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August
2011 Issue
For people who like this sort of thing
This is the sort of thing they
like. |
Column
Early
settlers had too much or not enough by Delbert Trew 8-30-11
In
examining the history of the American Dream, especially in the rural areas of
the new nation, the people either had too much of something or not quite enough
to get along and survive. Here are a few samples...
CartoonSept.
4, 1766 Hurricane
by Roger T. Moore 8-30-11
Collingsworth
County Towns & Ghost TownsLillie
No Photos Vintage map courtesy of GLO 8-29-11Plymouth
No Photos Vintage map courtesy of GLO 8-29-11 Rolla
No Photos Vintage map courtesy of GLO 8-29-11 Abra
No Photos Vintage map courtesy of GLO 8-29-11 |
| Town
Koockville
Mason Co Photos courtesy William Beauchamp & Barclay Gibson 8-28-11
Ghost
TownLone
Oak Caldwell Co TE photos 8-26-11 |
Columns
Murderous
Heroes—or Heroic Murderers? C. F. Eckhardt 8-26-11
Indianola,
Texas, county seat of Calhoun County, September, 1875. Most of the adult males
in Calhoun County were at the Indianola courthouse, a jury panel for the trials
of two suspected murderers... The
Beer Train by Mike
Cox 8-25-11
A
wreck blocking the mainline between Austin and San Antonio was bad enough, but
this derailment was even worse. Not only had there been casualties, ... the refrigerated
cars telescoped on each other held a liquid cargo capable of causing problems.
While not explosive or toxic, a trainload of beer could be problematic... |
Columns
The
Power We Longed For Robert G. Cowser 8-23-11
In
the years just before and during World War II two unpaved roads led south from
Saltillo. Those of us who lived on the road that started from the east side of
town used kerosene lamps and wood-burning heaters and cook stoves. Those who lived
on the road that ran from the west side had the benefit of power... Quotes
offer glimpse into life in Old West by Delbert Trew 8-23-11
Louis
L’Amour, one of my favorite Western writers, once wrote: “When a man or woman
came West, their past became an unknown and the present became an open book...Hardin’s
East Texas Roots by Bob Bowman 8-22-11
Most
of us associate John Wesley Hardin--the man often called Texas’ most famous gunfighter--with
regions beyond East Texas, but the truth is that Hardin had deep roots in the
pineywoods...
WPA Murals Dallas
Terminal Annex Building WPA Murals Photos courtesy Marilyn
Tomalavage 8-22-11Kenedy
Post Office Mural Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson 8-22-11 |
| Towns
Olton
Lamb Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 8-21-11Fairlie
Hunt Co No Photos 8-21-11Gresham
Smith Co GLO vintage map, No Photos 8-20-11 |
| | Columns
The
Pithy Tale of Owney, the Post Office Pup by Maggie Van Ostrand 8-20-11
Owney
was a muttly terrier who rose from the ranks of the homeless to celebrity status
with his image on the newly issued U.S. Forever postage stamp. His life was that
of a courageous 19th-Century pioneer pup, fighting the odds, if not the Indians...
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| The
Black Beast of the Pineywoods by Dan Goolsby 8-19-11
Legends
of black cats run deeper than a little superstition in East Texas. Sightings of
mysterious black panthers that scream like women in the pine jungles are not at
all uncommon in the Pineywoods... |
ColumnAlpine’s
Holland Hotel by
Mike Cox 8-18-11
Brewster
County rancher John Holland built the hotel in 1912 just across from the town’s
railroad depot. Though Alpine had neither dikes nor tulips, in pondering what
to name his new inn, Holland saw Holland Hotel as imminently suitable.
Ghost
Towns
Pluck
Polk Co Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, GLO vintage map 8-18-11Stewards
Mill Freestone Co
Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 8-17-11Silver
Lake Van Zandt Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson, GLO vintage
map 8-17-11Gent
Cherokee Co Photo courtesy Cherokee Co Hist Comm,
GLO vintage map 8-16-11Java
Cherokee Co GLO vintage map, No Photos 8-16-11Manila
Cherokee Co GLO vintage map, No Photos 8-16-11Pinetown
Cherokee Co No Photos 8-16-11Millville
Rusk Co No Photos 8-16-11
TownsBalch
Springs Dallas Co No Photos 8-16-11Chapman
Rusk Co No Photos 8-16-11Turney
Cherokee Co No Photos 8-16-11
Columns
Raton
Pass toll road tales see no justice by Delbert Trew 8-16-11
Possibly
the most famous toll gate in western history belonged to Uncle Dick Wooten, located
in Raton Pass on the line between the New Mexico and Colorado territories...Town
Names II by Bob Bowman 8-15-11
Origin
of East Texas place names.
TownWheeler
Wheeler County Seat More Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 8-15-11
CourthouseWheeler
County Courthouse Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson & Barclay
Gibson 8-15-11 |
| Town
Paducah
Cottle County Seat Photos courtesy
Barclay Gibson 8-13-11
Courthouse Square on The National Register of Historic
Places
CourthouseCottle
County Courthouse by Terry Jeanson 8-13-11
Texas Historic Landmark |
ColumnGallant
Texas Ranger killed in Mexico by Murray Montgomery 8-12-11
This
story was found in an old Hallettsville Herald from 1893 and describes a fight
between Rangers and smugglers on the Rio Grande... |
| Towns
Jonesville
Harrison Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 8-12-11 Pettit
Hockley Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 8-12-11 Streeter
Mason Co Photos courtesy William Beauchamp 8-11-11 |
Column
Davy
Crockett's Fiddle by Mike Cox 8-11-11
"Nero
may have fiddled while Rome burned, but Davy Crockett surely had no time for one
last tune when Mexican soldiers made their final assault on the Alamo. While Crockett
did not survive the battle, his fiddle apparently did..."
CartoonRain
in Albany by Roger T. Moore 8-11-11 |
| TownUncertain
Harrison Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 8-10-11
And
Caddo Lake Wildlife |
Column
There
will always be change by Delbert Trew 8-9-11
There
is no doubt the Crash of 1929 and the extreme drought of the 1930s contributed
to The Great Depression and Dust Bowl. However, closer study reveals the beleaguered
people caught up in this strife and disaster were caught up in another monumental
change as well...
Towns
Purdon
Navarro Co Photos courtesy
Barclay Gibson 8-8-11Darco
Harrison Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 8-8-11
ColumnsMax
Hirsch, Healer and Winner by Clay Coppedge 8-8-11
We’re
not quite sure why Max Hirsch ran away from home to become a horse trainer. He
was already working with and riding horses on the Morris Ranch near his hometown
of Fredericksburg when something got into him and he decided to cast his fate
with some horses bound for Baltimore, Maryland... The
boy with X-ray vision by Bob Bowman 8-8-11
Every
now and then, an old story about a Texas boy who had X-ray vision, and could locate
underground water, surfaces in one of the fifty-plus East Texas newspapers I read
every week. A
Good Education Often Brings Remarkable Rewards by Bill
Cherry 8-7-11
If
you were to ask educators why they picked teaching for their lifetime contribution
to the world, you would primarily get one of two answers...
Town
Orphan’s
Home Navarro Co No Photos 8-7-11
Ghost
Town
Babylon
Navarro Co No Photos 8-6-11
Columns
Pure
Gospel by Bob Bowman 8-6-11
Throughout
East Texas are hundreds of gospel music venues where people gather on weekends
to hear songs that you’ll hear only in churches...“Witch’s
Gate” by Johnny Stucco 8-6-11
In
Cold Blood: Clay County, Texas 1975
A needless killing for a fortune that
wasn’t there. |
The
Man under the Black Fedora by Mike Cox 8-4-11
"While
Willeford had not been the first person to notice the Dillinger signature on the
guest register, he was the first to try to prove or disprove its authenticity.
One motivating factor was his awareness that there had been talk for years that
Dillinger had spent some time in the Big Bend while on the lam."
Post
Office Mural
Liberty, Texas Post Office Mural by Barclay Gibson 8-4-11
"The
Story of the Big Fish" by Howard Fisher, 1939 |
| Town
Montgomery
Montgomery Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 8-3-11
15
Minutes of Separation
Rescue
From the Sabine River by Gerald Massey 8-3-11
Renewed
Thanks to a Young Couple from Carthage, Texas |
Jail
Old
Blanco County Jail by Terry Jeanson 8-2-11
Column
Homemade
remedies got the job done by Delbert Trew 8-2-11
In
days of old, long before the many sprays, powders and pills of modern-day agriculture,
old-timers used what was at hand to combat cut worms, borers, beetles, termites,
mites and ticks. Here are a few remedies I have encountered... |
| TownNocona
Montague Co 8-2-11
Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson
Old photos courtesy JL
Weiss Truitt
Ghost
TownCaesar
Bee Co Photos courtesy William Beauchamp 8-1-11 | |
| | 15
Minutes of Separation
Post
Office Closings in Texas by Brewster Hudspeth 8-1-11
The
recent news of some 3,600 post office closing nationwide included a list of nearly
200 potential closings in Texas. It’s a cost-cutting measure... |
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