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June
2012 Issue
For people who like this sort of thing
This is the sort of thing they
like. |
| Town
Paint
Rock Concho Co Seat Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson &
Steven M. Aycock 6-1-12 |
| Column
- History Paint
Rock: The Last Comanche Fight of Jack Hays by Jeffery Robenalt
6-1-12
Some
historians have questioned the Rangers' victory at Paint Rock as pure fiction
or an attempt to revise history, however, Jack Hays and the Texas Rangers need
no help from me or any other historian to bring glory and honor to their name.
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| | Fathers
My
Father Zola 6-1-12
Baseball,
Love and a Love of Baseball
A serialization of the writings of George Olsson
Short
(1920-2003)
Chapter OneFrank,
the Butcher by Bruce Martin 6-16-12
For a good portion of my father’s adult life, he worked as a butcher in local
neighborhood grocery store meat markets, well before the age of chain stores and
packaged foods. |
| Ghost
Towns Henze
Edwards Co 6-30-12Kickapoo
Edwards Co 6-30-12
Photos courtesy William Beauchamp | |
| | Cotton
- Vintage Photos Cotton
Scenes: Series Six Courtesy William Beauchamp 6-9-12
Column
A
Steamboat's Tale
by Bob Bowman 6-9-12
Lying
in the Trinity River at Parker’s Bluff, near Palestine, a cluster of remnants
from an old sidewheeler steamboat serve as reminders of an era when cotton was
king in much of East Texas. |
| | Aviation
Combat
Over Texas by
Dan Heaton 6-8-12
America’s
First Combat Sortie Took Place April 20, 1915, in Brownsville, Texas
"Funston
ordered the 1st Aero Squadron at Brownsville to perform reconnaissance along the
Rio Grande and report back to him. After arriving at the base, uncrating and assembling
their aircraft, the men of the 1st were ready..."Major
General Frederick Funston
by John Troesser |
Columns
In
Quercus Veritas by Mike Cox 6-27-12
When
cartoonist friend Roger T. Moore, a West Texan with a sense of humor as big as
one of the dozens of wind turbines looking down on his ranch, told me that the
largest oak forest in North America covers some 40,000 acres near Monahans, it
sounded like a setup...“Rabbi”
Moore: Cowboy Cartoonist
by Mike Cox 6-27-12
On a typical Sunday, Roger Todd Moore arrives at his friend’s 1875-vintage stone
ranch house in southwestern Travis County by 8:30 a.m. and puts on the coffee.
By 9 or a few minutes after, once everyone has gotten about as attentive as they
will get, he clears his throat and in his deep, West Texas voice starts reading.
Today, it’s from the Tao Te Ching...
Cartoons Sunniest
City in USA By Roger T. Moore 6-26-12Cactus
in Texas by Roger T. Moore 6-26-12 |
Town
Moore
Frio Co GLO Vintage map 6-25-12
ColumnsThe
Runestone Bob Bowman 6-24-12
East
Texans willing to take the time to drive about 100 miles into eastern Oklahoma
will be rewarded with a centuries-old mystery... The
Forgotten Indian Traveler by Mike Cox 6-21-12
The men were Richard Irving Dodge, a young Army officer who would serve in the
military for 41 years and John Conner, a noted Delaware Indian. The meeting happened
at Fort Martin Scott...
15 Minutes of SeparationWho
was that un-masked Man? by Rufus St. Claire 6-22-12
The
headlines announced tuition hikes, but the large photo above the fold of the newspaper
shows a (obviously) good-natured man walking out of frame, somewhat amused at
the attention he’s getting from the camera. The caption should’ve been: “Can I
please get back to fishing, now?” |
| Towns
Knippa
Uvalde Co Photos courtesy William Beauchamp 6-20-12Dunlay
Medina Co Photos courtesy William Beauchamp 6-20-12The
Town of Twin Groceries by Bob Bowman 6-19-12
A
recent caller from Bowie County had an intriguing question: “Does East Texas have
a town named Twin Groceries?” The answer is yes and no. |
| WWII
1943
Secret Storm by Wanda Orton 6-17-12
In
the summer of ’43, German U-boats prowled the Gulf of Mexico, too close for comfort
for Texas coastlanders... |
| People
Rope
Walker by Dianne West Short 6-17-12
In
the old Hebrew Cemetery in Corsicana, Texas is a headstone with only two words
on it, “Rope Walker.” Almost nothing is known of the man in the grave except the
manner of his death... |
| Columns
- HistoryKit
Carson at Adobe Walls Clay Coppedge
Photos courtesy
Barclay Gibson 6-16-12
When historians talk about the Battle of Adobe Walls they are usually talking
about the Second Battle of Adobe Walls... The First Battle of Adobe Walls occurred
some 10 years earlier and featured a man who was a legend in his own time... |
Veteran
Recounts Battle of Adobe Walls
by Mike Cox 6-7-12
"Fifty
years earlier, surrounded by hundreds of hostile Indians, Andrew Johnson and the
other occupants of the Panhandle trading post and buffalo hunter’s camp called
Adobe Walls fought desperately for their lives..."
Ghost
Town Adobe
Walls Hutchinson
Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 6-16-12 |
| The
Quest The
Double Barrel Discount by Barclay Gibson 6-12-12
40
or 50 years ago the Moss Spring Centennial Marker was easily reached from the
north side of Moss Lake. It was a well known swimming hole during WWII where airmen
training at the local Army Air Field came on weekends with their wives and girl
friends to swim and hike to the distant Signal Mountain... |
| Towns
& Ghost Towns New
Gulf Wharton Co Photos courtesy Lauren Myers & Wharton
County Historical Museum 6-11-12Zulch
Madison Co TE photos 6-11-12Uncertain
Harrison Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 6-8-12 |
Column
- People Hello,
Sucker by Clay Coppedge 6-6-12
Necessity
may be the mother of invention but it can also be the mother of re-invention.
Other than perhaps Kinky Friedman, nobody exhibits that twist on the old axiom
more than Mary Louise Cecilia Guinan, known to history as Texas Guinan and for
her famous greeting: “Hello, Sucker.” |
| Towns
& Ghost TownsGreggton
Gregg Co "Absorbed" Ghost Town Photos
courtesy Gerald Massey 6-1-12Gary
Panola Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 6-6-12Pine
Springs Smith Co Photos courtesy
Lori Martin 6-5-12Grady
Fisher Co Ghost Town 6-5-12Powderly
Lamar Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 6-4-12 |
WWII
Camp Maxey
Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 6-4-12
Column
- Music Magnolia
Gardens by Wanda Orton 6-2-12
Before
he became world famous Elvis Presley hip-hopped all over the map of Texas, and
he made many a return trip to Magnolia Gardens on the banks of San Jacinto River
in eastern Harris County... |
| Hands
Across the Gulf
< Westside — Eastside >
6-3-12 Panjo's
Pizza by Ken RudineIris's
Grill by Rufus St. Claire
Just across the Gulf from Rockport | | |
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