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DECEMBER 2008 / JANUARY 2009 Issue

Column: Bluebonnet Hotel by Mike Cox 1-8-08

Column: From Conspicuous Consumption to Conspicuous Frugality by Maggie Van Ostrand 1-8-09

Town: Minter Lamar Co No Photos 1-8-09

Column: Roses or Coffee by Peary Perry 1-7-09

Column: Problems for farmers multiplied during war by Delbert Trew 1-7-09

Column: Fawil by Bob Bowman 1-5-09

Column: Secrets of Alcatraz by Linda Kirkpatrick 1-4-08

Town: Cañada Verde Wilson Co Photos Courtesy Terry Jeanson 1-5-09

Town: Justin Denton Co Photos Courtesy Barclay Gibson 1-3-09

Town: La Coste Medina Co Photos Courtesy Barclay Gibson & Sarah Reveley 1-3-09

Town: Loyal Valley Mason Co Photos Courtesy Barclay Gibson & Erik Whetstone 1-3-09

Town: Muleshoe Bailey Co Photos Courtesy Terry Jeanson 1-3-09

Column: In Praise of the Unappreciated Mule by Clay Coppedge 1-2-09

Town: Saspamco Wilson Co Photos Courtesy Terry Jeanson 1-2-09

Town: Texline Dallam Co Photos courtesy Stephen Michaels 1-1-09

Column: A Wild Childhood in the Woods by N. Ray Maxie 1-1-09

Cartoon: December 25, 1839 by Roger T. Moore 1-1-09

Vintage Images: Texas Cotton Scenes: Series II 12-22-08
Vintage Postcards William Beauchamp Collection

Column: Pranks by Mike Cox 12-31-08

Column: Good Intentions by Peary Perry 12-31-08

Column: Barbed wire called 'Devil's Rope' for a reason by Delbert Trew 12-30-08

Column: Bobo and Blair by Bob Bowman 12-30-08

Column: Belle Christmas by Mike Cox 12-22-08

Column: Burl Ives and Santa by Peary Perry 12-22-08

Column: Old mining days were hazardous by Delbert Trew 12-22-08

Column: Shotgun Houses by Bob Bowman 12-22-08

Column: Old But Odd Gift Ideas by Mike Cox 12-18-08

Column: 12-16-1927 12-18-08

Column: What Happened to America (Part Three) by Peary Perry 12-17-08

Column: O, brother, where art thou? by Delbert Trew 12-16-08

Column: Depression Parks by Bob Bowman 12-15-08

Town: Boling Wharton Co Photos courtesy Ken Rudine 12-14-08

Column: A Modern-Day Ferry Tale by Maggie Van Ostrand 12-13-08

Column: Christmas Trees in the Oil Patch by N. Ray Maxie 12-13-08

OBITUARY
Bill Stein (1954-2008)
A Bibliophile’s Bibliophile 12-12-08
“A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.”

Unveiling in San Antonio by Terry Jeanson 12-10-08
Bronze Goes Green without Verdigris
Bexar County Triumphs Over Vandalism

Town: Sarco Goliad Co Photos courtesy Will Beauchamp 12-12-08

Column: Pearl Harbor attack teaches a valuable lesson by Murray Montgomery 12-12-08

Column: Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang by Mike Cox 12-11-08

Town: Blanconia Bee Co Photos courtesy Will Beauchamp 12-11-08

Town: Charco Goliad Co Photos courtesy Will Beauchamp 12-11-08

Column: What Happened to America? (Part Two) by Peary Perry 12-10-08

Column: Garrett Murder by C. F. Eckhardt 12-9-08

Cartoon: December 11, 1835 by Roger T. Moore 12-9-08

Column: Apologies Instead of Resolutions by Maggie Van Ostrand 12-8-08

Column: I.H. Kempner, Edmund R. Cheeseborough and Billy Cherry Discuss Politics by Bill Cherry 12-8-08

Column: The town of Chickenfeather by Bob Bowman 12-8-08

Column: Babylon Blvd. by Elizabeth Bussey Sowdal 12-8-08

Guest Column: Bob Wade by Byron Browne 12-5-08
Even if you blink, you won’t miss them. Bob Wade’s artwork sits saddled atop so much of Texas that you would have a difficult time not seeing it. From Austin to Houston to San Antonio to Abilene his over-sized, sometimes monstrous, oftentimes Titanic creations have become so iconic, so much a part of our landscape that they frequently define the area that they inhabit.

November Featured Towns

Town: Pecos Reeves Co Photos courtesy Stephen Michaels 11-1-08

Town: Independence Washington Co Photos courtesy Stephen Michaels 11-1-08

Town: Schattel Frio Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 12-4-08

Town: Lavon Collin Co Photos courtesy Mike Price 12-4-08

Column: Bad Man Returns by Mike Cox 12-4-08

Cartoon: 1894 by Roger T. Moore 12-4-08

Town: Edgewood Van Zandt Co Photos courtesy Mike Price 12-3-08

Town: Lohn McCulloch Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 12-3-08

Town: Latch Upshur Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 12-3-08

Town: Logan Panola Co Photo courtesy Margie Rankin 12-3-08

Column: What happened to America? by Peary Perry 12-3-08

Column: Dad had a ball with newfangled electric by Delbert Trew 12-2-08

Town: Sandia Jim Wells Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 12-2-08

Town: Pine Island Waller Co Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson 12-2-08

Town: Lexington Lee Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 12-2-08

Town: Leon Springs Bexar Co Photos courtesy Sarah Reveley & TE 12-2-08

Column: The Reindeer of Texas by Clay Coppedge 12-1-08

Column: Reading newspapers by Bob Bowman 12-1-08

Column: Dropping Off by N. Ray Maxie 12-1-08

2008 POPULAR FEATURES
Katie Elder: Her True Story by Maggie Van Ostrand
Belle Starr The Bandit Queen by Maggie Van Ostrand
How to Explore a Small Town by Johnny Stucco
Toyah Revisited Stephen Michaels Photos
Barton Springs, Austin's Crown Jewel by Chandra Moira Beal
The White Lady of Rio Frio by Linda Kirkpatrick
The Texas Longhorn: Shaped By Nature by Clay Coppedge
Texas Ghost Towns by Night Nocturnal Photography of Noel Kerns
The Streets of Reynosa, A Walk Down Pinata Row by Luke Warm
The Ghosts of the Baker Hotel by Bob Hopkins

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