Texas settlers looked around them and saw, on the banks of almost every river and stream, pecan groves that seemed to stretch into infinity. Without compunction they chopped the trees down to grow ...

This shot didn’t win, but the pecan would become the Texas state tree in 1919. Its popularity had been growing since 1906, when former Governor James Hogg’s last wishes included a walnut tree ...

From the Galveston (Texas ... subject of pecan culture, and talks entertainingly on the subject. "Yes," said he, in response to an interrogatory, "I have a pecan orchard of 11,000 trees, covering ...

James and Suzy Livergood recently received the 2024 Small Grower of the Year honors from the Texas Pecan Growers Association.