Texas City explosion in 1947 (Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries) (Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries) TEXAS CITY, Texas – Tuesday’s ...

(WLUK) -- While many people are lamenting the cool, rainy spring and late blooms, at least this Memorial Day weekend was not like the one in 1947. Dorothy Hagemann shared the above photo of Leo and ...

The Woodward Tornado of April 1947 claimed more than 100 lives. It’s considered to be the longest track and deadliest tornado to ever to strike our state. The tornado’s path stretched for more than ...

On the morning of April 16, 1947, a cataclysmic event like America had never seen before or since shook the people of Texas City to their core. A series of unstoppable firestorms and explosions ...

This article considers the famine of the immediate post-war period of 1946–1947 in relation to the food problems experienced by the USSR in World War II and to the impact of the weather conditions ...