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October
2012 Issue
For people who like this sort of thing
This is the sort of thing they
like. |
| Ghost
TownsLangtry
Val Verde Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson, Bryan D Reynolds &
Colin Patterson 10-22-12Goforth
Hays Co 10-29-12 Photos courtesy Dale StevensonBrooklyn
Shelby Co 10-27-12Medill
Lamar Co Ghost Town Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 10-20-12 |
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| TownsAurora
Wise Co Photos courtesy Lori Martin & Barclay Gibson 10-20-12Morgan
Mill Erath co
Photos courtesy Jim & Lou Kinsey 10-22-12 |
Columns
Dr.
Pat Wagner and the "Come & Take It" Cannon by Murray Montgomery
10-16-12
He was determined
to prove that the cannon he purchased from Robert Vance of Refugio was truly the
little gun that had started the Texas Revolution at Gonzales on October 2, 1835.
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| Dawson
County Ghost Towns
Chicago
Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 10-16-12 Arvana
10-16-12 Lou
10-16-12Pride
10-16-12 |
Columns
Judge
Isaac Moreland Interviewed by Wanda Orton 10-15-12
What
if we’d had TV in the era of the Republic of Texas. Imagine Edward R. Tomorrow
interviewing Isaac N. Moreland.The
Mystery Man by Bob Bowman 10-15-12
Daingerfield,
the county seat of Morris County, was named for Captain London Daingerfield, supposedly
a native of Nova Scotia, but beyond that and a few other facts, Captain Daingerfield
remains a mystery man... Joyous
Occasion Taught an Unexpected Lesson by Bill Cherry 10-12-12
"Sometimes
evidence proves our suppositions of our friends’ well-beings are wrong... What
we do to address it goes a long way in defining for us who we really are." |
| Towns
Old
Dimple Red River Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 10-14-12Dimple
Red River Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 10-14-12 Romney
Eastland Co GLO vintage map 10-14-12 |
Columns
Highway's
History is Personal by Mike Cox 10-11-12
SH
207 cuts through Palo Duro Canyon and crosses the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the
Red River. That segment, one Texas’ most scenic drives, honors Will H. Hamblen
who spent much of his life making that roadway a reality. Oct.
15, 1976 - First VP Debate History Cartoon by Roger T. Moore 10-11-12The
Home Run that Never Was by Charles Watson 10-9-12
"Joe Bauman hit
72 home runs that year, but he would have had 73 had it not been for a sandstorm..."
The
Night the Ghost Hounds Came by C. F. Eckhardt 10-8-12
"When I got
outside the hounds had the house surrounded. I could hear them baying in chase
all around me. I could see nothing. There was no movement in the grass, no shadows
among the trees. The brilliant moon showed a tranquil landscape—but all around
me were the sounds of hounds in chase..." Confessions
of a Graveyard Junkie by Bob Bowman 10-7-12
While
other people collect antiques, postcards and coffee mugs, I spend much of my spare
time in East Texas cemeteries looking for oddball tombstones, unique inscriptions
and other reminders of people who left behind more than just a nondescript piece
of rock to mark their passing... |
| | Towns
& Ghost Towns Delmita
Starr Co Photo courtesy Juan Cantu 10-6-12Pleasant
Ridge Panola Co Photos couretsy Gerald Massey 10-5-12Cedar
Station Terrell Co Ghost Town by Carrie Perez 10-1-12 |
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Columns
Honor
Among Thieves or Stealing Mrs. Nita's Pears by Frances Giles
10-5-12
Everyday
life on Emile Street in Beaumont in the 1950's was pretty ordinary for a child,
mainly consisting of playing outside with the neighborhood kids when school was
out, but it had the occasional high point, notably the appearance of pears, specifically,
our next door neighbor's pears... |
The
Alleged Battle of Bandera Pass by Clay Coppedge 10-3-12
One
of the prettiest places in the Texas Hill Country is the part of State Highway
173 that twists its way through Bandera Pass not far from the Bandera-Kerr county
line. The highway basically follows the same route through the hills that the
Apache, Comanche, Spanish, U.S. Army, settlers and outlaws followed for centuries
and where at least two major Indian battles might (or might not) have been fought... |
| | MusicLa
Tipica by Wanda
Orton 10-2-12
An
all-girl orchestra composed of talented and well-trained students from Baytown’s
Mexican community -- played an important role in local musical entertainment from
here to California. | |
| Columns
Oct.
1, 1837 History Cartoon by Roger T. Moore 10-1-12 |
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