International
Pavedway by Mike
Cox 2-21-08 The International Pavedway never existed anywhere but on a map,
but most Texans have traveled it many times...
Highland
Lakes and Damsby Rob Hafernik Dams:
Tom Miller Dam, Mansfield Dam, Max Starke Dam, Wirtz Dam, Inks Dam and Buchanan
Dam Lakes: Lake Austin, Lake Travis, Lake Marble Falls, Lake LBJ, Inks
lake, and Lake Buchanan
Prada
Marfaby Luke
Warm West Texas gets a Long-overdue Infusion of Whimsey by German-based
Artists Photos Courtesy Lizette Kapre, Ballroom Marfa, &
the Art Production Fund
Out-of-the-way
placesby Bob Bowman A friend once told me his greatest pleasure
was driving around East Texas and looking for oddball places seldom found in tourism
brochures...
Road Log 1922by Mike
Cox A daily log kept by James A. Correll in the late spring and summer
of 1922 shows it's a little easier to get across Texas than it used to be...
Dead
Man's Hole
by Mike Cox "Texas Tales'' The expression "he just dropped out of
sight" had both figurative and literal meaning in Burnet County during and after
the Civil War. Common belief held that folks who disappeared in that area often
ended up at the bottom of a 150-plus-deep foot limestone fissure south of Marble
Falls aptly named "Dead Man's Hole."
East
Texas' Burning Houseby Bob Bowman Motorists
traveling along U.S. Highway 59 in Polk County are often startled to see what
appears to be flames pouring from the windows of old sawmill house...
Nameless
Caveby Mike Cox "It
figures that the cave in this story – one of an estimated 6,000 caverns in the
limestone region of the state – doesn’t have a name. After all, it’s in the vicinity
of Nameless, Texas...."
The
McDow Holeby Bob Hopkins "The story of the McDow ghost became
very popular by the end of the 19th century ... many people would come to the
water hole hoping to get a glimpse of the specter."
TUMBLEWEEDS'
TALES Ghost Towns and Town Ghostsby Stephen Osmon “When you get there you’ll know. Then you will have to decide, will
you stop or will you pass by? It could change your life forever; but you gotta
make the first move....”
Midday
at the Oasis by
Johnny Stucco Photos by Erik Whetstone "Having never
pumped a pint, let alone a gallon of gasoline, this station-that-never-was has
become our symbol for a particular period in Texas history."
Taken
on the Road by Charles Kuraltby James Feagin Early 1986, my parents had returned from their weekly rounds to the
local bookstore in Columbia, Maryland. Sifting through their variety of books,
I came across a title that would change my young life, “On the Road with Charles
Kuralt.”...
A
Unique Landmarkby Bob Bowman A granite shaft set into the ground
on April 23, 1841, marks the only international boundary existing within the continental
United States. Farm Road 31 between Deadwood, Texas, and Logansport, Louisiana
The
Ark-La-Texby N. Ray Maxie The Ark-La-Tex includes Three Corners,
the place where three state lines meet, and portions of Arkansas, Louisiana and
Texas. Many ... have done the "spread eagle" there, especially area high school
kids. Reportedly there are hordes of people that have traveled many miles to do
just that.
Route
66 in Texas - The towns found along Texas 66 and their museums, ghost towns,
relics, markers and monuments.
The
Crash at Crushby Luke Warm The field that once was Crush, Texas
is now occupied by cows, but a recently replaced historical marker south of West,
Texas tells the story of one of the most bizarre publicity stunts of all time.
Canoeists
Take On Pristine Texas Riverby Sandra Billingsley Article
originally published on July 15, 2001 in the San Angelo Standard-Times. Photographs
courtesy of Sandra R. Billingsley and Robert A. Phillips.
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