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On our 25th Anniversary we would like to thank the hundreds of contributors who have shared their memories, remembrances and experiences of Texas. Our deepest gratitude to our longtime contributors for their dedication and for allowing us to share their efforts with our readers. We enter our 26th year with enthusiastic anticipation for stories and photographs we have yet to share.
- John Troesser and Kate Wong Troesser, Editor and Webmaster, July 2023

2023

Texas Counties »
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Newcastle

Newcastle Young Co 7-29-23

Proffitt

Proffitt Young Co 7-29-23

foot bridge

San Antonio - Harry Wurzbach Old Foot Bridge 7-20-23

San Antonio Bexar Co

Sherwood

Sherwood Irion Co 7-20-23

Walnut Springs

Walnut Springs Bosque Co 7-18-23

Ambrose

Ambrose Grayson Co 7-12-23

Hovey

Hovey Schoolhouse 7-10-23

Hovey Pecos Co

Bunker Hill

Bunker Hill Dallam Co 6-14-23

Dixieland

Dixieland Reeves Co 6-14-23

Weser

Weser Goliad Co 6-14-23

cotton

Cotton Scenes in Texas: Series 10

Stewards Mill

Stewarts Mill Freestone Co 6-4-23

Dalhart

Dalhart Old Photos 6-2-23

Peters

Peters Austin Co 5-23-23

Walnut Grove

Walnut Grove Panola Co 5-23-23

Milford

Milford Cemetery Ellis Co 5-17-23

Tow

Tow Llano Co 4-21-23

Downing

Downing Comanche Co 4-20-23

Rescue Lampasas Co 4-20-23

Sanco

Sanco Coke Co 2-9-23

Camp Fannin

Camp Fannin 2-8-23

Garrison

Garrison Nacogdoches Co 2-5-23

Craft

Craft Cherokee Co 2-2-23

Bobo

Bobo Shelby Co 1-31-23

Chautauqua

Chautauqua Callahan Co 1-29-23

Hickory Creek Denton Co 1-30-23

Waco

Waco McLennan Co 1-13-23

Taylor

Taylor Williamson Co 1-12-23

Hyman

Hyman Mitchell Co 1-4-23

Columns »

Clay Coppedge »

Rise and Fall of the Farmers Alliance 9-18-23

Drugstore Cowboys 8-19-23

Forgotten Tales of Sugar Loaf 7-13-23

Legend of Bosque John 6-26-23

Texas' Tobacco Road 5-29-23

La Menken and the First Horse Opera 4-11-23

A Different Kind of Alamo Story 2-18-23

Elmer "Pet" Brown: The Idol of His Fans 1-12-23

Michael Barr "Hindsights" Columns »

Pontiac Climbs Enchanted Rock 9-18-23

LBJ's Cousin Oreole 9-1-23

The Sermon on the Rock 8-15-23

Lady Bird's Gift to St. Barnabas Church 8-5-23

The Girl Scout Cabin 7-15-23

News from 1919 7-1-23

Cool Times at the Ice House 6-15-23

Bakeries Rise to the Occasion 6-1-23

Col. Otto Wahrmund - Beer Business Icon 5-15-23

Towns and Parking Meters: A Complicated Relationship 5-1-23

who

Who was Dr. Schubbert? 4-15-23

Early Aviation was Exciting and Dangerous 4-1-23

Sober Thoughts on Prohibition 3-15-23

Automobile

Automobile Early Years or Those Crazy Drivers 3-1-23

On the Road with Basse Express 2-14-23

Willie Nelson Loses Domino Championship 2-1-23

Firehouse

Pedernales 1-15-23

Life in the Firehouse 1-4-23

Murray Montgomery's "Lone Star Diary" »

Dugout

Unearthing the story of Dugout Homes 7-24-23

Lavaca County pioneer from the beginning of Hallettsville 4-4-23

The Brave Female Pilots of WWII 1-6-23

Jase Graves' "Quips and Salsa" »

Things I've Never Done 9-19-23

Dad's Lumbar Moving Company 9-5-23

Hop on down to San Antone 8-22-23

Live your best heat-dome life 8-8-23

A summer staycation travel guide 7-24-23

Amarillo by Suppertime 7-11-23

A love letter to my generator 6-26-23

My rock still tries to roll 6-13-23

Big Box Blues 5-30-23

How to "un-dorm" a college student 5-16-23

Prom Seasonal Allergies 5-2-23

Hospice Care for Cars 4-18-23

Urgent calls from college 4-4-23

Spring Broke 3-21-23

To drive or not to drive 3-7-23

My baby is 240 months old 2-20-23

I've been blinged 2-6-23

Hot for hot chocolate 1-24-23

Taylor Kovar's "Go Far With Kovar" »

How Do I Get Good at Budgeting 9-19-23

Consumer Confidence 9-12-23

Will China's Economy Affect Us? 9-5-23

Should we buy when mortgage rates continue to surge 8-31-23

Working Parents' Afternoon Activities for Kids 8-22-23

Investing in AI 8-16-23

Affordable Housing Hacks 8-8-23

Help! My Teen Spends Spends Spends 8-6-23

Get Out of Debt Fast 7-24-23

Why is college so expensive. Is it worth it 7-18-23

"Weathering" the markets 7-11-23

Summer Yard Sale Tips 7-3-23

Summer Vacation Spending Plan 6-27-23

Tips For Selling a Vehicle 6-20-23

Apps to Improve Credit Scores 6-13-23

How to Find an Affordable Apartment 6-5-23

How much we should aim to save for retirement 5-29-23

Summer Side Hustle Ideas 5-23-23

Affordable Family Vacation 5-16-23

What Actually Is The Debt Ceiling? 5-9-23

Are CDs Cool Again? 5-2-23

Empowering Kids - Summer Money-Making Ideas 4-24-23

Is 0% APR Really A Win? 4-18-23

Tech Layoffs: Normal or Scary? 4-11-23

Do You Have Bank Failure Fright? 4-4-23

Parenting In The Age Of Social Media 3-27-23

Navigating Divorce and Dollars 3-21-23

Is the Economy Boom or Bust? 3-14-23

Investing in Hot Industries 3-7-23

Tax Prep Tips 2-28-23

Should I Get a New Credit Card? 2-20-23

New Job, New You 2-14-23

Term vs Whole Life Insurance for New Family 1-31-23

Increasing the value of your home 1-17-23

How to Start Saving Money This New Year 1-10-23

Book Review by Kirk Bane »

Literary Fort Worth Judy Alter and James Ward Lee, eds. 9-5-23

The Cowboy Encyclopedia by Richard W. Slatta 4-1-23

A Light in the Dark: a History of Movie Directors by David Thomson 3-1-23

Sal Mineo: A Biography by Michael Gregg Michaud 2-1-23

Robert Mitchum: Solid, Dad, Crazy by Damien Love 1-4-23

"Once Upon A Line" Light verse and poetry by d. knape »

Dirt 5-23-23

Childproofing a Poem 5-5-23

The Lizard Story 2-20-23

The Nothing Burger 1-24-23

Margins 1-4-23

Maggie Van Ostrand Column »

/Cejas

Happy Mother's Day to All You Beautiful Rescue Moms 5-12-23

Cartoons by Roger T. Moore »

March 19, 1840 1-25-23

Lyzelle Steyn
"Rambling of a Rebellious Teacher" »

Invisible Shoes 7-17-23

Joining the Circus 7-10-23

A goat comes to class 7-2--23

Teaching under a tree 6-26-23

"Little Problems" 6-19-23

Report to this school 6-12-23

2022

Texas Counties »
Texas Towns A - Z »
Texas Ghost Towns »

Canyon

Canyon Randall Co seat 12-9-22

Kent

Kent Culberson Co 11-7-22

Pickens Henderson Co 11-7-22

Waldeck

Waldeck Fayette Co 11-5-22

Shady Shores Denton Co 10-11-22

Blessing

Blessing Matagorda Co 9-16-22

Nigton Trinity Co 9-14-22

Shiro

Shiro Grimes Co 9-7-22

Francitas

Francitas Jackson Co 8-6-22

Belle Plain

Belle Plain Brass Band 7-22-22

Belle Plain Callahan Co

Coleman

Coleman Old Photos Coleman Co 7-1-22

Coleman Coleman Co seat

Texhoma

Texhoma Sherman Co 6-20-22

Victoria

Victoria Victoria Co 6-18-22

Sabinal

Sabinal Uvalde Co 6-17-22

Fort Brown

Fort Brown Cameron Co 6-13-22

Brownsville Cameron Co seat 6-13-22

Rowena

Rowena Runnels Co 6-13-22

Hagerman

Hagerman Grayson Co submerged ghost town 5-7-22

Teague

Teague Freestone Co 5-4-22

Dew Freestone Co 5-4-22

Texas Highway Department, Rusk, 1940 4-26-22

Rusk Cherokee Co Seat

Gasoline

Gasoline Briscoe Co 4-24-22

Carey Childress Co 4-23-22

Ballinger TX Old Photos

Ballinger Old Photos 4-18-22

Ballinger Runnels County Seat

Hereford Old Photos 4-12-22

Hereford Deaf Smith County Seat

Kirkland

Kirkland Childress Co 3-3-22

Clareville

Clareville Bee Co 3-1-22

Elm Mott

Elm Mott McLennan Co 2-22-22

Sunset

Sunset Montague Co 2-17-22

Dotson

Dotson Panola Co 2-7-21

Halsell

Halsell Clay Co 2-1-22
Submerged ghost town

Sandy Point Brazoria Co 1-24-22

Mount Sharp Hays Co 1-6-22

Medicine Mound

Medicine Mound Hardeman
Co 1-5-22

Anhalt Comal Co

Anhalt - A Stopping Place 12-28-21

Columns »

Clay Coppedge »

Rattlesnakes, Bandits, and Big Bend's Hot Springs 12-7-22

The Forgotten Team of Texas 11-9-22

The Long Gone Texon Oilers 10-12-22

Slingin' Sammy Baugh 9-25-22

El Diablo gets his due 8-10-22

Those Desolate Icarians 7-8-22

Boy With X-Ray Eyes 6-8-22

Woody Guthrie and the End of the World 5-15-22

Last Town Crier 4-8-22

Rough Riding on the Butterfield Trail 3-6-22

The Snow-Capped Mountains of Lubbock 2-6-22

Not so great escapes 1-8-22

Michael Barr "Hindsights" Columns »

Fredericksburg

German Christmas Past 12-22-22

Skat 12-12-22

German Artists Draw First Hill Country Images 12-1-22

Runaway Horse is Page 1 Story 11-22-22

Pine

A Pine Forest in the Hill Country 11-15-22

Walter Cronkite in Fredericksburg 11-8-22

Making Deer Sausage the Old-Fashioned Way 11-1-22

Beer-

Beer Wars 10-15-22

Ludwig Vorauer - Winemaker and Nurseryman 10-1-22

The Turn Verein 9-15-22

A Disturbance on Creek Street 9-1-22

The Casino Club 8-15-22

Early Radio - Window to the World 8-1-22

Making House Calls with Dr. Keidel 7-15-22

The Johnson Treatment 7-1-22

Penniger

Robert Penniger: Early Editor of the Fredericksburg Standard 6-15-22

Ostrow

Checking In With John Ostrow 5-29-22

Nimitz

The Nimitz Hotel - Amazing Hospitality 5-10-22

Frank Van der Stucken - Tenderly Poetic 5-1-22

Female Athletes Confound Experts 4-15-22

Willow City

The Willow City Loop 4-1-22

Millie Tinker

Freedom for Millie Tinker 3-16-22

park

Fredericksburg's Tourist Park 3-1-22

Gillespie County Fair

Strolling Through the Gillespie County Fair 2-15-22

teamster wagon

Teamsters were Fredericksburg's Lifeline 2-2-22

A Jail Without Walls 1-15-22

August Seimering and the Forty-Eighters 1-2-22

Murray Montgomery's "Lone Star Diary" »

Recollections of Early Texas: The memories of John Holland Jenkins 9-20-22

The Bad Boys of Somer's Thicket 7-25-22

The day slavery ended in Texas 6-22-22

James Kerr: Life and Times of a Texas Pioneer 5-17-22

The sad story of Alabama's Red Rovers 2-22-22

The Great Flatonia Train Robbery 1-4-22

Joshua V. Chanin »

Coppell

What Makes Coppell, Texas Special? Recollections and History 7-1-22

Jase Graves' "Quips and Salsa" »

"Let's take a trip for the holidays," they said 12-22-22

Christmas lights: a judgmental guide 12-13-22

Invasion of the college students 11-29-22

Get out of bed and breakfast 11-15-22

Nearly nailed it! (Asian food edition) 11-1-22

What's in my name 10-17-22

The pen is sillier than the sword 10-3-22

Dogs vs. daughters 9-20-22

New school clothes for Dad 9-6-22

And then there was one teenage daughter left at home 8-23-22

If you can't beat the heat, join it 8-9-22

One night in The Big Easy-as pie 7-26-22

Portrait of a colonoscopy 7-12-22

Snacks, Steel and Civil Rights in the Magic City 6-28-22

Stranger things in my daughter's bedroom 6-14-22

Now is the summer of my discontent 6-1-22

No, it's not COVID 5-16-22

Eat your just desserts 5-2-22

Happy birthday cake to me 4-18-22

Can you do the splits? 4-5-22

It's time to mourn the mornings 3-22-22

Take the plunge into household plumbing 3-8-22

Have you seen my wallet? 3-2-22

Put on your church genes 2-22-22

The dog days of our lives 1-24-22

A lifetime case of the girl crazies 1-10-22

Taylor Kovar's "Go Far With Kovar" »

Charitable Giving 12-26-22

Battling The Grocery Bill 12-20-22

Taking Care of Mom's Money 12-13-22

Will Crypto Recover? 12-5-22

Talking With Friends About Money 11-29-22

Tackling Student Loan Debt 11-22-22

Investing In Real Estate with $10k 11-15-22

Prepping for Holiday Spending 11-8-22

Should We Merge Bank Accounts? 11-1-22

No income car loans 10-24-22

Online Banks, Yay or Nay? 10-17-22

Debt, Emergency Fund, or Retirement? 10-11-22

Help! I Lost My Wallet 10-4-22

When the Economy and Climate Collide 10-1-22

Non-Financial Retirement Considerations 9-20-22

Credit Card Offer or Trap? 9-13-22

Quick Credit Fix Options 9-6-22

What's Up With Gas Prices? 8-30-22

China's Real Estate Problem 8-24-22

Supply Chain 8-16-22

Economics of Climate Change 8-3-22

Using 401(k) Funds to Pay Down Credit Card Debt 7-27-22

$15 Minimum Wage 7-20-22

How to invest for rising interest rates 7-13-22

Financial lessons for young adults 7-6-22

3 tips for couples who want to save money 7-1-22

Tips to save on gas while traveling this summer 6-22-22

Has the housing market peaked? 6-15-22

How can I help my parents in their retirement? 6-12-22

When should I start investing? 6-4-22

To buy or not to buy 5-25-22

Should I open a new credit card simply for the rewards? 5-22-22

What expenses should I cut? 5-11-22

How to Navigate Money with Your In-Laws 5-4-22

Interest rate hikes 4-27-22

Budgeting tips for a beginner 4-21-22

Tips to make filing easier 4-15-22

Bitcoin Surge 4-5-22

Summer Vacation 3-29-22

Stock Market Superbubble 3-22-22

Affordable Legal Advice 3-14-22

Pay off debt or build an emergency fund? 3-9-22

How do I Ask for a Pay Raise? 3-2-22

Spring clean your finances 2-24-22

The future of the penny 2-17-22

Should I invest in electric cars? 2-8-22

Should I invest in cryptocurrency? 2-4-22

Is buying a boat a bad investment? 1-28-22

How does inflation affect bonds? 1-21-22

How can I invest in crypto? 1-12-22

Which budget option is best for me? 1-8-22

Book Review by Kirk Bane »

Once Upon a Time in the Italian West: The Filmgoers' Guide to Spaghetti Westerns by Howard Hughes 12-1-22

Encyclopedia of Lawmen, Outlaws, and Gunfighters by Leon Claire Metz 11-1-22

William Friedkin Interviews Edited by Christopher Lane 10-10-22

Cinema '62: the Greatest Year at the Movies by Stephen Farber and Michael McClellan 5-1-22

The Seventies: The Decade that Changed American Film Forever by Vincent Lobrutto
4-1-22

Stories from Texas: Some of Them are True, Vol. II by W. F. Strong 3-1-22

Easy Rider: 50 Years Looking for America by Steven Bingen. 2-1-22

Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused by Melissa Maerz. 1-2-22

Robert G. Cowser Guest Column »

Ma Perkins Moments 12-1-22

Boots Pickett's Grocery at Greenwood 1-17-22

Maggie Van Ostrand Column »

How Much Is Enough? 2-17-22

"Once Upon A Line" Light verse and poetry by d. knape »

David Knape, Poet of Place
1944-2022
Obituary & Tribute

Easy Pickings 12-13-22

Little Wren 11-29-22

Seasons 11-8-22

When all else fails 10-24-22

Smart Wife 10-17-22

First Sign 10-17-22

Little Flower 10-11-22

Hat in Hand 9-20-22

Good Intentions 9-13-22

Leave of Absence 8-15-22

A place in the woods 8-1-22

You can't go home again 7-25-22

We Write 7-12-22

Pecking Order 7-12-22

Kite 6-28-22

Composition 6-28-22

Teach a man to fish 6-20-22

She dreams 6-20-22

An Imaginary Poem 6-13-22

Working from Home 6-13-22

Wish I May 6-6-22

Unassisted Living 6-6-22

Anger 5-30-22

When one door closes 5-30-22

Lichen 5-23-22

Between the Cracks 5-23-22

Mustangs 5-16-22

Morning Moon 5-16-22

Mother's Eyes 5-6-22

But Mom Said... 5-6-22

Change 5-2-22

Not as young as we used to be 5-2-22

Free as a Bird 4-25-22

Driving Instructor 4-25-22

Lap Cat 4-18-22

Stuff 4-18-22

Poem Prescription 4-11-22

Second Fiddle 4-11-22

Still Life 4-5-22

Cheeto Stains 4-5-22

When Things Were Nicer 3-28-22

Some 3-28-22

Reclining Fortunes 3-7-22

The Alliance for Tired Senior Citizens 2-28-22

Clutter 2-22-22

The Glade 2-15-22

Bugs Under Rocks 2-7-22

The things you are looking for 2-1-22

Sky Theater 1-21-22

Persistent Living 1-17-22

Caterpillars 1-10-22

Non-renewable energy 1-5-22

Cartoons by Roger T. Moore »

September 10, 1772: Spain closes Texas Missions 10-5-22

Washers national yard game of Texas 8-30-22

1854 - Rattlesnake in Karnes County 8-16-22

August 16, 1931: Earthquake in Texas 7-28-22

July 8, 1907: Post Becomes Garza County Seat 7-20-22

Record Heat in Texas 7-5-22

Longhandles 6-28-22

Painted Rocks 6-20-22

Defeated governor refuses to vacate office 6-8-22

Fritos: 1932 Corn Chip Recipe 5-25-22

"Near Beer" - Prohibition in Galveston 5-17-22

Comanche Indians kidnap Cynthia Ann Parker 4-27-22

The "50 cent" Act 4-1-22

Historical Markers in Texas 3-14-22

Worlds' 1st public air-conditioned building. 3-2-22

Texas Homestead Act provides land for public school 2-15-22

First Air Flight 2-3-22

Pancho Villa 1-24-22

Custom Hats 1-21-22

Kenneth Miles Rudine
1931 - 2022
Tribute & Obituary
4-6-22

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