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February
2012 Issue
For people who like this sort of thing
This is the sort of thing they
like. |
| Towns
Enloe
Delta Co Photos courtesy Jeff Duncan, Clara Foster Slough Museum 2-21-12Dayton
Liberty Co TE photos 2-28-12Notrees
Ector Co Photos courtesy Bronson Dorsey & Charlene Beatty Beauchamp 2-24-12Vigo
Park
Swisher Co 2-21-12 |
| Ghost
Towns Snow
Town
San Jacinto Co by Paul Latour 2-14-12Stony
Denton Co Photos courtesy Don & Ellen Wilson 2-12-12Pyote
Ward Co 2-28-12Rexville
Austin Co 2-29-12Belgrade
Newton Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 2-27-12 |
| History
The
Battle of the Alamo by Jeffery Robenalt
After
the defeat of General Cos at the siege of San Antonio, Texans thought their independence
was won. They failed to understand that General Santa Anna was enraged over the
disturbances at Anahuac and Cos's surrender. The dictator would never rest until
his soldiers either killed every Anglo-American and Tejano rebel who openly defied
his rule or drove them across the Sabine River and out of Texas for good. |
Column
Best
western was not always best
by Delbert Trew 2-28-12
Until
the driving of The Golden Spike in 1869, signaling the coming of The Railroad
Age, accommodations along the various trails, stage routes, freight routes and
river routes were a tragedy to most travelers. | Column
Heavyweight
Champ Jack Johnson by Bob Bowman 2-27-12
Heavyweight champ
Jack Johnson was arrested for boxing in 1903 in Galveston.San
Antonio's Blue Book by C. F. Eckhardt
'The Blue Book' is
the legendary directory of a city's 'red light' district...
Guest
Column
Country
Living in the Mid-1900’s - Chalk Mountain
by Bruce Martin 2-23-12
Growing
up in the suburbs of Houston, I looked forward with excitement the opportunity
to visit my grandparents “in the country”
Columns
Amarillo
by Airmail by
Mike Cox 2-23-12
“Dear
Brother,” it began, “I am mailing you this letter by air mail. This is the first
trip that the air mail makes direct from Amarillo... Sawyers
and Flatheads
by Bob Bowman 2-22-12
In
the Northwest, they were called lumberjacks, but in East Texas they were called
“sawyers” or “flatheads.” A hardy breed with a broad streak of independence, they
were as colorful as they were hard working.Feb.
16, 1926 - Will Rogers Cartoon
by Roger T. Moore
2-22-12Gunny
sacks save the day
by Delbert Trew 2-21-12
For
a long period of time in the old days, almost everything ordered from suppliers
and hauled on freight wagons either came packed in a wooden crate, a wooden nail
keg, a wooden barrel or a gunny sack. Once the items reached the frontier, the
crate, keg, barrel or sack became a commodity just like the items packed inside. |
| Cooking
With Scissors
by Maggie Van Ostrand 2-20-12
As
a defense against the frustrating packaging from the supermarket, what do I take
every time I go into the kitchen? A toolbelt, that's what.
The Story
of Franny Kay’s Bout with Lew’s Piano
by Bill Cherry 2-19-12
Over
the years, Lew Harris’ song, “These Are the Things I Love,” has been recorded
by Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra... But to Galvestonians, the most memorable version
was sung by Robert Goulet, because it was the theme song for Lew Harris’ wife,
Frances’ 54-consecutive year radio program for the Island’s KGBC-AM. |
Sam
Houston's Duel
by Mike Cox 2-19-12
Something
that started in Tennessee and spilled over into Simpsom County, KY on Sept. 23,
1826 could have changed the history of Texas. Ghosts
in East Texas
by Bob Bowman 2-19-12
To
paraphrase a quote by the Marquise de Deffand in 1774, I don't believe in ghosts,
but I have a healthy respect for them. You would, too, if you've ever stood on
the banks of Bouton Lake when the fog rolls in from the Neches River bottomlands.February
13, 1991 - Peyote
Cartoon by Roger T. Moore
2-14-11 |
Columns
Indian
Jim by Mike
Cox 2-13-12
Barely
50 years after the U.S. Cavalry drove the last hostile Indians out of the Panhandle
an Indian from New York made page-one news in Pampa and across the nation. |
The
Carnegie Libraries
by Bob Bowman 2-10-12
When
Tyler’s historic Carnegie Library building celebrated its anniversary, the event
reminded East Texans of the legacy Andrew Carnegie left before his death in 1919.Lizzie
Hay and the Demise of the Lone Highwayman
by Mike Cox 2-9-12
Sometimes,
no matter how good the story, a compelling tale gets forgotten. That’s sure the
case with the Texas outlaw known in his day as “the lone highwayman.”
Super Bowl for Women
Maggie Van Ostrand 2-9-12
No
matter what they say, men do not want women in sports... Women know this. Women
do not care. Women will do it all anyway... |
Columns
Robin
Hood of the Tonkawa
by C. F. Eckhardt
The
original teller of this story, John C. Jacobs, told it in Pioneer magazine
in the teens of the last century...Desdemona
by Clay Coppedge
"Of
all the nastiness that might be found in Texas oil boom towns during the era of
discovery in the early 20th Century, Desdemona was reported to be the nastiest."Learning
news lingo as 2nd language
by Wanda Orton | |
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