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Home : New Texas Escapes Online Magazine Historic Texas & Travel December 2005 Issue TEXAS TOWNS 1320 December Feature County - Cherokee County Vintage photos courtesy Arcadia Publishing & Cherokee County Historical Commission Cherokee County Seat - Rusk Major City - Jacksonville Towns & Ghost Towns - Alto | Atoy | Cuney | Dialville | Fastrill | Gallatin | Gent | Holcomb Store | Ironton | Java | Larissa | Lone Star | Manila | Maydelle | Mixon | Mount Selman | New Birmingham | New Summerfield | Ponta | Pine Town | Reklaw | Rusk | Tecula | Wells Historic Site - The Killough Massacre Site * * * * * Bula | Oklahoma Lane 12-27-05 Photos courtesy Stephen & Elizabeth Taylor Bullard Photo courtesy Lori Martin 12-13-05 Kaufman Photos courtesy Lori Martin 12-18-05 Overton Photos courtesy Lori Martin 12-29-05 Marshall Photos courtesy Lori Martin 12-9-05 Midlothian Photos courtesy Bob Worley 12-1-05 Ackerly Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 12-24-05 Barclay Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 12-21-05 Burleson Photos courtesy Burleson Heritage Foundation & Robert Griffith 12-8-05 Pleasanton 12-23-05 More new TEXAS GHOST TOWNS 306 Kovar Photos by John Troesser 12-17-05 Bulah Photo courtesy Lori Martin 12-13-05 Gent - Vintage photos courtesy Arcadia Publishing & Cherokee County Historical Commission 12-05 Porterville - West Texas Photo courtesy Larry Randall 12-9-05 Panna Maria Photos courtesy David Scheffler & John Troesser More new FEATURES | TRIPS Texas Books "Bob Bowman’s East Texas 124 stories you might not know if you didn’t read this book" 12-15-05 Best of East Texas Publishers East Texas author Bob Bowman’s latest book, a collection of some of his “All Things Historical” newspaper columns and other short stories, may provide some surprises for East Texans. Texas Trips A Christmas Treat by Bob Bowman 12-19-05 Each Christmas, Kilgore lights up its derricks and produces a sample of what the town looked like some sixty years ago. The lights are turned on the first Saturday after Thanksgiving and remain lit until after January 1. FM 116: In The Shadow of Fort Hood by Clay Coppedge 12-9-05 Texas Animals A Cat Named Lazarus by Dorothy Hamm 12-15-05 More new ARCHITECTURE | IMAGES 10,000 Rooms with a Past Hotel Herring | Capitol Hotel | Hotel Amarillo 12-30-05 Photos courtesy Wes Reeves and rootsweb.com/%7Etxpstcrd/ Vintage Photos - Courtesy Arcadia Publishing & Cherokee County Historical Commission: 12-3-05 Jacksonville | Rusk | Gallatin | Gent Texas Bridges Port Arthur - The Gulfgate Bridge Photo courtesy Captain David R. Byrnes 12-16-05 Towns Jeffferson Images 12-9-05 Photos courtesy Lori Martin Depots Roaring Springs Depot 12-18-05 Schoolhouse Oklahoma Lane | Bula | Benoit 12-28-05 Photos courtesy Stephen & Elizabeth Taylor Courthouses Bexar County Courthouse Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson, TXDoT & rootsweb.com/%7Etxpstcrd/ Bell County | Llano County | Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson Potter County Courthouse Photos courtesy rootsweb.com/%7Etxpstcrd/ More new USA TRAVEL Sugar Creek Covered Bridges 12-8-05 Photos courtesy Justin Skinner & Ken Rudine More new COLUMNS Editor & Guests - "THEY SHOE HORSES, DON'T THEY?" HISTORICAL "All Things Historical" Weekly ARCHIE P. McDONALD All Journalism is Local 12-26-05 "Tip O’Neil reminded us that 'all politics is local.' Millard Cope taught us that the best journalism is local, too." The Poinsettia 12-11-05 BOB BOWMAN A Christmas Treat 12-19-05 Holiday Trail of Lights in East Texas How Boogie Woogie Began 12-5-05 In 1939, African American historian E. Simms Campbell wrote, “Boogie Woogie piano playing originated in the lumber and turpentine camps of Texas and in the sporting houses of that state.” "Texas Tales" Weekly MIKE COX Cowboy Tree 12-22-05 "Many a Texas town had its hanging tree, an old oak bearing its ugly legends as well as leaves. But on a more pleasant note, Pleasanton may be the only place in the state – and the world for that matter – that had a cowboy tree." Hudson Bend 12-16-05 "The area around the new community of Hudson Bend has boomed, with subdivisions and expensive homes covering much of the old farm and ranch land. And somewhere out there in the lake is a rifle barrel with a story." Sam Houston 12-10-05 "If Stephen F. Austin was the father of Texas, Sam Houston was its uncle." Bull Creek Battle 12-3-05 "Texas’ Battle of Bull Creek hardly compares with the Battle of Bull Run, but the partisan feelings that triggered the fight went as deep." "Lone Star Diary" Monthly MURRAY MONTGOMERY Christmas is a special time 12-20-05 "It's All Trew" DELBERT TREW Trewisms: Hard-earned observations reflect life's lessons 12-13-05 "Letters From Central Texas" Biweekly CLAY COPPEDGE FM 116: In The Shadow of Fort Hood 12-9-05 "History by George" Monthly LOUISE GEORGE Remembering Christmas 12-14-05 HUMOR & OPINION "A Balloon In Cactus" MAGGIE VAN OSTRAND Interview with Baby New Year 12-28-05 Christmas Past 12-5-05 "Letters From North America" Weekly PEARY PERRY Bountiful Fountain 12-28-05 The Agony of Voice Mail 12-21-05 Merry PC Christmas 12-13-05 Skin Care and Father Time 12-7-05 "The Girl Detective's Theory of Everything" Biweekly ELIZABETH BUSSEY SOWDAL Right Brain Left Brain 12-15-05 The Time is Now 12-1-05 "Stumbling Forward" Biweekly JOHN GOSSELINK Identity Theft 12-15-05 "Words and Music" Monthly DOROTHY HAMM A Cat Named Lazarus 12-15-05 Animal Story Sadie’s Christmas Angel by Kathleene S. Baker 12-13-05 MEMOIR "Spunky Flat and Beyond" Biweekly GEORGE LESTER Santy Claus 12-15-05 A Chilling Experience 12-1-05 "Rambling Ray" Biweekly N. RAY MAXIE Mayo, Leo and Cleo Clark, and the Polly Parrot 12-15-05 Death on the Highway…. 12-1-05 CARTOONS BOOKS "Moore Texas" Weekly ROGER T. MOORE 12-22-05 12-13-05 12-6-05 BOOK REVIEWS More new columns Texas Escapes Online Magazine All Issues Contributors | Staff | What readers say about us | Subscribe to our Newsletter Shop Here: Shop at Amazon.com! Thank you for supporting our effort in building a Texas resource Book your travels here and save Hotels | Texas Hotel Quick Links | Cars | Packages | Cruises Thank your for visiting Texas Escapes

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