An Online Community for Members of Texas Electric Cooperatives
Site Navigation
-
Texas dance halls stand as monuments to history and community
-
In celebration of our 75th anniversary, we look back at a recipe from our archives—as we will do every month this year. This month we feature Lone Star Casserole from April 1965.
-
Corpus Christi botanical gardens put visitors eye to eye with flora and fauna
-
These are not double exposures, just special moments that are twice as captivating
-
The Bugs That Make You See Red
Aztecs and Europeans treasured the radiant hue produced by cochineals living on prickly pear cactuses
Currents
History Lessons
Some of the topics we looked into while you were reading last month’s issue
February 2019 Photo Contest
Focus on Texas: Two of a Kind
These are not double exposures, just special moments that are twice as captivating
75th Anniversary
75th Anniversary Timeline: Sports
Highlighting events and milestones in history that coincide with Texas Co-op Power’s 75 years of publication
Texas USA
Convictions and Concrete
Ray’s Ornamental Gardens, a roadside attraction in Stephenville, presented philosophy and art
Observations
King of Cakes
The colorful Carnival confection with US roots in New Orleans abounds in the Lone Star State
Texas History
The Bugs That Make You See Red
Aztecs and Europeans treasured the radiant hue produced by cochineals living on prickly pear cactuses
Feature
A Hidden Man’s Gem
Eccentric hermit Elmer Kleb helped transform his family homestead near Houston into a woodland preserve
TCP Kitchen
Cozy Casseroles
In celebration of our 75th anniversary, we look back at a recipe from our archives—as we will do every month this year. This month we feature Lone Star Casserole from April 1965.
TCP Kitchen
Sunny Citrus
In celebration of our 75th anniversary, we look back at a recipe from our archives—as we will do every month this year. This month we feature Frozen Lime Pie from July 1950.
TCP Kitchen
Quick and Easy Holiday Appetizers
’Tis the season to have something festive and fun to serve while the big meal is being prepared
TCP Kitchen
2018 Holiday Recipe Contest Winners
Featuring the very best from readers’ kitchens in the 14th annual Holiday Recipe Contest
Hit the Road
A Close-Up With Nature
Corpus Christi botanical gardens put visitors eye to eye with flora and fauna
Hit the Road
North Texas Rail Yard
Cleburne’s mural and museums hark back to the town’s transportation and Native American past
Hit the Road
South Texas Riches
Daytrip includes Spanish colonial history, a salt lake and aloe galore
Hit the Road
Waco’s Mysterious Mammoths
Massive bones discovered along Bosque River transport visitors to the Pleistocene ice age
Energy Efficiency
Celebrate National Cut Your Energy Costs Day
A few small changes can add up to big savings all year long
Around Texas
Historians will re-enact in Goliad an encampment depicting the 1812 siege of Presidio La Bahia—during which Mexico took the fort from the Spanish—as part of Under the Green Flag, February 23–24.
Find more events all across the state on our Events page.
Photo: Library of Congress
