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and didn't EVER want to talk about Huntsville. Maybe it was...
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Texas
Centennial
Index by Sarah Reveley 5-1-08
During the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration, the state built memorial
museums, restored historical structures, improved parks, erected
statues of important Texans, and intalled over 1,000 historical
markers.
This ongoing
project will examine the extant Centennial projects and include the
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Indianola
Remnants
by Mike Cox 5-1-08
Indianola, once the “Queen City of the West,” recovered from a killer
hurricane in 1875 but it did not survive a second devastating storm
in 1886... If you want to see some of Indianola’s stately Victorian
houses, just go to Victoria or Cuero.
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PEOPLE
The
Forgotten Hero
By C. F. Eckhardt 4-28-08
Who was the first—and possibly the greatest—hero of the Texas Revolution?
He’s a man you may have heard of, but not very often. Try Ben Milam.
Photos courtesy Sarah Reveley
George
Washington Brackenridge
4-28-08
Photos courtesy
Terry Jeanson
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MURALS
Bar
Art 2-10-08
Saloon
paintings, made with varying degrees of talent have never been fully
addressed by critics. Don’t worry, there’s no lecture here – just
a sampling of what now passes for art in and around drinking establishments.
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This
Little Piggy Stayed Home
by Linda Kirkpatrick 1-5-08
This story is about the important but disgusting details of butchering
the ill fated little pig and preparing the meat for the table. It
is not for the faint of heart...
Hog
Drives of Frio Canyon Texas - Part I by
Linda-Kirkpatrick 12-8-07
Like the cattle drives of old but just not as classy or as romantic
or as written about were the hog drives of the Frio Canyon.
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The
White Lady of Rio Frio
by Linda Kirkpatrick 10-15-07
Could there really be a ghost that haunts the banks of the Frio
River...?
Saratoga
Ghost Road
by Ken Rudine 9-9-07
Two miles north of Saratoga off FM787 is the beginning of Bragg
Road which travels north to FM1293. It is the Ghost Road where the
Saratoga Mystery Light has appeared....
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San
Antonio
The
Second Battle of the Alamo
by C. F. Eckhardt 9-4-07
It might come as a surprise to many Texans that there were two ‘battles
of the Alamo.’ There was the one in February and March of 1836,
and then there was one that lasted for nine years—from 1903 to 1912...
Dr.
Aureliano Urrutia's Gates
Text and Photos by Walt Lockley 9-29-07
"As a casual tourist you'll be dazzled by this romantic atmosphere
- and the history, and the music, the food, my God. It's an easy
city to love.
Ridiculously easy."
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