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April
2013 Issue
For people who like this sort of thing
This is the sort of thing they
like. |
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West
McLennan Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson & Stephen Michaels 4-23-13
West
by d.knape 4-23-13 | |
Two
Poems for George Jones
"If we all could sound like we wanted to,
we'd all sound like George Jones." - Waylon JenningsThe
Possum by David Knape 4-27-13A
Picture of Us Without George by Luke Warm 4-27-13 |
| Ghost
Towns Security
Montgomery Co Photos courtesy Rootsweb.com 4-27-13Fosteria
Montgomery Co GLO vintage map 4-27-13 |
| Towns
Trinity
Trinity Co Photos courtesy Marilyn Tomalavage & Rootsweb.com 4-26-13Everman
Tarrant Co GLO vintage map 4-26-13 |
Columns
Rafting
Cotton from Bastrop to Matagorda by Mike Cox 4-25-13
Hard
to imagine Bastrop as an inland port, but during the 1840s and continuing through
the Civil War, Central Texans saw the Colorado River not so much as a source of
drinking water or place to fish as a transportation artery connecting them with
the Gulf of Mexico. |
| | Book
Writing
the Story of Texas 4-23-13
Edited
by Patrick L. Cox and Kenneth E. Hendrickson Jr. Austin: University of Texas Press,
2013.
Review by Dr. Kirk
Bane |
| Towns
Cuney
Cherokee Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 4-21-13Brundage
Dimmit Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 4-21-13 Latexo
Houston Co GLO Vintage map 4-20-13Riesel
McLennan Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 4-18-13Spur
Dickens Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 4-9-13Red
Bluff Jackson Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 4-7-13 |
| Ghost
Towns Dialville
Cherokee Co Photos courtesy Dennis Dickerson & Lori Martin 4-18-13Sligo
Yoakum Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 4-15-13Sempronius
Austin Co GLO vintage map 4-13-13 |
Columns
Smiths
at San Jacinto by Mike Cox 4-18-13
Enoch
K. Smith may have been the 17th Smith who took part in the Battle of San Jacinto.April
14, 1847: Santa Anna... Cartoon by Roger T. Moore 4-16-13Wild
Willie's Picnic by Murray Montgomery 4-15-13
Willie
Nelson, for many years, has been regarded as an outlaw in his music and his lifestyle.
No doubt, he attracts many fans — but he also stirs up feelings in some folks
that are somewhat negative to say the least. Such was the case in Gonzales County
in July of 1976. Because you see, Ol’ Willie was coming to town.The
Oil Camp Boarding House - Hearty Food - Dainty Waitresses and No Tipping
by Mike Cox 4-10-13
The
best cook in West Texas’s storied Yates FieldPat
Garrett Clay Coppedge 4-9-13
Because
he killed Billy the Kid in New Mexico, Pat Garrett’s name is more associated with
that state than it is with Texas but Garrett drifted in and out of the Lone Star
State for most of his life. |
Columns
Mrs.
Anson Jones by Wanda Orton 4-7-13
It
was a day to remember, April 21, 1836, and in years to come the former refugee
in the Runaway Scrape – better known in Texas history as Mrs. Anson Jones – often
told the story...When
the Worm Turns or Rites of Spring by Frances Giles
4-7-13
The
advent of warmer weather to the upper Texas Gulf Coast means different things
to different people, but to my mother it meant it was time to give the house a
good scrubbing and time to worm the kids. |
| Towns
Myrtle
Springs Van Zandt Co Photo courtesy Bob Landrum 4-1-13Salty
Milam Co GLO 1920s map 4-1-13Longworth
Fisher Co GLO 1920s map 4-5-13 |
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The Civil War in Texas War
on the Texas Gulf Coast by Jeffery Robenalt 4-2-13
In
light of the North's vast naval superiority, one of the most remarkable feats
of the American Civil War was the Texans tenacious defense of their Gulf Coast
ports. From Sabine Pass in the north to Brownsville in the south, the Texans bent
now and then but they refused to break. | |
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