the 14 and1500s and how the early Spanish explorers while looking for a path to India bumped into Texas, and a little bit about the Native peoples they encountered. Today, I will further explore some of the trials and Tribulations of The Early Spanish Explorers of Texas. I’ll also touch on the geography of Texas because that plays a major role in how Texas was explored, and it affected the l...

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Episode 64 – Texas isn’t Texas, Mexico isn’t Mexico and Europeans go Exploring

May 3, 2025 • 16 mins

(Partial Transcript) Episode 64 -Texas isn’t Texas, Mexico isn’t Mexico and Europeans go exploring and bump into a continent and are surprised to find people already there. When Europeans first encountered Texas, the world was a very different place. Well, maybe not too different because countries were fighting over land, gold, religion, natural resources, and political power much like we do today. However, it was still differe...

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Episode 63 – Black Codes are introduced after the Civil War

April 25, 2025 • 10 mins

This is Episode 63 – They were known as the “black Codes” . Remember now in the decade that followed the Civil War, Texas was in as much confusion and chaos as it had ever seen in its short history as a state. Not only were Texans faced with political, social, and economic issues that had been caused by the war but the issues that had caused the war in the first place were still around. It is true, that emancipation freed the sl...

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The Hidden History of Texas Episode 62 – The Civil War Has Ended – Part 1

March 23, 2025 • 9 mins

The Hidden History of Texas. Episode 62 – The civil war has ended part 1. We are wrapping up talking about the history of Texas during the Civil war. As I’ve mentioned in earlier episodes there isn’t an exact count of how many battles and skirmishes were fought in Texas. Most of the Texans who fought for either the confederacy or the union took part in battles in Tennessee, Virginia, or elsewhere in the South. Today I ...

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Battle of Galveston, the battle of the Sabine Pass, and the battle of Palmito Ranch – Episode 61

February 24, 2025 • 15 mins

This is Episode 61 – Battle of Galveston, the battle of the Sabine Pass, and the battle of Palmito Ranch - I’m your host and guide Hank Wilson We are wrapping up talking about the history of Texas during the Civil war. As I’ve mentioned in earlier episodes there isn’t an exact count of how many battles and skirmishes were fought in Texas. Most of the Texans who fought for either the confederacy or the union took part in battles ...

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The Hidden History of Texas

Episodes

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Episode 68– Looking for Gold and Glory

Episode 67 – The Comanche, Kiowas, Tonkawas in Texas before the Spanish

Episode 66 – The First Peoples of Texas

Episode 65 – Trials and Tribulations of The Early Spanish Explorers of Texas

Episode 64 – Texas isn’t Texas, Mexico isn’t Mexico and Europeans go Exploring

Episode 63 – Black Codes are introduced after the Civil War

The Hidden History of Texas Episode 62 – The Civil War Has Ended – Part 1

Battle of Galveston, the battle of the Sabine Pass, and the battle of Palmito Ranch – Episode 61

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The Spanish Build Presidios to Protect the Missions and Harass the French

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