COTULLA — The life-sized statue of a young Lyndon Baines Johnson shows him in suit and tie, a heavy book in his left hand, and pointing sternly with his right. His hair is parted in the middle, his ...

SCULPTOR AND ARTIST Armando Hinojosa stands by a life-size statue of a young Lyndon Baines Johnson at his studio south of Laredo. COTULLA (AP) — The life-size statue of a young Lyndon Baines Johnson ...

Today Cotulla, Texas, is reaping the benefits of an oil and natural gas boom in the Eagle Ford Shale. But in 1928, the South Texas town was incredibly poor — and that's how Lyndon Johnson saw it when ...

This 1928 photo provided by the LBJ Library shows teacher Lyndon B. Johnson, middle row center, with Mexican-American students from the Welhausen Athletic Club in Cotulla, Texas, nearly 40 years ...

COTULLA, Texas-The life-size statue of a young Lyndon Baines Johnson shows him in suit and tie, a heavy book in his left hand, and pointing sternly with his right. The San Antonio Express-News reports ...

COTULLA — The oil bust punished this small city in the southern portion of the Eagle Ford Shale, and officials here are trying to recover. Their answer to the challenge: tourism. In a town best known ...

Lyndon Johnson taught in the South Texas town of Cotulla in 1928. Even as president, he always remembered the grinding poverty of his students. LBJ Carried Poor Texas Town With Him In Civil Rights ...