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December
2012 Issue
For people who like this sort of thing
This is the sort of thing they
like. |
| Towns
Millsap
Parker Co Photos courtesy Lance Carthen 12-23-12Kenedy
Karnes Co Photos courtesy Maria Grijalva, William Beauchamp, Ken Rudine &
Barclay Gibson 12-18-12 |
| Ghost
Towns London
Kimble Co Photos courtesy Kathern Hogan, Barclay Gibson & Erik Whetstone 12-21-12Moline
Lampasas Co Photos courtesy Jeremy Herring & Mark Mauldin 12-17-12 | |
Columns
Christmas
Lights by David Knape 12-23-12The
Tail Of The Dog by David Knape12-23-12London,
Texas Dance Hall by Kathern Hogan 12-21-12
Oldest
ongoing Texas dance hallTumbleweeds
Cartoon by Roger T. Moore 12-21-12Christmas
Time in 1944 by Lois Zook Wauson 12-21-12Crockett's
Grandson Died a Bully by Mike Cox 12-19-12
While
anyone with even a passing knowledge of Texas history knows Davy Crockett died
at the Alamo in 1836, what happened to his grandson and namesake four decades
later has largely been forgotten.Absence
Meant I Got No Fondant by Frances Giles 12-19-12
Remember
horror films made back in the dark ages, films such as “Frankenstein”, “The Mummy”,
“Dracula”, and 'The Invisible Man”? There were a couple of weekly shows in the
late 1950's that featured creepy, scary films...Cold
War Tactics by Bruce Martin 12-19-12The
Day Mother Became Attached to her Clothesline by Jesse Suttles
12-19-12Cliff
notes on “Perils of Nyoka” by Wanda Orton 12-17-12
Hadn’t
thought of “Perils of Nyoka” in years until a friend mentioned that “Jurassic
Park 2” reminded her of the riveting serial that drew us to the picture show every
Saturday. So taken were we kids with these cliffhangers that we relived them every
school day during recess...A
Civil War Journal by Bob Bowman 12-17-12
In early 1861, W.W. Heartsill of Marshall, Texas, marched off to war with W.P.
Lane’s Rangers of the Confederate Army. During the four years, one month and one
day that he spent at war, Heartsill managed to keep a diary of each day...Christmas
Moon by David Knape 12-17-12Keep
It Simple by David Knape 12-17-12 |
| | Newton
CountyNewton
County Courthouse Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson 12-15-12Burkeville
First Newton County seat Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 12-16-12Newton
County seat Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 12-16-12 |
| Texas
Escapes Salutes:
Dothan, Alabama and Colquitt, Georgia Tour by William “Billy” Warm
12-9-12
Only
48 miles apart, less than 50 minutes if you really step on it, are two towns linked
by paint and peanuts. It could be called the “fumes and legumes” tour | |
| | Vintage
Photos Lavaca
County Old Photos Photos courtesy Friench Simpson Memorial
Library Submitted by Murray Montgomery 12-7-12 |
| Ghost
TownsPyote
Ward Co 12-12-12Moravia
Lavaca Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 12-7-12Novohrad
Lavaca Co Vintage photos 12-7-12 |
| Columns
Is
Santa Legal In Arizona? by Maggie Van Ostrand 12-7-12
Santa,
a cheerful, chubby, bespectacled fellow in red, appears each year to distribute
toys once created in his North Pole workshop, and recently outsourced to Mexico...Dying
Doctor Bequeaths a Library by Mike Cox 12-6-12
Dr.
Eugene Clark must have been a particularly skillful and compassionate physician.
Certainly, as events would show, he also believed in the importance of public
libraries in a democracy. |
For
Christmas We Gather by David Knape 12-6-12Fire
Lookout Towers by Bob Bowman 12-6-12
Long
before the Texas Forest Service started using airplanes to spot forest fires,
men climbed to the highest pine tree they could find, preferably one sitting atop
a hill... |
| The
Yucatan Adventure by Jeffery Robenalt 12-2-12
In
the spring of 1840, the Navy of the Republic of Texas was immersed in a political
battle between President Mirabeau Lamar and arch-enemy, former president Sam Houston,
currently serving as a member of the Texas Congress. Into the midst of this acrimonious
struggle, stepped a 28-year-old naval first lieutenant, Edwin Ward Moore. |
Columns
Hughes
Who in Oil Field by Wanda Orton 12-2-12
How
did Hughes Tool Co. evolve into an icon in industry? The Goose Creek oil field
at Baytown had something to do with it. Throwaway
Children by David Knape 12-2-12Catastrophic
Coiffures by Frances Giles 12-2-12
Page
boy, neckline, poodle cut, shag, pixie, ponytail, all of these hairstyles were
popular in the 50's, and I didn't escape any of them. | Geology
The
Bone Wars by Clay Coppedge 11-30-12
The
role two Texans - geologist Robert T. Hill and naturalist Jacob Boll - played
in the Bone Wars.The
Fossil by David Knape 12-1-12 |
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