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

Episode 75 – Extreme Weather Events in the 2000s and the Bad Boys Hit Texas Hard

October 11, 2025 • 14 mins

We’re talking about some of the Extreme Weather Events in Texas History. It's the 2000s and the Bad Boys are about to hit the Texas Coast, In the past few episodes, I’ve talked about some of our most devasting hurricanes. The one that wiped out the entire town of Indianola in the 1800s, how in 1900 a Hurricane devastated Galveston, and last episode in the 60s and 70s, we met hurricanes, Carla, Beaulah, and several others all of who...

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Extreme Weather Events – Mean Girls of the 60s and 70

October 1, 2025 • 11 mins

This is episode 74 of the Hidden History of Texas and it’s time to meet some of the Mean Girls of the 60s and 70s. The 1960s and 1970s saw Texas getting hit by several storms, all of which were given ladies names, but none of whom acted very lady like. Let's meet Hurricane Carla in 1961, in1967 Hurricane Beulah's showed up, not to be outdone Hurricane Celia hit in 1970, and then in 1979 it was Hurricane Claudette. All of whi...

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1900 Galveston Hurricane

September 22, 2025 • 10 mins

1900 – The Galveston Hurricane The city of Galveston sits on Galveston Island which is two miles offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. The island is only about 50 miles from Houston, and it is a part of what are called the barrier islands. The islands sit between the mainland of Texas and the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. As such, they often bear the brunt of any storm that arises in the Gulf. Galveston has a natural harbor and in th...

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Extreme Weather Events

September 14, 2025 • 13 mins

Welcome to a new series from the Hidden History of Texas. In this series I will be discussing the various Extreme Weather Events that have taken place in Texas History. This episode is an introductory one, in which I talk about Texas, what a hurricane is, and then I talk an in-depth look at what took place before, during, and after the 1900 Galveston Hurricane struck the Texas Coast. Texas is a land of extremes. From the dry des...

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Was Mirabeau Lamar a Great Leader or a Terrible Human Being?

July 8, 2025 • 10 mins

That's the question. Was Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, a great Texas leader or a terrible human being? And are the two ideas necessarily incompatible? Can a person be a terrible human being and still be considered a great leader? Who was Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar? He was the 2nd president of the Republic of Texas and served from 1838 until 1841. His tenure stands out, at least to me, for two totally contradictory issues. On one han...

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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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The Hidden History of Texas

Episodes

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1900 Galveston Hurricane

Extreme Weather Events

Was Mirabeau Lamar a Great Leader or a Terrible Human Being?

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

The Spanish Build Missions

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

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Episode 75 – Extreme Weather Events in the 2000s and the Bad Boys Hit Texas Hard

Extreme Weather Events – Mean Girls of the 60s and 70