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There are still many secret codes and ciphers in the world today. The Shugborough Hall Monuments inscrip-tion is one of them. In fact, it is one of the top ten unsolved ciphers. For over two hundred years, many intelligent men and women have tried to break its code, to no avail. Without the aid of ancient cryptology techniques and simple math it cannot be solved. Over the last six years my brother and I have worked diligently to put these old methods together to come up with a solution. Finally, we were able to name the author of the Shug-borough Hall Inscription and what his coded message...

In late 1833 Mexico began to have serious fears that its northeastern territory in Texas would be lost to North American colonists. To determine the actual state of affairs, Mexico sent Col. Juan N. Almonte to Texas on an inspection--the last conducted by a high-ranking Mexican official before revolution separated Texas from Mexico. Upon his return to the Mexican capital in November 1834, Almonte wrote a secret report of the measures necessary to avoid the loss of Texas--a report that has been unknown to scholars or the general public.
Here it is presented in English for the first time,...

Many will remember "Texas History Movies," a cartoon booklet that was distributed to Texas history students from the 1920s through the 1960s by Mobil Oil with its familiar "Flying Red Horse" logo. For decades "Texas History Movies" taught thousands of school children the varied history of Texas, from Columbus to the discovery of oil. Though the original version is now considered racist, it was for many students their first and only taste of Texas history.
It is with great pride that the Texas State Historical Association announces the publication of our newest version of this timeless...