ALTO, TEXAS— I dream about Caddo Mounds. As a youth, I visited the remains of the Puye Cliff Dwellings in New Mexico during festival season. Later, I clambered around the even more dramatic cliff ...

Texas takes its name from the Native American word taysha, which means friend. The word comes from Caddo tribe, whose members once lived and farmed across parts of the American South from Arkansas and ...

On April 13, 2019, a tornado touched down directly on Caddo Mounds State Historic Site, in Alto, about thirty miles west of Nacogdoches. The storm chewed up cars, trees, and most of the modern, ...

ALTO, Texas — The Texas Historical Commission on Saturday will honor the reopening of the visitor center at Caddo Mounds State Historic Site five years after a tornado destroyed the museum and grass ...

ALTO, Texas (KTRE) - International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is Aug. 9, and while celebrating history, there is a lot to learn right here in East Texas’ backyard. John Zumwalt is a ...

Nov. 25—The public is invited to join Caddo Mounds State Historic Site and the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma in celebration of Caddo history and contemporary culture. Caddo Culture Day, slated from 10 a.m.

After a 5 year restoration an important prehistoric native site in Texas, the Caddo Mounds, has just reopened. It marks an important step in the state’s effort to preserve Caddo culture and history.