TexasEscapes.com Texas Escapes Online Magazine: Travel and History
Columns: History, Humor, Topical and Opinion
Over 1800 Texas Towns & Ghost Towns
NEW : : TEXAS TOWNS : : GHOST TOWNS : : TEXAS HOTELS : : FEATURES : : COLUMNS : : ARCHITECTURE : : IMAGES : : SITE MAP : : SEARCH SITE
HOME
SEARCH SITE
ARCHIVES
RESERVATIONS
Texas Hotels
Hotels
Cars
Air
Cruises
 

Texas Escapes Online Magazine
March/April/May 2008 Issue
Texas Travel • Texas History

Updated Twice Weekly - Last Update: May 8, 2008
FEBRUARY 2008 ISSUE >
"I will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver." - Shakespeare, Othello.
MOTHERS
  • Turning into Mom by Maggie Van Ostrand 5-8-08
    		• FEATURES
  • Texas Centennial
    Index by Sarah Reveley 5-1-08

    During the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration, the state built memorial museums, restored historical structures, improved parks, erected statues of important Texans, and intalled over 1,000 historical markers.

    • Our ongoing project will examine the extant Centennial projects and include the stories behind them.
    		BRIDGES
    Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 5-1-08
  • Bridges of Hamilton County:
    CR103
    CR106
    CR210
    CR222
    CR617 Pony Truss Bridge
    		• COLUMNS
  • Indianola Remnants by Mike Cox 5-1-08
    Indianola, once the “Queen City of the West,” recovered from a killer hurricane in 1875 but it did not survive a second devastating storm in 1886... If you want to see some of Indianola’s stately Victorian houses, just go to Victoria or Cuero...
    		• TOWNS
  • Honey Grove Fannin Co 5-8-08
    Photos courtesy Stephen Michaels
  • Wild Rose Pass 5-1-08
    Photos courtesy Sarah Reveley
    		•
    		COURTHOUSES
  • Collingsworth County Courthouse 5-1-08
    Terry Jeanson photos
    		• PEOPLE | STATUES
  • The Forgotten Hero By C. F. Eckhardt 4-28-08
    Who was the first—and possibly the greatest—hero of the Texas Revolution? He’s a man you may have heard of, but not very often. Try Ben Milam.
    Photos courtesy Sarah Reveley

  • George Washington Brackenridge 4-28-08
    Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson
    		•
  • The Women of 1836 - Part II
    Susannah Dickinson     5-1-08
    By Linda Kirkpatrick
  • The Women of 1836 - Part I 4-3-08
    By Linda Kirkpatrick
    Related Stories- Photos courtesy Sarah Reveley
  • "Come & Take It" Cannon 4-10-08
  • Gonzales Memorial Museum 4-10-08
    		•

    TEXAS TOWNS - Browse 1864 Texas Towns >

    		Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson
  • Spofford Kinney Co 4-10-08
  • Ponder Denton Co 4-14-08
  • Gustine Comanche Co 4-7-08
  • La Vernia Wilson Co 4-21-08
  • Womack Bosque Co 3-24-08
  • Henly Hays Co 4-24-08
  • Kent Culberson Co 3-20-08
  • Fentress Caldwell Co 3-10-08
  • Prairie Lea Caldwell Co 3-10-08
  • Nemo Somervell Co 3-20-08
  • Clearwater Franklin Co
  • Griffin Cherokee Co
    		• Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson & Stephen Michaels
  • West McLennan Co 4-7-08
    		• Photos courtesy Mike Price
  • Pecan Gap Delta Co 4-21-08
  • Fairview Collin Co 4-21-08
  • Ethel Grayson Co 4-1-08
  • Point Rains Co 4-14-08
    		• Photos courtesy Mike Price
  • Wolfe City Hunt Co 4-17-08
  • Aubrey Denton Co 3-3-08
  • Frisco Collin/Denton 3-6-08
  • Caddo Mills Hunt Co 3-6-08
  • Celeste Hunt Co 3-18-08
    		• Photos courtesy Sarah Reveley
  • Alamo Heights Bexar Co 3-10-08
  • Cementville Bexar Co 3-10-08
  • Leon Springs Bexar Co 4-21-08
  • Selma Bexar Co 3-17-08
  • Belmont Gonzales Co
  • Oak Forest Gonzales Co
    		•
  • Fairview Wilson Co 3-27-08
  • Yoakum Lavaca Co 4-24-08
    		•
    		Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson
  • Miami Roberts Co 4-14-08
  • Stinnett Hutchinson Co 3-20-08
  • Conlen Dallam Co 3-20-08
  • Milo Center Deaf Smith Co 3-17-08
  • Calaveras Wilson Co 3-13-08
  • Elmendorf Bexar Co 3-13-08
    		• Photos courtesy Stephen Michaels
  • Toco Lamar Co 4-28-08
  • Grandview Johnson Co 4-14-08
  • Leroy McLennan Co 4-14-08
  • Luxello Bexar Co 3-13-08
  • DeKalb Bowie Co 2-28-08
  • Schertz BexarGuadalupe Co 3-3-08
  • Helotes Bexar Co 3-13-08
  • Grey Forest Bexar Co 3-13-08
  • Hill County Village Bexar Co 3-13-08
    		•
    		Photos courtesy Ken Rudine
  • San Juan Hidalgo Co 5-8-08
  • Batson Hardin Co 5-8-08
  • Cleveland Liberty Co 5-8-08
  • Daisetta Liberty Co 5-5-08
    		•
  • Rio Hondo Cameron Co 4-7-08
  • Santa Rosa Cameron Co 4-24-08
  • Lozano Cameron Co 4-24-08
  • La Porte Harris Co 4-14-08
  • Granjeńo Hidalgo Co 3-27-08
  • McAllen Hidalgo Co 3-17-08
  • Mercedes Hidalgo Co 3-17-08
    		•
  • Relampago Hidalgo Co 3-13-08
  • Penitas Hidalgo Co
  • Kenedy Karnes Co 3-17-08
  • Los Fresnos Cameron Co
  • Rancho Viejo Cameron Co
  • Combes Cameron Co
  • Morgan's Point Harris Co 3-3-08
    		•
    		Photos courtesy Jordan Gibson
  • Squeezepenny Collin Co 4-24-08
    		• TE Photos
  • Woodsboro Refugio Co 4-10-08
  • Fannin Goliad Co 3-20-08
  • Geronimo Guadalupe Co 3-10-08
  • Ferris Ellis Co 3-3-08
  • Ennis Ellis Co 3-3-08
  • Newport Clay Co 3-10-08
  • White Settlement Tarant Co 3-10-08
  • Weir Williamson Co 4-5-08
  • Wyldwood Bastrop Co 4-5-08
  • DeWees Wilson Co
    		• Texas: Black & Blue
  • Black Parmer Co
  • Blue Lee Co Photos courtesy Sarah Reveley
    		•
    		Photos courtesy Ken Rudine & Sarah Reveley
  • Liberty Liberty Co


    Photos courtesy Ernie Wymer
  • Cypress Mill Blanco Co 3-17-08
    		•
    		Photos courtesy Sarah Reveley & Mel Brown
  • Hochheim DeWitt Co
    • No Photos
  • Driscoll Nueces Co 4-10-08
  • Annona Red river Co 3-10-08
  • Kamay Wichita Co 3-10-08
  • Sandia Jim Wells Co 3-10-08
  • Olmito Cameron Co
    More New - See FEBRUARY 2008 ISSUE
    		•

    TEXAS GHOST TOWNS - Browse 468 Ghost Towns >
    		Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson
  • Burkett Coleman Co 4-14-08
  • Echo Coleman Co 4-21-08
  • Hope Lavaca Co 4-24-08
  • Lanham Hamilton Co 4-14-08
  • Shumla Val Verde Co 4-10-08
    		•
  • The Flat Shackelford Co 3-3-08

     Photos courtesy Sarah Reveley
  • Orla Reeves Co 3-27-08
  • Castolon Brewster Co 3-27-07

    TE Photo
  • Texana Jackson Co 5-5-08
    		•
    		Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson
  • Mobeetie Wheeler Co 3-20-08

    Photos Courtesy Ken Rudine
  • Tulsita Bee Co
    • No Photos
  • Divot Frio Co 3-10-08
  • Tulsa Winkler Co
    More New - See FEBRUARY 2008 ISSUE

    • TEXAS FEATURES • TEXAS TRIPS

    The L-O-N-G Roads of Texas: Texas-State-Highway-16 by C. F. Eckhardt 3-3-08
    Texas’ state highways are some of the most interesting ways to travel. They pass through—not go around—interesting communities of every sort. The towns are both beautiful—sometimes (and sometimes not so beautiful)—and often historically interesting. The two longest state highways in Texas are Highway 16 and Highway 6. Both cut across scenic and historically significant parts of the state...
    		STATE PARKS
  • San Felipe, Texas & Stephen F. Austin State Park 4-3-08
    TE photos
    		•
    		MUSIC
  • Baytown’s DJ of the ‘50s, Bill “Rascal” McCaskill, Conducts His “Night Train” Once More by Bill Cherry 4-10-08
    		•
    		TEXAS DRIVES
  • Route 77: “The Padre Road” 4-10-08
    Victoria, Texas to the Rio Grande Valley
    Seven Bridges, Five Rivers, Two Creeks and One Interesting Drive
    Photos courtesy Ken Rudine
    		•
    Route66/Resurrecting-Ghosts-of-Route-66-Pt1-El-Reno-Oklahoma-to-Shamrock-Texas.htm
    		ROUTE 66
    Resurrecting the Ghosts of Route 66     by Noel Kerns
  • Part I: Oklahoma City to Shamrock, Texas
  • Part II: Shamrock to Amarillo, Texas
  • Part III: Route 66 from Amarillo to Endee, NM 3-3-08
    		• PEOPLE
  • San Jacinto Hero Henry Millard by Mike Cox 4-17-08
    A virtually forgotten hero of the Texas War for Independence.
  • Cherokee Bill: Don't Get Him Mad 3-27-08
    by Maggie Van Ostrand
    		•
    		BOOKS | VINTAGE PHOTOS
  • Tyler, Texas 3-3-08
    New Arcadia Publishing Title by Robert E. Reed Jr.


    LAKES
  • Lake Lyndon B. Johnson 3-17-08
    Photos courtesy Ernie Wymer
    • TEXAS ARCHITECTURE • IMAGES > Over 12,000 Images
    		SAN ANTONIO
  • Five Buildings of San Antonio 4-1-08
    The Star, the Pig, the Dealership, the Icehouse and the Chinese Grocery
    Photos by Mel Brown, Sarah Reveley and Jacinto Guevara
    		• ARCHITECTURE
  • Kress Buildings Across Texas & America 3-3-08
    by Johnny Stucco
    Photos courtesy Stephen Michaels & Ken Rudine
    		•
    		COURTHOUSES
  • Victoria County Courthouse 4-10-08
    Terry Jeanson & TE photos
  • Schleicher County Courthouse 4-15-08
    Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson & Barclay Gibson
    		•
    		Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson:
  • Sherman County Courthouse 4-14-08
  • Roberts County Courthouse 4-14-08
  • Hutchinson County Courthouse 3-20-08
  • Wheeler County Courthouse 3-20-08
  • Burleson County Courthouse 3-24-08
    		•
    		JAILS
  • Former Schleicher County Jail 4-15-08
    Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson & Terry Jeanson

    BRIDGES Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson
  • The Closed Bridges of Fort Griffin 3-3-08
  • Inks Lake Bridge
  • Montopolis Bridge 4-3-08
    Photos courtesy TXDoT
    		•
    		BANKS
  • Honey Grove Bank Building 5-8-08
    Photos courtesy Stephen Michaels

    CHURCHES
  • Perry Churches 4-25-08
    Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson
  • Honey Grove Churches 5-8-08
    Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson & Stephen Michaels
    		•
    COLUMNS
    		Introducing
    PHOTO COLUMN
    WHERE'S STEPHEN?
    America Coast to Coast, Day by Day
    Travelog of a a cross-country, big-rig trucker
    4-19-08
    TEXAS HISTORICAL • REGIONAL • TOPICAL COLUMNS
    Archie P. McDonald "All Things Historical" Syndicated in 70 newspapers
  • Peter Ellis Bean 4-28-08
  • San Jacinto Day 4-14-08
  • "Take Care of My Little Boy" 3-31-08
  • Coxey’s Army 3-17-08
  • Texas Independence Day 3-3-08
    		•
    Bob Bowman "All Things Historical" Syndicated in 70 newspapers
  • Weeping Mary 5-5-08
  • Quilting a family history 4-21-08
  • Mayhaws: A spring delicacy 4-7-08
  • Dog trot houses 3-24-08
  • The first Elvis impersonator 3-10-08
    		•
    Murray Montgomery "Lone Star Diary" Syndicated in 5 newspapers
  • The life and times of F.W. Neuhaus 5-8-08
  • Warrior’s Weekend at Port O’Connor, Texas 4-10-08
  • The adventures of John Himes Livergood 3-20-08
    		•
    W. T. Block Jr. "Cannonball's Tales"
    C. F. Eckhardt "Charley Eckhardt's Texas "
  • Before Maw Bell - Rural Telephone Systems in the West 5-8-08
  • The Forgotten Hero 4-24-08
  • Hellagain Hill - How Elgin Got Its Name 4-7-08
  • The Long Shot 3-17-08
  • The L-O-N-G Roads of Texas: Texas-State-Highway-16 3-3-08
    		•
    Mike Cox "Texas Tales" Syndicated in 11 newspapers
  • Ben's Pistol 5-8-08
  • Indianola Remnants 5-1-08
  • San Jacinto Hero Henry Millard 4-17-08
  • Earth 4-10-08
  • Henigan Water 4-3-08
  • Sam Houston 3-27-08
  • Bull in the Brush 3-20-08
  • Denison UFO 3-13-08
  • Alamo Backdoor 3-6-08
    • Delbert Trew "It's All Trew" Amarillo Globe News
  • Lots of laughter in Old West 5-8-08
  • Origins of land ownership 5-1-08
  • POW camp stirs memories 4-24-08
  • No journey too far for determined cattlemen 4-17-08
  • Icons grow grayer 4-10-08
  • Wagons vehicles of West 3-27-08
  • Voters hold fiery rally 3-20-08
  • Tick trouble takes 30 years to terminate 3-13-08
  • Locusts plague settlers 3-6-08
    • Clay Coppedge "Letters from Central Texas"
  • Bats 5-5-08
  • Old Bill and Handsome Wolf 4-7-08
  • The Plight of the Pleurocoeleus 3-17-08
  • Goodrich Jones: The best friend Texas trees ever had 3-6-08
    		•
    Bill Cherry "Bill Cherry's Galveston Memories"
  • Baytown’s DJ of the ‘50s, Bill “Rascal” McCaskill, Conducts His “Night Train” Once More 4-10-08
  • How Sam, Rose and Frank Maceo Created the Fabled Balinese Room 3-6-08
    		•
    Linda-Kirkpatrick "Somewhere in the West"
  • The Women of 1836 - Part II: Susannah Dickinson 5-1-08
  • The Women of 1836 - Part I 4-3-08
  • Here a Pig, There a Pig - Third and Final Event of the Pig Trilogy 3-10-08
    		•
    HUMOR • OPINION COLUMNS
    Maggie Van Ostrand "A Balloon in Cactus" National Syndicated Columnist
  • Turning into Mom 5-8-08
  • Everybody's Scared of Something 4-7-08
  • Cherokee Bill: Don't Get Him Mad 3-27-08
  • Stars Shine in Sunny Mexico 3-6-08
    		•
    Peary Perry "Letters From North America" Syndicated in 80 newspapers
  • Graduation Day 5-8-08
  • A pit of quicksand 5-1-08
  • Doesn’t character count for anything? 4-24-08
  • Vegetable Abuse 4-17-08
  • Trash as Art 4-10-08
  • PSA 4-3-08
  • Divided We Fall 3-27-08
  • Congress 3-20-08
  • Promotional Mini-Vacation 3-13-08
  • How to Fix Our Government 3-6-08
    		•
    Elizabeth Bussey Sowdal "The Girl Detective's Theory of Everything"
  • Crazy Head 4-24-08
  • Packrat 3-6-08
    		•
    Gael Montana "The View from Under the Bus"
  • Goodbye, General Bill 4-17-08
  • Mood Music and Mothballs 3-10-08
    		•
    TEXAS MEMOIRS
    N. Ray Maxie "Rambling Ray" Ark-La-Tex
  • Patching Pot Holes in the Dirt Road 5-1-08
  • Cultural Shock Then. Cultural Shock Now 4-1-08
  • Crawfish and Cats 3-3-08
    		•
    TEXAS CARTOONS • EDITOR • GUESTS
    Roger T. Moore
  • 3-6-08 | 3-13-08 | 3-20-08 | 3-27-08 | 4-3-08 | 4-10-08 | 4-17-08 | 4-24-08 | 5-1-08 | 5-8-08 |
    		•
    Editor & Guest Columnists "They shoe horses, don't they?"
     
    See
    FEBRUARY 2008 ISSUE
    JANUARY 2008 ISSUE
    DECEMBER 2007 ISSUE
    Texas Escapes Online Magazine
    All Archived Issues
    Contributors | Staff | What readers say about us
    Thank your for visiting Texas Escapes
    Hotels >
    Traveling Texas? Book Your Hotel Here & Save
     
    HOME | TEXAS ESCAPES ONLINE MAGAZINE | TEXAS HOTELS
    TEXAS TOWN LIST | TEXAS GHOST TOWNS | TEXAS COUNTIES
    Texas Hill Country | East Texas | Central Texas North | Central Texas South | West Texas | Texas Panhandle | South Texas | Texas Gulf Coast
    TRIPS | STATES PARKS | RIVERS | LAKES | DRIVES | MAPS

    TEXAS FEATURES
    Ghosts | People | Historic Trees | Cemeteries | Small Town Sagas | WWII | History | Black History | Rooms with a Past | Music | Animals | Books
    COLUMNS : History, Humor, Topical and Opinion

    TEXAS ARCHITECTURE | IMAGES
    Courthouses | Jails | Churches | Gas Stations | Schoolhouses | Bridges | Theaters | Monuments/Statues | Depots | Water Towers | Post Offices | Grain Elevators | Lodges | Museums | Stores | Banks | Gargoyles | Cornerstones | Pitted Dates | Drive-by Architecture | Old Neon | Murals | Signs | Ghost Signs | Then and Now
    Vintage Photos

    TRAVEL RESERVATIONS | HOTELS | USA | MEXICO

    Privacy Statement | Disclaimer | Recommend Us | Contributors | Staff | Contact TE
    Website Content Copyright ©1998-2008. Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC. All Rights Reserved
    This page last modified: May 8, 2008