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 Home : New
Texas Escapes Magazine
July Issue 2004
TEXAS TOWNS /
MAGAZINE FEATURES
COLUMNS
Texas Towns
Omaha 7-29
Eola 7-21
Flowella 7-21
Indian Creek 7-20
Impact 7-20
Dalhart - Photos courtesy THC 7-20
Borger - Photos courtesy THC 7-17
Kilgore - TE photos 7-17
Longview - TE photos 7-17
Cool 7-15
School Hill 7-9
Church Hill 7-9
Hereford 7-9
Ivanhoe 7--8

Perryton - Photos courtesy Museum of the Plains 7-1

Texas Ghost Towns
Codman - Photos by Erik Whetstone
7-29
Cuyler - Photo by Erik Whetstone 7-29
Theodore 7-29
Bridgetown 7-29
Perico - Photos by Erik Whetstone 7-20
Kerrick - Photo by Erik Whetstone 7-20
Dixieland 7-17
Boise 7-15
Middle Water - Photo by Erik Whetstone 7-11

Texas Feature Attractions
Pate Museum of Transportation, Fort Worth - by Robin Jett 7-15
San Antonio Missions - Photos by Sam Fenstermacher 7-8
Los Ebanos and the last hand-operated ferry on the Rio Grande - Photos by Joe Cerulli 7-1



FEATURES & ARCHITECTURE

Haunted Hotels
The Haunted Railroad Hotel of Piedras Negras 7-22

Haunted School Houses
School Days, a Ghost Story by James L. Choron 7-29

Texas Courthouses

Fayette County Courthouse - Restoration Progress as of July 2004 - A photo essay by John Troesser 7-23
Hill County Courthouse - Text & photos by Sam Fenstermacher 7-12

Texas Bridges
"The Last of the True Road Hands" 7-21
The Bob Mohel Saga by John Troesser


Texas Churches
The Churches of School Hill by Charlie Turnbo 7-9

Texas Cemeteries
Democrat Cemetery, Goldthwaite 7-9
Rockport Cemetery - Photos by Ken Rudine 7-1

Texas Grain Elevators
The Millard Sorghum Silo of Nacogdoches by Robert Rand Russell 7-11

World War II
The Horrors of Bataan by Murray Montgomery
The story of one survivor... 7-17

The McLean POW Camp by Delbert Trew 7-8


Ten Favorite Words ( A series)
Maggie Van Ostrand's Ten Favorite Words 7-29

"They shoe horses, don't they?" - Editorial
Killer Trees of the Texas Panhandle and The Noble Quest for a "Forgiving Roadside", by John Troesser 7-23
Remembering Memory by Brewster Hudspeth
“Thanks for the Whatchamacallits.” - Bob Hope
7-19
Quarry Quandary
Texas’ Untoward Underground
by Brewster Hudspeth 7-15
Consider the Lowly Canna and Where It Grows by Sylvan Wilt 7-8

Archie P. McDonald
Home of the Cardinals - Lamar University 7-29

Mr. Ambassador - Edward Aubrey Clark of San Augustine 7-14
Norris Wright Cuney 7-1

Bob Bowman
Santa Anna's Teapot 7-19

Tragedy of Chief Bowles 7-8

Delbert Trew

Five gallon buckets were versatile, useful farm equipment7-8


Mike Cox
William Christy
A forgotten Texas hero
7-29
Wind Wagon 7-22
Palacios 7-14
Rust’s Ride 7-8
Lost Painting of Sam Houston 7-1

Maggie Van Ostrand
Brando 7-19-04

"Quit following me around. It's getting embarrassing," I said to Marlon Brando, tilting my nose into the air.

Networking For The Disinclined 7-12
Old Friends Ask About Mexico 7-11
"What's it like in Mexico?" "Weren't you scared?" and "Don't they kidnap you there?" In case anyone reading this publication is wondering the same things, here's what I told my friends ...

Peary Perry

AARP for Astronauts, Black Holes and Peanut Butter 7-29
The Nitty Gritty of Camelot 7-22
Horrors of Grandfatherhood 7-14
Air Fresheners: Use at Your Own Risk 7-8


George Lester
Manna from Heaven 7-29
The Schemer 7-29
Bandmaster 7-20
Oyster Stew 7-14
The Haunted Boots 7-8

IMAGES

Texas Signs
Painted Signs in Fayette County 1938 7-23
Coca Cola advertising cars, trucks and wall signs; Pearl Beer ...

New Images
Columbus Grain Elevator 7-21
Giddings Grain Elevator 7-21
Rosebud Grain Elevator 7-21
Dallam County Courthouse - Photo courtsey Erik Whetstone 7-20
Weatherford's Sante Fe Depot - Photo courtesy Lou Ann Herda 7-17
Gregg County Courthouse - TE photos 7-17
Bosque County Courthouse - Vintage photo courtesy of Rodney Keller 7-14
Goliad County Courthouse - Photo by Labahia Photography 7-11

Marfa Light - Photo by Julie McConnell 7-11
The Former Carnegie Library in Cleburne - Photo by Scott Murdoch 7-1

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