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Deconstructing History: Alamo (2:47)

It has become the site and symbol of the battle for Texan independence, but there is much more to the story. Find out why Americans will always remember the Alamo.

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  • Deconstructing History: Alamo
    Deconstructing History: Alamo

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    It has become the site and symbol of the battle for Texan independence, but there is much more to the story. Find out why Americans will always remember the Alamo.

    Video Clip (2:47)
  • The Alamo
    The Alamo

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    Find out why the battle of the Alamo still captures the imaginations of Americans after more than two centuries.

    Video Clip (2:37)
  • Black Gold
    Black Gold

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    Spindletop, an east Texas oil Field, produced 80,000 barrels a day and changed the country and oil production forever.

    Video Clip (2:41)
  • Dust Storms Strike America
    Dust Storms Strike America

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    Families were driven out of the once fertile Great Plains by massive dust clouds--one that rose to 10,000 feet and reached as far as New York City.

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  • How Texas Got Its Shape
    How Texas Got Its Shape

    Video Clip (2:41)

    Texas may have a “go-it-alone” reputation, but the state needed the United States much more than the nation needed the state. The Republic of Texas had to give up territory that stretched as far as modern-day Wyoming in exchange for statehood.

    Video Clip (2:41)
  • America Divided
    America Divided

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    America is at the brink of a Civil War as cotton spreads west and threatens to expand slavery into new territories.

    Video Clip (3:54)
  • The National Helium Reserve
    The National Helium Reserve

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    American industry uses roughly 5.5 billion cubic feet of helium every year. Find out where most of the gas is stored.

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  • Inaugural Address: George H.W. Bush
    Inaugural Address: George H.W. Bush

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    Excerpts from George Herbert Walker Bush's inaugural address on Friday, January 20, 1989.

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  • Here Come the Cowboys
    Here Come the Cowboys

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    The Detroit Lions have been playing football on Thanksgiving Day since 1934. But what about the Cowboys? NFL Films researcher Chris Willis and football commentator Sal Paolantonio explain how the Dallas Cowboys joined in the Detroit Lions' tradition.

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  • Texas Joins the Union
    Texas Joins the Union

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    Texans are known for their independent spirit, but joining the Union might have saved the state from disaster.

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  • Big Shrimpin': King of the Texas Open
    Big Shrimpin': King of the Texas Open

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    The Miss Ashleigh and Miss Barbara are forced to dock when Tropical Storm Lee interferes with their second voyage on the Gulf. Meanwhile, Redbone receives devastating news that overshadows his record-breaking haul.

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  • Texas
    Texas

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    The vastness and diversity of Texas are evident in nearly all aspects of its physical features, economy, history and cultural life.

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  • George W. Bush
    George W. Bush

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    View an image slideshow on President George W. Bush.

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  • Lyndon B. Johnson
    Lyndon B. Johnson

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    See pictures from the life and presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson.

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    George Bush

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    View an image slideshow on President George Bush.

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  • FBI Strikes Waco, Texas Cult Compound
    FBI Strikes Waco, Texas Cult Compound

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    On April 19, 2003, after a 51-day standoff with Branch Davidian cult members and their leader David Koresh, the FBI opened a tear-gas assault on the cult's compound in Waco, Texas. A news report that evening describes the scene as the cult sets fire to its buildings, and FBI spokesman Bob Ricks reacts.

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