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October
2011 Issue
For people who like this sort of thing
This is the sort of thing they
like. |
| Town
Ross
Prairie Fayette
Co Photos courtesy William Beauchamp 10-24-11 |
Columns
'Washboarding' only good for jokes by Delbert Trew 10-25-11
Among
the drawbacks of living out in the country is during extremely dry times the dirt
roads have a tendency to form series of small ridges on the surface, which I call
washboarding...Three-Legged
Willie by Bob Bowman 10-23-11
Three-legged
Willie limped into Texas in 1827... Born Robert McAlphin Williamson, his reputation
as a judge became legendary in East Texas.... Dirigible
Over Texas, U.S.S. Shenandoah Mike Cox 10-20-11
Like a scene from
a black-and-white science fiction movie, Texans stopped in their tracks and poured
out of buildings to look skyward as the huge silver object sailed over head...Dams
make water, wild creatures return by Delbert Trew 10-19-11
Once
upon a time, these Panhandle Plains were densely populated with wild creatures
of every description. The Indians made a good living from harvesting them for
hundreds of years. Then came the fur trappers, mountain men and meat hunters who
harvested fortunes, but left many species devastated... A
1912 Road Trip by Bob Bowman 10-16-11
"In
1912, roads were often impassable and ran across farms and ranches. The Nash-Smith
party stopped frequently to open and close gates, some of which were made of barbed
wire..." |
| Ghost
Towns Pyote
Ward County Photos courtesy Erik Whetstone, Lexie Nichols, Jordan Gibson, &
Bronson Dorsey 10-19-11Porterville
Loving County Photos courtesy Charlene Beauchamp & Larry Randall 10-17-11 |
| Columns
Dowsing
For Graves & Witching For Water by Dana Goolsby 10-16-11
Some
call it science others call it supernatural. Call it what you will, dowsing has
proven to be an effective method that has been used for centuries to find underground
objects of interest... |
Widows
by Death by Mike Cox 10-13-11
In
the summer of 1915, when it cost just two cents to send a letter anywhere in the
United States or its territorities, the following piece of mail arrived at the
offices of the Cattleman Magazine in Fort Worth... |
| TownWestminster
Collin Co Vintage photos courtesy Collin Armistead, photos courtesy Barclay Gibson
10-13-11
Ghost
Town
Bono Johnson Co GLO vintage map, Photos
courtesy Jim & Lou Kinsey 10-11-11 |
Column
| People "A
River, A Town, and Memories" by Murray Montgomery 10-10-11
Remembering
Tillie McGill Bright
"I met her one time and I will always cherish those few
hours that we spent together — talking about the memories of her childhood in
Gonzales, Texas..."Regional
expressions by Bob Bowman 10-9-11
Having
written a couple of books on East Texas expressions, I thought I knew them all... |
| TownsOld
Moulton Lavaca
Co Photos courtesy Murray Montgomery 10-9-11
Ghost
TownDoole
McCulloch Co update 10-6-11 | |
| County
Seat Kermit
Winkler Co Photos courtesy
Barclay Gibson 10-7-11
CourthouseWinkler
County Courthouse
Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson & Barclay Gibson 10-7-11 |
Columns"Rangering"
in Hamilton County by Mike Cox 10-6-11
The nation was
barely a year away from the beginning of its cataclysmic Civil War, but in the
spring of 1860, folks along Texas’ frontier had a more immediate problem on their
minds – incursions by hostile Indians... Strangers
in a Strange Land by Britt Towery 10-5-11
A
new book on the lives and ministry of a Miles, Texas Sweetheart & A Comanche Co.
Texas Cowboy Take
some notes, quotes, common sense advice by Delbert Trew 10-4-11
A
long-time scout for the U.S. Cavalry once stated, “We sure did chase a lot of
Indians. When we found them, I never knew whether we found them or they found
us.”Bone
Haulers by Clay Coppedge
10-3-11
When
bones were worth a lot of money on the open market, people made a lot of money
selling bones on the open market. The bone business thrived from the 1870s, in
the wake of the great buffalo slaughter, until the mid-1930s... |
Place
names Bob Bowman
10-2-11
When
settlers from the U.S. poured into Texas following its independence and later
statehood, they started slapping names on the places where they put down roots.
Most of the names are still around and just as colorful... |
| Column
| History | PeopleTexas
Empresarios by Jeffery
Robenalt 10-1-11
Thanks
to Stephen F. Austin, "the Father of Texas," and many other dedicated Empresarios,
the population of Texas stood at nearly 20,000 citizens by 1830, most of them
from the United States. |
| Courthouse
Harris
County Courthouse by Terry Jeanson
9-28-11
Column
| Famous Tree Flora’s
Tree by Mike Cox
9-29-11
The
giant pecan, which still stands outside Helen Bentley’s house in Fort Davis, grew
from a sapling planted in 1873. | |
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