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Texas Escapes Magazine
August Issue 2004
TEXAS TOWNS

Central Texas
Aurora - Photos by John Troesser 8-5
Blossom 8-12
Broadway 8-14
Buckholts - Photos by John Troesser 8-4
Caldwell - Photo by John Troesser 8-15
Calvert - Photos by John Troesser 8-7
Creagleville 8-16
Donie 8-17
Drop 8-16
George 8-7
Holland 8-19
Irving 8-12
Louise - Photos by John Troesser 8-4
Mart - Photos by John Troesser 8-9
New Waverly 8-19
Pearl City - Photo by John Troesser 8-14
Plum 8-23
Reagan - Photo by Paul Newsome 8-12
Rio Vista 8-9
Rockwall 8-23
Tom Bean 8-17
Webb - Photo by Pam Powell 8-11

East Texas
Tenaha, Timpson, and Bobo 8-23
Bobo
Conroe - Photos by John Troesser 8-3
Daingerfield 8-3
Georgia 8-7
Karnack 8-19
Moscow 8-14
Pert 8-6

Queen City 8-14
Stagecoach 8-14
Tehuacana - Photos by John Troesser 8-2

South Texas
Crystal City - Photos by John Troesser 8-16
Runge 8-14
San Isidro - Photos by John Troesser 8-12
Three Rivers 8-23
Tilden - Photos by John Troesser 8-17

Texas Gulf Coast

Ganado - Photos by John Troesser 8-10
Port Arthur - Photos by John Troesser 8-8
Sabine Pass - Photos by John Troesser 8-8

Texas Hill Country
Cleo 8-6
Devine - Photos by John Troesser 8-11
D'Hanis - Photos by John Troesser 8-19
Hilda - Photos by John Troesser 8-11
Kimbro - Photos by John Troesser 8-19
Marble Falls - Photos by John Troesser 8-18
Mozo 8-14
Quihi - Photos by John Troesser 8-12
Wagram 8-2

Texas Panhandle
Bovina - AKA Bull Town 8-3
Brice 8-12
Brontė - Photos by John Troesser 8-9
Cee Vee 8-12
Channing 8-15
Dawn 8-16
Goodnight 8-19
Lueders - Photos by Erik Whetstone 8-21
May 8-9
Oklaunion 8-14
Rule - Photo courtesy Rule C of C 8-7
Seymour 8-23
Slaton 8-9
Stinnett 8-4
Tuxedo 8-11

West Texas
Crane - Photos by James Rowland 8-3
Goldsmith 8-7

Texas Ghost Towns
Baxter - Photos by Erik Whetstone 8-10
Byspot 8-4
Callahan City 8-4
Carter 8-17
Dewville 8-12

Ironosa 8-9
Java 8-5
New Moore 8-7
Pickens - Photo by Erik Whetstone 8-10
Sabine - Photos 8-8
Sunshine Hill 8-6
Vigo Park - Photo by Erik Whetstone 8-5
Wayside - Photo by Erik Whetstone 8-5
COLUMNS

"They shoe horses, don't they?" - Editorial

Three Bean Salad by John Troesser 8-17
Tom Bean, Peter Ellis Bean and Judge Roy Bean

Pixilated in Port Arthur & Reincarnated in Luling
Alfred Stillwell and Edgar Davis
by Luke Warm 8-6



HISTORY
Archie P. McDonald
La Reunion 8-23
A democratic socialist experiment in the most unlikely place in the world
Ela Hockaday More Than a School Omarm 8-8
Founder of the Miss Hockaday School for Girls in Dallas

Bob Bowman
Webster's Buck 8-29
The San Augustine Tribune, publisher Webster Hays and his buck.
Remembering a Courthouse 8-17
"[I]n the l950s, many Texas counties threw aside history, tradition and elegance and replaced some of our finest courthouses with modern buildings -- many of them with little character or appeal. That happened in my home town of Lufkin."

Post Office Art 8-2

Mike Cox
Donna 8-26
Donna Hooks Fletcher, namesake of Donna, Texas

Alamo Monument 8-17
Rooster 8-12
The rooster that helped rebuild Texas



LIFE IN TEXAS
Delbert Trew
First Car Memories 8-17
Old Time Objects Long Gone 8-2


Louise George
On the Way to School 8-17



HUMOR
Maggie Van Ostrand
A Prudent Use of Guilt 8-3

Peary Perry
Olympic Events 8-10
Convention(al) Silliness 8-5

Elizabeth Bussey Sowdal
Dog Days 8-30



MEMOIR
George Lester

Tin Can Shinny 8-23
Mules to School 8-17
The Smorgasbord 8-9
Ice Scream! 8-9



CARTOON

"True Texas Facts"
by Roger T. Moore
8-17


Guest Columns
The Hobo of Little River-Academy by Clay Coppedge 8-29
FEATURES & ARCHITECTURE

Texas Courthouses

Montgomery County Courthouse - Photos by John Troesser 8-3
Crane County Courthouse - Photos by James Rowland 8-3

Texas Bridges
Adventures in Bridge Excavations 8-4
Text and photos by Bob Mohel
"The Last of the True Road Hands"

Texas Cemeteries
Old D'Hanis Cemetery - Photos by John Troesser 8-19

Features
Three Times a Hero by James L. Choron 8-10
An Afghanistan War veteran's story
The Aurora Incident by James L Choron 8-5
One of the earliest documented encounters with an alien life form
IMAGES

Tyler, Texas - Photos by John Troesser 8-12
Tyler Theaters - Photos by John Troesser 8-12
Albany, Texas - Old Postcard Images - Courtesy THC 8-3
Guthrie, Texas - Photos by Greg Havilande 8-3
McCamey, Texas - Photos by James Rowland 8-2
Sanderson, Texas - Old Postcard Images - Courtesy THC 8-2
Silverton, Texas - Photos by Erik Whetstone 8-4
Bremond Water Tower 8-4
Wheeler County Jail - Photo by Erik Whetstone 8-14

Texas Cemeteries
Redford Cemetery, along the Rio Grande - Photos by Julie McConnell 8-2
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