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    July 2012 Issue
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    Bug Tussle
    Ghost Towns
  • Bug Tussle Fannin Co Photos courtesy James Nelms 7-5-12
  • Boxwood Upshur Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 7-7-12
  • Circleville
    Towns
  • Circleville Williamson Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 7-8-12
  • Anna Collin Co Photos courtesy James Nelms, Barclay Gibson & Erik Whetstone 7-8-12
  • Anna
    Ammannsville
    Ghost Town
  • Ammannsville Fayetteville Co TE photos 7-6-12
    Part of the Painted Church Tour

    Poetry

  • The Old KJT Hall by David Knape 7-6-12
  • Commerce High School Class of 1922
    Column
  • Official Sport of Texas Cartoon by Roger T. Moore 7-31-12
  • Bug Tussle, Texas by David Knape 7-30-12
  • On Dry Ground by David Knape 7-28-12
    Vintage Photo
  • Commerce High School Class Of 1922
    Photo courtesy Cary W. Hall 7-30-12
  • Coffeeville
    Towns & Ghost Towns 7-30-12
  • Coffeeville Upshur Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey & Barclay Gibson 7-31-12
  • Coffee City Henderson Co
  • Rich Coffey Coleman Co
  • Flat Top Coleman Co
  • Camp Colorado Coleman Co
  • Tyro/Novice Coleman Co
  • Rich Coffey
    Cotton pickin theater
    Column
  • The Cotton Pickin’ Theater by Bob Bowman 7-29-12
    At Point, a small town of some 700 souls in northern Rains county..., a sturdy old gin has found a new life as an entertainment venue that draws crowds from all over East Texas and performers like Mark Chestnut, Pee Wee Walker, and Gary Busey.
  • Marfa
    Towns & Ghost Towns
  • Tuxedo Jones Co Photos courtesy Kasey Dockens 7-26-12
  • Marfa Presidio Co Photos courtesy James Nelms... 7-25-12
  • Ding Dong Bell Co Photos courtesy Stephen Danesi & Hannelore Lyons 7-25-12
  • Clarkwood Nueces Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 7-27-12
  • Columns
  • Remembering Novohrad's Old Grieve School by Murray Montgomery 7-27-12
    "The following article appeared in a 1933 issue of the Lavaca County Tribune and gives some interesting information about the Grieve School at that time..."
  • Lincoln Slept Here? by Mike Cox 7-26-12
    The “Lincoln slept here” assertion appeared in a Texas newspaper referred to a historic hostelry in New Braunfels.
  • July 25, 1882 - Judge Roy Bean... History Cartooon by Roger T. Moore 7-25-12
  • Dad's Corner
    Towns & Ghost Towns
  • Dad's Corner Archer Co Photos courtesy Terry Speegle 7-22-12
  • Cedar Station Terrell Co Photos courtesy Erik Whetstone 7-21-12
  • White Oak Gregg Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 7-23-12
  • Pelly Harris Co 7-23-12
  • Stewart Heights Harris Co 7-23-12
  • Houston
    "They Shoe Horses, Don't They?"
  • Houston’s Days of Yore by Bruce Martin 7-24-12
  • My Brief Stroll Down the Tobacco Road by Frances Giles 7-23-12
  • Woman Hollerin' Creek by David Knape 7-21-12
  • Tampa Art
    Letters From Florida
  • Tampa Art Awaits the National Spotlight by Rufus St. Clair TE Photos 7-23-12
  • Flood
    Flood
  • The Great Flood of 1935 by Edward Aquifer
    Vintage photos courtesy TXDoT
  • A Narrow Escape 7-22-12
    Excerpted from the diary of Maryleene Bolen Christensen
  • Column | People
  • The Ranger Formerly Known as Pidge by Clay Coppedge 7-22-12
    From the front lines of the Texas Rangers, this Pidge character wrote first-hand accounts of the Taylor-Sutton Feud, John Wesley Hardin and the pursuit of Juan Cortina along the border. He wrote about rustlers and outlaws, good guys and villains, and usually with a laugh or two thrown in for good measure. But who was Pidge?
  • Texana
    Towns & Ghost Towns
  • Texana Jackson Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 7-20-12
  • Konohassett Glasscock Co 7-20-12
  • Lees Glasscock Co 7-20-12
  • Halifax Polk Co
  • Swartwout Polk Co
  • Moscow Polk Co
  • Halifax
    Columns
  • Rationing during WWII - How sweet it wasn't by Wanda Orton 7-20-12
    Growing up in World War II wasn't all bad. There were some good days...
  • Joe Garcia’s Legacy Is a Lesson to All about Dyslexia by Bill Cherry 7-20-12
    I remember people who couldn’t write their names, who couldn’t read, who hadn’t gone to school at all, or who had left as early as the seventh grade...
  • Captain Hamer's Barber by Mike Cox 7-19-12
    Knowing I had written some books on Texas Ranger history, Jim mentioned one visit that I sure ought to talk with Mr. Frost if I ever found him in the shop. Back in the day, he had been the legendary Capt. Frank Hamer’s barber.
  • Recycling easy, practical process by Delbert Trew 7-19-12
    Farmers, ranchers and other country people are amazed at this new interest in a process they have practiced forever. To many, this one effort has contributed to their survival for more times than they care to remember.
  • 2-Alarm Chili History Cartooon by Roger T. Moore 7-19-12
  • "The Indians are coming! The Indians are coming!" by Mike Cox 7-11-12
    Destined to gain a national reputation as a fearless Texas Ranger captain, when William Jesse McDonald came to the Panhandle in the winter of 1891 he expected to stay busy as a law enforcement officer in a still sparsely settled section of the state. But he sure didn’t anticipate what happened on the night of January 29 that year.
  • July 1925 - Helium History Cartoon by Roger T. Moore 7-11-12
    They Shoe Horses, Don't They?
  • Small Perfection by Dianne West Short 7-9-12
    A large, old black dog showed up on my sister Joanne’s doorstep, thirsty and hot...
  • Columns
  • Dog Trot Houses by Bob Bowman 7-7-12
    Dog trot houses were built and occupied by East Texas’ earliest settlers. Many of them migrated here in the early 1800s from the Old South and brought southern customs, including the way buildings were constructed with them.
  • "Ten-Gallon Hats / Pint-Sized Brains"
    Otis P. Driftwood recalls Nacogdoches
    by Mike Cox 7-4-12

    A runaway mule in Nacogdoches helped change American entertainment history.
  • Fort Lincoln
    Ghost Fort
  • Fort Lincoln Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 7-3-12
  • Coliseum
    Vintage Photos | Monument | Book
  • Will Rogers Coliseum by Debbie M. Liles 7-2-12
    Arcadia Publishing
    Vintage Photos
  • Beaumont
    Buildings - Bank
  • The Beaumont Bank Building Bewilderment by Luke Warm TE photos 7-2-12
  • Column - Place
  • Trick ‘Em and Skin ‘Em by Clay Coppedge 7-2-12
    The old community of Trickham was the first community in Coleman County to be settled, though today it might be hard for an outside observer to understand why.
    Town
  • Trickham Coleman Co Photos courtesy Jim & Lou Kinsey & Bruce White 7-2-12
  • Paxton
    Column - Ghost Town
  • Old Emporia by Bob Bowman
    Angelina Co 7-2-12
    Town
  • Paxton Shelby Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 7-1-12
  • Sam Walker
    Column - People
  • Sam Walker Texas Ranger and the "Walker" Colt by Jeffrey Robenalt 7-1-12
    Thirty-two years is not a long life as measured against most men, but Texas Ranger Sam Walker's brief years were an epic adventure filled with Indian battles, wars, public renown, and honor.
  • Hog Island
    Column - Place
  • Island Hogs a Lot of History by Wanda Orton 7-1-12
    The sand and surf of Hog Island, through two centuries, beheld myriad scenes in state and local history, running the gamut from pigs to petroleum.
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