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January
2011 Issue
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| Texas
History: The
Great Comanche Raid and the Battle of Plum Creek by Jeffery Robenalt 1-9-11
One
of the most storied events in the historic past of Lockhart, Texas occurred two
miles south of town along the wooded banks of Plum Creek, when a small group of
volunteers defeated more than 600 Comanche and Kiowa warriors who had participated
in the Great Comanche Raid of 1840... |
| Texas
History: The
Expedition of Colonel John Moore by Jeffery Robenalt 1-26-11
In
the aftermath of the Great Comanche Raid of 1840 and the Battle of Plum Creek,
Mirabeau Lamar, the President of the Republic of Texas, charged Texas Ranger Colonel
John Moore with the responsibility of organizing an expedition for the purpose
of attacking and destroying a Comanche winter village.. |
| Column:
History On The
Brink Of Extinction by Dana Goolsby 1-1-11
Juan
Antonio Badillo was among a small handful of Tejanos who died at the Alamo on
March 6, 1836. One parcel of land Badillo is said to have owned is just west of
Grapeland, Texas. A two-story dogtrot style house...Schoolhouse:
Hovey School
Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 1-1-11 |
| People:
Texas Pete Photo
courtesy William Beachamp 1-28-11Town:
Bethlehem
Cass Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 1-28-11Town:
Finney Hale
Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 1-27-11 | |
Column:
The Sword in the Tree
by Mike Cox 1-27-11
The
story Todd heard as a kid is classic folklore: A Spanish mule train laden with
gold coins from Mexico is shadowed by Indians. Desperate to lighten their load
and escape attack, the teamsters bury all the gold on the bank of a stream...Column:
Comanche Raids
in Coryell County by Mike Cox
1-27-11
The
Comanches felt free to raid all along the state’s western frontier. Texas’ Confederate
state government fielded companies of Rangers to patrol the outlying counties,
but they couldn’t be everywhere at once. That’s how things stood on April 26,
1863 when a Comanche raiding party...Cartoon:
January 25, 1965
by Roger T. Moore 1-27-11 |
Ghost
Towns: Remlig
Jasper Co Vintage map TGLO No Photos 1-26-11Town:
Mayflower Newton
Co Vintage map TGLO No Photos 1-26-11Town:
Choice Shelby
Co Vintage map TGLO No Photos 1-26-11 Column:
Town names by Bob Bowman
1-25-11
If you’ve ever wondered
how some East Texas towns got their names, you may be surprised at some of the
origins.Column:
Western
saloons often 1st business erected in towns by Delbert Trew
1-25-11
According
to the book "Saloons of Denver" by Scott Dial, published in 1973 by Old Army Press,
the word "saloon" was not used in America until 1841, the year wagon trains began
leaving for California... Column:
Longhorn: Texas' first
industry by Delbert Trew 1-17-11
The
book "The Long Trail" by Gardner Sowle, published in 1976 by McGraw-Hill, tells
the real story of early cowboys, longhorns and the first industry developed in
Texas. This was the chore of capturing, branding, taming, raising and driving
longhorns to market... Ghost
Town: Sugar Loaf
Coryell Co No Photos 1-17-11Cartoon:
Jan. 23, 1811 by Roger
T. Moore 1-17-11 Wildlife:
Pocket Gopher by Bonnie Wroblewski
1-16-11 Column:
A Frenchman at San Jacinto
by Bob Bowman 1-16-11
Charles
Cronea, a Jean Lafitte pirate who fought at the Battle of San Jacinto... |
| Column:
Old Rangers
and Sam Houston's Grave by Mike Cox 1-13-11
The
old Texas Rangers who gathered in Austin for a reunion in the early fall of 1897
surely figured they had fought their last fight. After all, they had battled and
survived Mexican soldiers, Comanches and outlaws. But that’s before they heard
what some folks in Tennessee were up to... |
Cartoon:
January
8, 1925 by Roger T. Moore 1-12-11 Column:
Brands Have Rich History
Delbert Trew 1-11-11
Currently,
there are 32,609 registered brands in Colorado... Retaining a registered brand
in Colorado is not cheap, costing $225 for a five-year period.. |
| | Town:
Turkey Hall
Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 1-10-11
Home
town of Bob Wills
Ghost
Town: Grape Creek
Borden Co No Photos 1-10-11Column:
The origin of blue jeans by
Bob Bowman 1-10-11
A
few friends and I were sitting around drinking coffee a few days ago, and the
subject of blue jeans came up, and we starting comparing notes on how old our
jeans were... |
Ghost
Town: Belgrade
Newton Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 1-8-11Town:
Aguilares
Webb Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 1-7-11Column:
A Piece of Texas’ Past
by Mike Cox 1-6-11
If
you’re interested in history, and like getting out and about, you’ve probably
stooped to pick up a piece of Texas’ past at some point in your life... Column:
Childhood
Explorations: Wordsworth's and Mine by Robert G. Cowser 1-6-11
After
I asked the students in a literature survey class I was teaching to write a comparison
of a few of their childhood experiences that compare or contrast with Wordsworth’s
experiences as described in Book First of The Prelude, I began to reflect on a
few of my own contacts with the natural world... |
Town:
Trawick Nacogdoches
Co No photos 1-5-11Outlaw:
What Happened To Jesse
Evans? by C. F. Eckhardt
1-5-11
Jesse Evans is one
of the more enigmatic characters in the annals of West Texas and New Mexico outlawry.
Then he just quietly disappeared sometime around 1879--and nobody knows what happened
to him. Or maybe not... Cartoon:
1887 by Roger
T. Moore 1-5-11 |
Column:
Always take your
come-along along by Delbert Trew 1-4-11
Though
some might look down on the common working man, he is actually an ingenious person.
If you don't believe me search the U.S. Patent office files and find millions
of tools, most invented by a working man to make his work easier or faster.Column:
A Historical Marker
for Lightnin' by Bob Bowman 1-3-11
The
news outlets from Houston reported recently that a Texas Historical Marker has
been dedicated to Lightnin' Hopkins, whose blues music became famous between 1946
and the 1970s...Town:
Cunningham
Lamar Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey & Barclay Gibson 1-2-11Town:
Unity Lamar
Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 1-2-11Column:
Joe
Pajucie, His Cheap Looking Girls and Macino Rapuchi, the International Continental
Stylist by Bill Cherry 1-2-11
Gigs
for Italian singers had been terrible for a long time. But then out of nowhere
came “That’s Amore,” “Mel Blu di Pinto di Blue,” and “Al di La.” And things got
very good for them. And that’s when Macino Rapuchi, with his Maceo-esque billing,
“the International Continental Stylist,” hit Galveston with his guitar and accordion... |
| Column:
Pig War by Clay Coppedge
1-1-11
As
a Republic, Texas was hard to get along with. The Mexican government already knew
this, of course, but the French would find it out soon enough...Cemetery:
Grable Cemetery
Gregg Co Photos courtesy Maryanne Gobble 1-1-11 |
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