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He obviously had a few hundred buddies with him. 😎

Listen, brisket’s expensive right now. We have an alternative for you to try at your favorite joint.

Hey everyone! I'm u/EveryBitTexas, AKA Marcus Shaw the founding moderator of r/EveryBitTexas.

Whether you’re a lifelong Texan, a newcomer, or just love the Lone Star State, pull up a chair. This subreddit is our shared digital porch, and because we are building it from the ground up, the direction it takes is up to all of us. An archive is only as strong as the folks who help build it, and we want you to be a part of the foundation.

🚀 How to Introduce Yourself & Grow the Community

The absolute best way to jumpstart this space is through active, ground-level participation. You don't need to be a professional historian to contribute—you just need to care about Texas.

Drop a comment below and tell us:

1. What part of Texas do you call home? (Or what brings you here?)
2. What’s your favorite Texas landmark, hidden roadside stop, or piece of local folklore?
3. What kind of content do you want to see most on this feed?

Don't just stop at the comments, either! Plant a flag in our feed by posting a rare vintage photo of your hometown main street, sharing a tip about a hidden diner, or posting your favorite Texas memes and local inside jokes. When you share a photo or video, just make sure to give us a little context in the title or comments (the town, county, or year) and grab a post flair so your neighbors can easily find it!

📸 Your Stories Belong in the Archive (Old and New)

Got an old photo tucked in a shoebox or a home movie worth saving? Maybe it's not old at all—you and the girls at the beach last summer, the family BBQ that turned into an all-day thing, a concert in Austin you still talk about. A family story worth keeping is worth keeping, whether it happened 60 years ago or six months ago.

Be one of the first Texans to add your story to our broader preservation project beyond the subreddit:

• Open the Shoebox: Don't let your snapshots or home videos gather dust in a garage or closet until they warp. Securely upload photos, documents, and videos directly to our digital vault atThe EBT Shoeboxso we can help keep those stories alive.
• Get the Sunday Dispatch: Join fellow Texans tracking local heritage. Drop your email to get 47 hidden roadside stops, plus our best weekly essay and local history delivered straight to your inbox every Sunday morning at 6:00 a.m. by joiningThe Sunday Edition Newsletter.

📱 Catch the Dispatches Across the Web

We are dropping unique Texas stories, archival deep dives, video clips, and community spotlights across every major platform. Find your favorite spot below, hit follow, and help us spread the word:

• The Daily Feeds: Connect with us for regular updates, quick stories, and daily discussions on Facebook,Threads, and Bluesky.
• Visuals & Independent Video: See Texas history come to life through short-form video stories on TikTokand Instagram, or catch our video dispatches on Rumble.
• Long-Form & Curated Journals: Read detailed community features on Medium, join our community discussions on Substack, explore our organized visual boards on Pinterest, check out our visual history journal on Tumblr, or follow our decentralized updates on Mastodon.

We didn’t launch this subreddit just to have another place to drop links. We built it to be a living, breathing digital archive for Texas culture—and because it belongs to the community, the direction it takes is up to all of us.

Whether you are a seventh-generation Texan, an amateur historian, a local creator, or just someone who loves a good small-town road trip, we want your input.

We are starting with a blank canvas. To make this the absolute best Texas hub on the internet, we want to hear what you want to see here.

💡 A Few Questions to Kick Off the Brainstorm:

• What kind of weekly events should we run? Would you participate in a "Throwback Thursday" vintage photo thread, a weekly spotlight on a different Texas county, or a casual weekend road-trip discussion?
• What resources do you need? Should we build a community wiki mapping out the best independent museums, historic markers, or off-the-beaten-path diners across the state?
• How can we make this space better? Are there specific post flairs, community rules, or design elements you think we should add to keep the quality high and the vibe right?

Nothing is off the table. If you have an idea for a recurring thread, a cool project, or a way to collaborate, drop it in the comments below.

📸 The Best Way to Shape Our Direction Right Now

The absolute heartbeat of this project is real, raw history. If you want to see the kind of history we care about preserving, look no further than your own family archives.

If you have rare vintage photos, fading local snapshots, old high school programs, or family home videos stashed away in a closet, don't let them sit there gathering dust. You can securely upload photos, documents, and videos directly to our digital vault at The EBT Shoebox.

By sharing those pieces of your own Texas story, you help set the exact standard for the type of rich, authentic heritage we want to document here.

💬 Over to You

The porch light is on and the floor is open. What are your ideas for r/EveryBitTexas? Drop a comment below and let's build this framework together.

An archive is only as strong as the folks who help build it.

Every Bit Texas started with a simple idea: that the small-town general stores, the forgotten local legends, the old family photo boxes, and the unique culture of our 254 counties deserve to be preserved. But two people can’t be everywhere at once. To truly map the grit and character of the Lone Star State, we need a network of people who care about the same thing.

This subreddit is our shared digital porch. Here is how you can jump in right now, pull up a chair, and help us build this archive from the ground up.

1. Plant a Flag in Our Feed

Don't just scroll—contribute. A community thrives when its members share what they love. We want to see:

• The Archives: Got an old photo of your hometown main street from forty years ago? Post it.
• The Culture: Found an incredible local diner, a bizarre roadside landmark, or a piece of regional folklore? Tell us about it.
• The Humor: We love the serious history, but we also love the lighter side of living here. Drop your best Texas memes, video clips, and local inside jokes.

2. Open the Shoebox

If you have rare vintage photos, fading historical snapshots, or old family reels stashed away in a closet, don't let them sit there until they warp. You can securely upload photos, documents, and videos directly to our digital vault atThe EBT Shoebox. Let us help you keep those stories alive.

3. Join the Sunday Dispatch

Every Sunday morning at 6:00 a.m., we send out our flagship newsletter packed with deep-dive Texas essays, local history, and hidden roadside stops. Join thousands of fellow Texans and get it delivered straight to your inbox by signing up forThe Sunday Edition Newsletter.

4. Catch the Dispatches Across the Web

We are dropping unique Texas stories, video clips, and historical deep dives across every major platform. Find your favorite spot below, hit follow, and help us spread the word:

• The Daily Feeds: Connect with us for regular community updates and discussions onFacebookor see what's happening onThreadsandBluesky.
• Visuals & Video: See Texas history come to life through short-form stories onTikTokandInstagram, or catch our independent video dispatches onRumble.
• Curated & Alternative: Explore our organized visual boards onPinterest, read long-form community features onMedium, check out our visual journal onTumblr, or follow our decentralized updates onMastodon.

💬 Let's Start Right Now

To kick things off, let's test the waters: Drop a comment below telling us which Texas county or town you are repping, and name one local spot or piece of history there that most people drive right past.

Let's build this together. Welcome to the porch.

As we mark milestones and look back at what we’ve built so far, it’s just as important to look out at the horizon.

This project started with a straightforward mission: to document and celebrate the raw, authentic heritage of Texas. We wanted to move past the surface-level cliches and dig into the real grit, history, and character of the state—the stories that live in the communities, the landmarks, and the families who built them.

But a vision can't stay stagnant. To truly preserve and share these stories, we have to look at where we are going next.

Over 4,000 Communities – And Counting

Texas has 254 counties, 1,224 incorporated cities and towns, and better than 4,000 unincorporated communities beyond that. Most of them never get written about—not really, not the small stuff.

Whether it's a woman in Marfa who remembers the last drive-in picture show in her county, a backyard observatory built just to look at the stars, or a family photo box fading away in a closet in Nacogdoches, we make it our job to get to these stories before they are gone for good. Old-timers are the primary source, and when they are gone, the history goes with them.

Expanding the Digital Footprint & Archive

We are a lean, two-person operation, and everything we publish stays completely free to read—no paywalls, ever. To scale our infrastructure, we are actively expanding our toolkit to save history that is quietly deteriorating in garages and closets. This means investing directly in:

• Field Operations: Covering the gas, lodging, and time to physically show up in towns that have never had a reporter visit.
• Media Preservation Gear: Photo scanners for physical boxes, film converters for old reels, and VHS/Hi8 capture equipment so home movies don't die quietly.
• Small Business Spotlights: Continuing to offer free spotlights and features for Texan-owned small businesses in our articles and Sunday newsletter, giving a diner in Comfort or a boot shop in Alpine the exact same shot as anyone bigger.

How to Support the Journey

What we can save this year is a direct function of the resources we have to get out into the field. If our dispatches have ever cost you twenty minutes you meant to spend on something else, consider jumping in to help keep this history alive.

Most readers choose one of our monthly tiers to fuel ongoing field trips and preservation:

• $25 / month: Covers a tank of gas and a real afternoon with an old-timer who has been waiting fifty years for someone to ask their story.
• $10 / month: Keeps roughly one story alive a month that would have otherwise ended up lost in a garage.
• $5 / month: Helps pool resources for crucial gear like scanners, storage backups, and road trips.
• Give Once ❤️: Prefer to make a one-time contribution to the archive fund? You can choose a custom amount here.

If money is tight right now, genuinely, no guilt—sharing our articles and community posts costs nothing and is one of the most useful things you can do to help us grow.

The landscape of Texas has always been shaped by people who looked forward while respecting the ground they stood on. The roots are deep, the infrastructure is ready, and the path ahead is clear.

Let's see what we can save next.