Your Connection to East Texas History

The East Texas Historical Association invites proposals for papers and sessions for its 2026 annual fall meeting to be held in Nacogdoches, TX at the Fredonia Hotel from October 8-10, 2026.

Why do you love history? Has there been anything in your personal life that led to this? What was it?

On family road trips growing up, my parents would stop at every historical marker, presidential birthplace, and museum along the way. We would linger at historical sites and read every sign posted. I continued that tradition with my own children, who are all grown. History is forever connected with fond family memories and travel.

Connecting Texas: The Texas and Pacific Railroad (January 27, 2026)

Check out Dr. Scott Sosebee’s weekly ”All Things Historical” column, published in The Daily Sentinel, where he brings his deep knowledge of East Texas’s past to insightful reflections on the region. Each week, he shares the histories that help define East Texas today.

Learn more about ETHA, the organization and the people who make it special.

When you join ETHA you become part of an effort to document the many histories of East Texas.

Conferences, special events, and lectures by major speakers educate and connect us with each other.

The East Texas Historical Journal delivers historical research, member books help interpret it.

Do more by becoming a life member, a donor, or by sponsoring an issue of the Journal or a page on the website.

ETHA recognizes excellence in scholarship and education with several awards.