/tags/wayback-wednesday Wayback Wednesday en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Wed, 25 Jul 2018 15:10:29 GMT /austin/2018-07-25/when-the-dallas-cowboys-called-austin-their-summer-home This story was originally published on July 29, 2015.The Dallas Cowboys are back in Oxnard, Calif., for their monthlong training camp. The Golden State� Wed, 25 Jul 2018 15:10:29 GMT /austin/2018-07-25/when-the-dallas-cowboys-called-austin-their-summer-home Andrew Weber /austin/2018-02-12/the-portrait-lbj-never-wanted-the-world-to-see This story was originally published on March 11, 2015.In 1967, famed landscape artist Peter Hurd unveiled a portrait of then-President Lyndon B. Johnson.� Mon, 12 Feb 2018 18:31:11 GMT /austin/2018-02-12/the-portrait-lbj-never-wanted-the-world-to-see Andrew Weber /austin/2016-11-23/did-texas-host-the-first-thanksgiving Some say the “real� first Thanksgiving took place more than 20 years before Plymouth, near present-day El Paso. Wed, 23 Nov 2016 15:26:56 GMT /austin/2016-11-23/did-texas-host-the-first-thanksgiving Andrew Weber /austin/2016-08-31/a-century-ago-longhorn-fans-hated-bevo-and-eventually-barbecued-him This story was originally published on Aug. 31, 2016. Bevo, the bovine booster of the University of Texas Longhorns, is a nearly century-old� Wed, 31 Aug 2016 21:45:43 GMT /austin/2016-08-31/a-century-ago-longhorn-fans-hated-bevo-and-eventually-barbecued-him Andrew Weber /austin/2016-08-03/gordon-knight-the-newsboy-whose-wanderlust-helped-him-dodge-a-bullet This story was originally published on Aug. 3, 2016. In 1966, Gordon Knight quite literally dodged a bullet.The longtime Austin American-Statesman� Wed, 03 Aug 2016 22:02:10 GMT /austin/2016-08-03/gordon-knight-the-newsboy-whose-wanderlust-helped-him-dodge-a-bullet Andrew Weber /austin/2016-07-27/the-rise-and-fall-of-mexicos-first-gringo-bullfighter This story was originally published on July 27, 2016. One hundred eight years ago, Harper Baylor Lee’s hobby became something more than that.The� Wed, 27 Jul 2016 22:17:00 GMT /austin/2016-07-27/the-rise-and-fall-of-mexicos-first-gringo-bullfighter Andrew Weber /austin/2016-07-20/watch-footage-of-58-barton-springs-flood-surfaces This story was originally published on July 20, 2016. The “Godzilla� El Niño that brought plenty of rainfall to Austin � and record flooding to parts of� Wed, 20 Jul 2016 20:21:43 GMT /austin/2016-07-20/watch-footage-of-58-barton-springs-flood-surfaces Andrew Weber /austin/2016-07-06/the-successful-scrappy-sometimes-questionable-marketing-of-dr-pepper The first DP was served in 1885 in a Waco pharmacy by proto-soda jerk Charles Alderton, and years later the “King of Beverages� quickly gained a grassroots following throughout the Southwest. Wed, 06 Jul 2016 22:18:35 GMT /austin/2016-07-06/the-successful-scrappy-sometimes-questionable-marketing-of-dr-pepper Andrew Weber /austin/2016-06-22/complaints-lifehacks-and-a-questionable-recipe-from-austins-victorian-era-summers This story was originally published on June 22, 2016. Well, it’s summer. And, if there are any certainties in this life, you’re bound to hear people� Wed, 22 Jun 2016 20:34:04 GMT /austin/2016-06-22/complaints-lifehacks-and-a-questionable-recipe-from-austins-victorian-era-summers Andrew Weber /austin/2016-06-15/why-nobody-knows-who-designed-the-texas-flag This story was originally published on June 15, 2016.Well, yesterday was flag day � a day that marks the anniversary of the adoption of the U.S. flag,� Wed, 15 Jun 2016 22:20:50 GMT /austin/2016-06-15/why-nobody-knows-who-designed-the-texas-flag Andrew Weber