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AUGUST 2009 Issue
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Travel: Memphis to Lake Erie by Ken Rudine 8-30-09

Column: Davy In East Texas by Bob Bowman 8-30-09

Town: Sargent Matagorda Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 8-29-09

Column: A Clerk's Tale of Murder by Robert G. Cowser 8-29-09

Town: Sudan Lamb Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 8-28-09

Town: Orange Grove Jim Wells Co TE photos 8-28-09

Vintage Images: Cotton Gins in Texas: Series IV Courtesy William Beauchamp Collection 8-27-09

Column: Port Isabel Wireless by Mike Cox 8-27-09

Town: Blessing Matagorda Co Vintage photos courtesy William Beauchamp 8-27-09

Column: Alex Sweet and His Siftings by Clay Coppedge 8-26-09

Column: Drivin’ Me Crazy by Elizabeth Bussey Sowdal 8-26-09

Column: The Days of Attic Fans and Sun Dried Sheets by Peary Perry 8-26-09

Town: Woods Panola Co TE photos 8-26-09

Ghost Town: Bethany Panola Co TE photos 8-26-09

Ghost Town: Valley View Cottle Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 8-25-09

Town: Olin Hamilton Co Photos courtesy William Beauchamp 8-25-09

Town: Lott Falls Co Photos courtesy William Beauchamp 8-25-09

Town: Ola Kaufman Co Photos courtesy Mike Price 8-24-09

Town: Mooreville Falls Co Photos courtesy William Beauchamp 8-23-09

Column: Steamship Texas Ranger by Mike Cox 8-24-09

Column: Texas outlaw Sam Bass inspired tall tales by Murray Montgomery 8-24-09

Column: Waco Mammoth Site Nearing National Monument Status by Britt Towery 8-24-09

Cartoon: Aug 17, 1786 by Roger T. Moore 8-23-09

Column: Ferries in East Texas by Bob Bowman 8-23-09

Column: Ice Man by Mike Cox 8-22-09

Column: The times, they aren't a-changin' by Delbert Trew 8-22-09

Column: Postal Blues by Peary Perry 8-22-09

Column: The Twirler by Bob Bowman 8-21-09

Photography: Exquisitely Bored in Nacodoches - The Photography of Chris Adams by The Editor 8-14-09

Ghost Town: Glazier Hemphill Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 8-14-09

Jail: Wise County Jail - The Old Stone Prison Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson 8-14-09

Town: Winchell Brown Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 8-13-09

Courthouse: Anderson County Courthouse Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson 8-13-09

Humor: Get Shorty by Maggie Van Ostrand 8-13-09

Cartoon: August 10, 1909 by Roger T. Moore 8-13-09

Ghost Town: Mount Blanc o Crosby Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 8-12-09

Ghost Town: Jonesville Angelina Co Photos courtesy Sarah Reveley 8-12-08

Column: There’s a lot to be said for getting older by Peary-Perry 8-12-09

Ghost Town: Conway Carson Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 8-11-09

Route 66: Bugg Ranch Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 8-11-09

Column: Horses enabled Comanches to rule Texas by Delbert Trew 8-11-09

Travel: Port Gibson, Mississippi by Johnny Stucco 8-10-09
The Fruit of Inspired Aimlessness

Town: Hays City Hays Co Photos courtesy William Beauchamp 8-10-09

Submerged Ghost Town: Hopewell Somervell Co Photos courtesy William Beauchamp 8-10-09

Column: Lick Skillet by Bob Bowman 8-9-09

Courthouse: Real County Courthouse Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson 8-9-09

Town: Dickens Dickens Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 8-8-09

Park: Dickens County Spring Park Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 8-8-09

Ghost Town: Espuela Dickens Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 8-7-09

Town: Lorenzo Crosby Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 8-6-09

Column: U.S. 67 by Mike Cox 8-6-09

Column: Support Your Local Newspaper by Britt Towery 8-6-09

Ghost Town: Estacado Lubbock Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 8-5-09

Ghost Town: Hopkinsville Gonzales Co Photos courtesy Sarah Reveley 8-5-09

People: Davy Crockett's Widow by Mike Cox 8-5-09

Column: Cell Phones Will Kill Your Family by Peary-Perry 8-5-09

Cartoon: August 5, 1961 by Roger T. Moore 8-5-09

State Park: Dinosaur Valley State Park Photos courtesy William Beauchamp 8-4-09

Column: There's more to Borax than one might think by Delbert Trew 8-4-09

Town: Cooper Delta Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 8-3-09

Column: Wedding Nightmare by Elizabeth Bussey Sowdal 8-3-09

Travel - Vermont, Maple Surple and Covered Bridges by Ken Rudine 8-2-09

Column: Making history By Bob Bowman 8-2-09

Column: My Son Has Just Received His First Car by Byron Browne 8-1-09

Column: Listening to the Tumbleweeds by Robert G. Cowser 8-1-09

Column: Chinkapins: Country Kids Love'em by N. Ray Maxie 8-1-09

Town: Evant Coryell Co Photos courtesy William Beauchamp 8-1-09

July 2009 Popular Features:

Town: Rockne Bastrop Co Photos courtesy William Beauchamp 7-31-09

Column: Roy Crane and Captain Easy by Clay Coppedge 7-31-09

Town: Stonewall Gillespie Co Photos courtesy William Beauchamp & Barclay Gibson 7-6-09

Photos courtesy William Beauchamp 7-4-09:

Town: Rocksprings Edwards Co

State Park: Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area

June 2009 Popular Features:

Column: A Confederate Soldier in Texas: Full Metal Corset by Maggie Van Ostrand

Ghost Town: Adobe Walls Hutchinson Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson

Town: Wichita Falls Wichita Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson

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