Dr. W.F. Strong, is a Fulbright Scholar and professor of Culture and Communication at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He brings bits of Texas lore and history for Texans and non-Texans alike.

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Submissions from 2018

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A Handy Guide To The Most Texas-Loving Pages On Facebook, William F. Strong

Submissions from 2017

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On The 20th Century, And The 22nd, William F. Strong

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How Three Gifts To UT Gave All Texans A Fourth: The Gift Of The Stars, William F. Strong

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Texas Diphthong (Trying to Talk Texan? Let Your Words Lean Into Each Other), William F. Strong

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The Surprising Lesson Of Judge Roy Bean’s Life: It’s Never Too Late, William F. Strong

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Author Jules Verne Prophesied The Link Between Texas And The Moon, William F. Strong

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Missing Whataburger, William F. Strong

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On Y’all’d’ve, Tumped And Other Texan Language Staples, William F. Strong

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Bass Boat Heroes (In Praise Of The Bass Boat Heroes), William F. Strong

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Texas Outside of Texas (Texas: The Name Heard ‘Round The World), William F. Strong

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Explorer, Castaway, Slave, Shaman: How Texas’ First ‘Tourist’ Rambled His Way Across The Territory, William F. Strong

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Songs About Texas Towns (Top Of The Charts: A Look At All The Hit Songs About Texas Towns), William F. Strong

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Texas Longhorn (Heard The One About The Texas Rancher, His Longhorn And A Federal Agent?), William F. Strong

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Texas Rancher, New York Banker (The Texas Rancher and the New York Banker), William F. Strong

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Property In Texas (Real Estate Has Always Been Highly-Prized In Texas. It’s Just The Dollar Values That Have Changed.), William F. Strong

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Larry McMurtry (McMurtry and Twain), William F. Strong

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Lingo For Gringos (Lingo for Gringos: Ten Spanish Words All Anglos Should Know), William F. Strong and Lupita Rodriguez Strong

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Short Stories (Three Tales of Texas Pride), William F. Strong

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Cynthia Ann Parker (Quanah Parker: A Mother’s Day Story), William F. Strong

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Van Cliburn (The One Musician To Get A Ticker-Tape Parade Was A Texan), William F. Strong

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Rainbow Bridge (This Is The Scariest Bridge In Texas), William F. Strong

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Texas Grammar (We Might Oughtta Praise Texas Grammar), William F. Strong

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Weather In Texas (Texas Weather Is Never Normal), William F. Strong

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New Immigrants To Texas (Anglo Settlers Were Texas’ Original Undocumented Immigrants), William F. Strong

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Valentine, Texas (The How, Where and Why of Valentine, Texas), William F. Strong

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The Weird Connection Between Tony Romo and Tony Roma’s, William F. Strong

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Letter from Bush to Clinton (What It Means to Be a Texas Gentleman), William F. Strong

Submissions from 2016

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Good Texas Books (Here’s Your Texas Themed Reading List for 2017), William F. Strong

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The Story Behind Texas’ Favorite Butter, William F. Strong

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Henrietta King (The Queen of King Ranch), William F. Strong

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10 1/2 Things About The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (10 1/2 Frightening Facts About The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), William F. Strong and Alexandra Seymour

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Dr Pepper: The Story of Texas’ Favorite Soft Drink, William F. Strong

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Texas Used To Be Bigger (Sure, Texas Is Big – But It Used to Be Even Bigger), William F. Strong

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The Real Texan Who Inspired Captain Woodrow F. Call, William F. Strong

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Homesick For Texas (Homesick for Texas: Songs & Tributes to the Lone Star State), William F. Strong

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Maverick (The Texan origins of the word ‘maverick’), William F. Strong

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Demonyms of Texas (Texas Demonyms: Dallasites, Victorians, and Everything In-Between), William F. Strong

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Tom Landry (The Life of Tom Landry, the Man in the Hat), William F. Strong

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Words, They Are A Changin', William F. Strong

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Oscar Wilde (Oscar Wilde’s Tour of Texas Gives Us Life), William F. Strong

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Quotes (‘You May All Go to Hell’ And 9 More Great Texas Quotes), William F. Strong

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Ranchers' Conversation (The Mysterious Texan and the Ranchers’ Convention), William F. Strong

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Mom (Three Secrets of Life From My 101-Year-Old Mother), William F. Strong

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Southwest Airlines (The Airline That Started With A Cocktail Napkin), William F. Strong

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Texas Mispronunciation (Listen: 12 More Words Texans Mispronounce), William F. Strong

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Pickup Trucks (In the Land of Pickups, Texas is King), William F. Strong

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I’m Mad, Too, Eddie!, William F. Strong

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Poems From Texas (Think There’s No Poetry In Texas? Think Again), William F. Strong

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Think There’s No Poetry In Texas? Think Again, William F. Strong

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Before We Had Social Media, We Had Dairy Queen, William F. Strong

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The Time It Never Rained, William F. Strong

Submissions from 2015

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The Story of James Dean and the Shamrock Hotel, William F. Strong

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What You Might Not Know About the Texas Constitution, William F. Strong

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Stories From Texas: Student Edition, William F. Strong

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One Texan In A Global Village, William F. Strong

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Alaska (6 Reasons Texas Is Better Than Alaska), William F. Strong

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The Top 12 Quotes From ‘Lonesome Dove’, William F. Strong

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When the Young Lieutenant Met the Wild Mustangs, William F. Strong

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Uncle Dale (That Time Uncle Dale Made Us a Baseball Field), William F. Strong

Submissions from 2013

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Commonly mispronounced words in Texas, William F. Strong

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How you know if someone is a true Texan, William F. Strong

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Spanish for Gringos, William F. Strong

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Stories From Texas promo, William F. Strong