texarkana history

Remembering Texarkana's iconic Sky Slide from the 60s, a cherished childhood memory for many locals.

It's time to take you down memory lane in Texarkana.

The final touches are happening at the renovation of the historic Grim Hotel in Texarkana and they are starting to lease out the Lofts at the Grim. But the public has a special opportunity to tour the hotel one last time.

A longtime historic downtown building the Jamison Building is about to be revitalized thanks to the City of Texarkana, Texas EPA Brownfields Program.

There's a lot of Texarkana history that comes to mind when you go downtown. There are some buildings that have survived the test of time whether they are still active today or right in the middle of restoring and renovating a part of Texarkana's past.

It's time once again for some Texarkana nostalgia! Let's crank up this Texarkana time machine and see where it leads us this time.

Texarkana has seen its changes through the years, unfortunately, nothing ever stays the same. The future looks bright for this once-thriving railroad town that was once considered the gateway to the west.

The Texarkana Museums System presents "Tea with History" at the P.J. Ahern Home on Saturday, March 26, at 403 Laurel Street in historic downtown Texarkana.

Texarkana is my hometown born and raised here. There's certainly a lot of history and memories that I can remember. Over the past couple of months, I have done a series on places you may remember from Texarkana's past. But in this one, we're going way back before I was even born for something called "Bet You didn't know these places ever existed in Texarkana."

If you grew up in Texarkana a lot has changed over the years many businesses are no longer around but the building or slab still may be.

Texarkana has always had a lot of history with old buildings, some buildings are still here but are just a mere shell of what used to be and others are being renovated to help preserve Texarkana's past. However, some are totally gone and some were really beautiful buildings that still should still be here.

Take a walk through one of Texarkana's oldest cemeteries as the Texarkana Museums System has another twilight tour. This month it's a tour of Rose Hill Cemetery Saturday, evening, November 6 beginning at 6:30 PM.