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September 2013 Issue
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Battle of Neches
History
  • The Battle of the Neches by Jeffery Robenalt 9-1-13
    In the brief but glorious history of the Republic of Texas, the Battle of the Neches has been described as second in importance only to the Battle of San Jacinto as the most decisive conflict ever fought on Texas soil.
  • "Once Upon A Line" by d.knape
  • Snails 9-29-13
  • The Smell Of Hay 9-29-13
  • Down On The Farm 9-29-13
  • Pert
    Anderson County Towns & Ghost Towns
  • Pert Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-28-13
  • Kickapoo Ghost town GLO vintage map 9-28-13
  • Lee County courthouse
    Courthouses
  • Lee County Courthouse Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson & Barclay Gibson 9-27-13
  • Port Bolivar
    Towns
  • Port Bolivar Galveston Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson & Terry Jeanson 9-25-13
  • Old Dime Box Lee Co Photo courtesy Stephen Danesi 9-26-13
  • Dime Box Lee Co TE Photos 9-26-13
  • Columns
  • Two Ranchhands Meet Judge Lynch by Mike Cox 9-25-13
    In the late winter of 1896, two Waggoner Ranch cowboys took a notion that robbing banks would be less work – and definitely more profitable -- than wrangling cattle...
  • Circle Back
    Towns
  • Circle Back Bailey Co Photos courtesy Lottie Doyle 9-25-13
  • Columns
  • Arnold Outhouse History Cartoon by Roger T. Moore 9-24-13
  • Come to Me, My Melon-choly Babies by Frances Giles 9-24-13
    Watermelon, a high Summer treat if there ever was one. It ranked right up there alongside baseball, exploring and running through the hose, as far as great ways to spend the unencumbered days.
  • Woods
    Towns
  • Woods Panola Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 9-23-13
  • Kemp
    Kaufman County Towns Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson
  • Kemp 9-22-13
  • Mabank 9-22-13
  • Styx 9-22-13
  • Tolosa 9-10-13
  • Columns
  • Praise for a Common Man by Mary Boner Creighton 9-21-13
  • Book
    Book
  • Never Without Honor: Studies of Courage in Tribute to Ben H. Procter 9-19-13
    Book review by Dr. Kirk Bane

    Columns
  • Grandma Barnett Pioneer Woman by Mike Cox 9-18-13
    They used to say that Grandma Barnett could knock a squirrel’s eye out at 40 paces with a rifle.
  • Gorman
    Eastland County Towns & Ghost Towns
  • Gorman Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-18-13
  • Pioneer Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-16-13
  • Desdemona Ghost Town TE photos
  • Pioneer
    Columns
  • Double Takes on Names by Wanda Orton 9-17-13
    Question: What’s the most perplexing pair of same names in Texas history?
    Answer: Emily West and Emily West...
  • Horned Toad named "Big Jim" History Cartoon by Roger T. Moore 9-17-13
    Towns
  • Frost Navarro Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-17-13
  • Thompsons Fort Bend Co 9-17-13
  • Terry County
    Courthouses by Terry Jeanson
  • Runnels County Courthouse 9-16-13
  • Terry County Courthouse 9-15-13
  • Chatfield
    Towns
  • Chatfield Navarro Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-14-13
  • Texas City Galveston Co Photos courtesy Ken Rudine 9-15-13
  • Gomez
    Towns & Ghost Towns
  • Gomez Terry Co Ghost town Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-13-13
  • Ginger Rains Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-13-13
  • San Gabriel Milam Co Photos courtesy Vicki Harris 9-13-13
  • Gilchrist Galveston Co 9-12-13
  • Walthall
    Ghost Towns
  • Walthall Runnels Co Photos courtesy Brent Brownfield 9-12-13
  • Tinrag Hopkins Co 9-11-13
  • Columns
  • The Makers by Mike Cox 9-12-13
    R.C. and L.C. Maker, brothers who helped win the war without ever firing a turret gun, dropping a bomb or evading anti-aircraft fire.
  • Paluxy
    Towns
  • Paluxy Hood Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-8-13
  • Orangefield Orange Co 9-8-13
  • Columns
  • Lord Have Mercy Cartoon by Roger T. Moore 9-10-13
  • "Once Upon A Line" by d.knape
  • Stories Of Ammannsville 9-10-13
  • Wedemeyer
    Historic Homes
  • Belton - Wedemeyer Home/Academy 9-9-13
    Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
    National Register of Historic Places
  • Columns
  • America's Reset Button Maggie Van Ostrand 9-7-13
    I want the world to go back to Default and be as it once was...
  • Neighbors Expedition by Clay Coppedge 9-7-13
    The drive from San Antonio to El Paso on IH-10 might be called boring or monotonous. But as Texas was established and settled, there was a whole world – some 600 miles – of rugged country between the two towns, a vast region made all the more treacherous by the presence of Comanches and other tribes...
  • "Once Upon A Line" by d.knape
  • Mine To Keep 9-7-13
  • Rio Vista
    Johnson County Towns & Ghost Towns
  • Rio Vista Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-6-13
  • Trueloves Ghost Town GLO vintage map 9-6-13
  • Godley Johnson Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-4-13
  • Cresson Johnson/Hood Counties Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-3-13
  • Columns
  • The Galveston Storm Made Personal: the Unpublished Letter of Billie Love by Mike Cox 9-5-13
    William Love happened to be on the mainland when a powerful hurricane devastated Galveston on Sept. 8, 1900......
  • Sept 9, 1961: Meteorite Cartoon by Roger T. Moore 9-5-13
  • Pelham
    TE's 2900th town
  • Pelham Navarro Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-3-13
  • Ghost Towns
  • Farwell Hansford Co 9-3-13
  • Farwill Newton Co 9-3-13
  • "Once Upon A Line" by d.knape
  • The Forgetting 9-2-13
  • Walhalla
    Towns
  • Warrenton Fayette Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 9-1-13
  • Walhalla Fayette Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 9-2-13
  • Wooster Common School No. 38
    Schoolhouses
  • Wooster Common School No. 38, Harris County by Trevia Wooster Beverly 9-1-13
  • Columns
  • Sept. 1 - Big Day in Texas Cartoon by Roger T. Moore 9-1-13
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