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People's History in Texas is a non-profit that collects stories about people and events that have been left out of the history books and should be remembered. Documentary videos, podcasts, tweets, tiktoks, and blogs. https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/
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Hightower Signpost (opens the original)
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Below is a repost from Hightower’s substack. It talks about Farm Aid, something PHIT has talked about. PHIT has conducted over 100 interviews in our search for the people’s history of the Hightower years as Commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture. We are trying to preserve the history and the celebrate the victories of those years. Hightower also mentions the 4 farmers who got together in Lampasas 150 years ago to figure out how to fight the banks and the monopolies. The sesquicenten
Populism in North Dakota (opens the original)
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Today, we are publishing a story about Texas Populism which everyone knows started in Texas and spread to the nation in the late 1800s. Most folks don’t know that Populism found a second home in North Dakota, although up there they called it the Nonpartisan League. Both the Texas Populists and the Nonpartisan League were agrarian radicals and both were opposed to corporate monopolies, banks, grain elevator operators, and railroads.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substa
Screwworm and Texas History (opens the original)
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There are not many readable histories of the screwworm, but folks…Texas was ground zero in the war against the screwworm.The screwworm was a horrible pest. It fed on living flesh, and entered via any scatch on the skin of the cattle, or horse, deer, or person, for that matter.People's History in Texas Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<inpu
Dan Utley will be Missed (opens the original)
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Dan Utley was a blazing star and advocate for oral history and public history and history that mattered to people. He passed away on July 10, 2026. He will be missed.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="168" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J92M!,w_
Populist Agriculture Policy (opens the original)
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Populist Agriculture Policy.Great things happened in Texas agriculture in the 1980s when the Texas populist Hightower created an agency that kept the small farmer, the agricultural worker and the needs of the consumer firmly in the driver’s seat.As Commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture, Hightower recruited a nationally talented staff and PHIT has been highlighting that staff and those efforts with our Hightower Legacy Project.Ellen Widess is the bright and shining star in this epis
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