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January 2006 Issue
TEXAS TOWNS 1342
  • Glidden | Bernardo Photos courtesy Nesbitt Memorial Library 1-4-06
  • Altair | Mentz Photos courtesy Nesbitt Memorial Library 1-1-06
  • Ringgold Photos courtesy KellyCampbell 1-8-06
  • Earl AKA Earls or Earle's Chapel
    Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson & Lori Martin 1-27-06
  • Maryetta 1-23-06 | Leroy Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 1-14-06
  • Flat 1-4-06 | Hamlin Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson 1-6-06
  • Neches Photos courtesy Lori Martin 1-7-06
  • Rockport Photos courtesy Ken Rudine 1-7-06
  • Melissa Photo courtesy Justin Parson 1-9-06
  • Millersview Photo courtesy Stephen Taylor 1-23-05
  • Dimmitt Photo courtesy Bryan Mayfield 1-3-06
  • Overton Photos courtesy Lori Martin 1-4-06
  • Copperas Cove 1-4-06
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  • TEXAS GHOST TOWNS 314

  • Trio Photos courtesy Stephen & Elizabeth Taylor 1-28-05
  • Pumphrey Photo courtesy Stephen & Elizabeth Taylor 1-10-05
  • Bomarton Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 1-16-05
  • Jermyn Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 1-23-06
  • Alligator 1-21-06
  • Matthews 1-4-06
  • Ottine Photos by John Troesser 1-2-06
  • Manda Photo courtesy Justin Parson 1-5-06
    Texas Ghost Towns > more new
  • FEATURES | TRIPS
  • Columbus Tower by Mike Cox 1-13-06
    A round, white tower on the Colorado County courthouse square looks like an architectural survivor of the days of yore in England. No matter how European it looks, however, the tower is the product of Yankee – well, Southern – ingenuity.
  • The Spirit of Sacrifice, aka The Alamo Cenotaph by John Troesser. Photos courtesy Lori Martin & The Texas Collection Baylor University 1-1-06
  • Three Weeping Angels Photos by Justin Parson and John Troesser 1-22-06
  • FM 2843 - Old Road to Austin by Clay Coppedge 1-1-06
    Books
  • Cottonseed Kid Reviewed by John Troesser 1-17-06
  • Historic Tree
  • The Big Tree Photo courtesy Ken Rudine 1-30-06
    Features • Trips > more new
  • ARCHITECTURE | IMAGES 10,000
    Bridges
  • Neches River Rainbow Bridge & Veteran's Memorial Bridge
    Photo courtesy Captain David R. Byrnes 1-19-06
  • Rooms with a Past
  • William Penn Hotel, Houston, Texas 1-29-06
  • Hotel Herring | Capitol Hotel | Hotel Amarillo
    Photos courtesy Wes Reeves and rootsweb.com/%7Etxpstcrd/
  • Churches
  • New Sweden Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson & Justin Parson 1-5-06
  • San Saba Photo Courtesy Michael Hattrick 1-5-06
    Schoolhouses

  • Oklahoma Lane | Bula | Benoit
    Photos courtesy Stephen & Elizabeth Taylor
    Texas Architecture • Texas Images > more new
  • USA TRAVEL
  • Sugar Creek Covered Bridge
    Photos courtesy Justin Skinner & Ken Rudine
    US Travel > more new
  • COLUMNS
    HISTORICAL • REGIONAL • TOPICAL COLUMNS
    Archie P. McDonald "All Things Historical" Syndicated weekly in 40 newspapers
    Old Time Judge 1-29-06
    Brotherhood of Timber Workers 1-16-06
    The Boll Weevil 1-1-05
    Bob Bowman "All Things Historical" Syndicated weekly in 40 newspapers
    Fairmount Cemetery 1-24-06
    FDR and Nine Acres 1-9-06
    Murray Montgomery "Lone Star Diary" Monthly. Syndicated in 5 newspapers
    The Old Iron Bridges of Lavaca County 1-20-06
    Mike Cox "Texas Tales" Syndicated weekly in 5 newspapers
    Cleo Face 1-26-06
    Gulf U-boats 1-20-06
    Columbus Tower 1-13-06
    Delbert Trew "It's All Trew" Weekly. Amarillo Globe News
    Dipping into the history of snuff, tobacco 1-31-06
    Pederson Creek offered unique privileges 1-24-06
    Canning remains popular throughout time 1-18-06
    Childhood medications were simple, gave relief 1-12-06
    Clay Coppedge "Letters from Central Texas" Biweekly
    Phantom Alligators 1-21-06
    Louise George "History by George" Monthly
    Dorothy Hamm "Words and Music" Monthly
    Willie Nelson 1-6-06
    HUMOR • OPINION COLUMNS
    Peary Perry "Letters From North America" Syndicated weekly in 80 newspapers
    Vacation Homes 1-25-06
    Ultimate Ineptitude 1-18-06
    Lives of the Rich and Famous 1-10-06
    Mr. Ethics Man 1-2-06
    Elizabeth Bussey Sowdal "The Girl Detective's Theory of Everything" Biweekly
    Bug Huntin' 1-15-06
    True to Breed 1-2-06
    John Gosselink "Stumbling Forward" Biweekly
    Kid Destroying Stuff 1-17-06
    Dear People of the Future 1-2-05
    MEMOIRS
    George Lester Spunky Flat and Beyond Biweekly
    Uncle Unique 1-15-06
    Cujo 1-1-06
    N. Ray Maxie "Rambling Ray" Ark-La-Tex Biweekly
    Firewood, Loaded or Unloaded 1-15-06
    "Shadow's In the Moonlight" 1-1-06
    Book
    Ear Trumpet by Hariett Dublin 1-17-06
    Excerpted from "Cottonseed Kid Childhood Memories of a Texas Life"
    CARTOONS • EDITOR
    Roger T. Moore
    1-3-061-11-061-18-061-25-06
    Editor & Guest Columnists "They shoe horses, don't they?"
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