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Published with permission since August 6, 2000
Bob Bowman, a former president of the East Texas Historical
Association, is the author of 24 books on East Texas history and
folklore. He lives in Lufkin.
Archie P. McDonald is Director of the East Texas Historical
Association and author or editor of more than 20 books on Texas.
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The
Wisdom Table 1-25-09
The
oldest town in Texas? 1-18-09
Who?
Hoo Hoo. That’s Who 1-12-09
Fawil 1-5-09
Bobo
and Blair 12-30-08
Shotgun
Houses 12-22-08
Depression
Parks 12-14-08
The
town of Chickenfeather 12-8-08
Reading
newspapers 12-1-08
The
Cherokee Line 11-23-08
Town
names 11-19-08
A
man who got around 11-18-08
The Blue
Hole 11-3-08
Celebrating
a 101st birthday 10-27-08
The
devil and ghosts 10-20-08
Murder
at a school 10-13-08
Bridge
for sale 10-6-08
Lobanillo
9-29-08
The
story of Cuthand 9-22-08
POWs
in East Texas 9-15-08
The
Crash at Crush 9-8-08
Chautauqua
8-18-08
The
Mystery of Caddo Mounds 8-5-08
Buena
Vista 7-21-08
The
forgotten forests 6-23-08
Indian
tribe linked with Texas history 6-16-08
A
gifted writer 6-1-08
Humor
in graveyards 5-26-08
Weeping
Mary 5-5-08
Quilting
a family history 4-21-08
Mayhaws:
A spring delicacy 4-7-08
The
first Elvis impersonator 3-10-08
Did
Davy survive? 2-25-08
A
good ol’ store 2-11-08
The
“Indian” bootlegger 1-28-08
History
and sawmill tokens 1-14-08
Gospel
music 1-2-08
Rudolph
the red-nosed pumping unit 12-17-07
A
unique town story 12-3-07
Remembering
school days 11-19-07
The
Mystery of Lady Bountiful 11-5-07
Out-of-the-way
places 10-22-07
Restoring
Davy’s Spring 10-8-07
The
Devil’s Triangle 9-17-07
Jim Swink comes home 9-3-07
Fairmount
8-27-07
Comeback
of a cotton gin 8-13-07
Many
Places of LaSalle's Murder 7-31-07
A Sturdy Pioneer 7-16-07
Replying
to Readers 7-2-07
Korley’s
Kolumns 6-25-07
Death Superstitions 6-11-07
The
Chief's Sons 5-28-07
Pistol-packing Preacher 5-14-07
Washington’s
East Texas Cousin 4-30-07
Looking
for Hangings 4-16-07
"No Gallows"
4-2-07
The Emporia Mystery 3-29-07
All
Those Pleasant Hills 3-07
A
Centenarian's Life 2-18-07
Palestine’s Texas Theater 2-4-07
The Love Boys 1-22-07
The
Smith Brothers 1-8-07
The
Circus Fight 12-24-06
The Piney Woods 12-11-06
The
First County Agent 11-27-06
The
Possum Dinner 11-12-06
The
first "over water" oil well 10-30-06
The Worst Feud 10-15-06
Jot Em Down 10-2-06
Granny's
Neck 9-18-06
The
War Protest 9-4-06
The
Burning House 8-21-06
A
Moving History 8-7-06
The
Cutoff and Mistletoe 7-24-06
The
Hardin Brothers 7-10-06
The
8-F Crowd 6-26-06
Nethery's Store 6-11-06
Tennessee
Williams' Texas Director 5-29-06
A
Personal Hero 5-14-06
Fall of the Largest Tree 5-1-06
The
Parker Family 4-17-06
Three-legged
Willie 4-3-06
Why
did they call it that? 3-7-06
The Runestone 2-19-06
Legacy
of an Oldtimer 2-5-06
Fairmount
Cemetery 1-24-06
FDR
and Nine Acres 1-9-06
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Labor
Day 9-1-08
Gussie
Nell Davis 8-25-08
The
East Texas Historical Association 8-11-08
Howard
Hughes 7-28-08
Gutiérrez-Magee
Expedition 7-14-08
History
All Over 6-30-08
Juneteenth
6-20-08
D-DAY 6-9-08
Memorial
Day 5-12-08
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
The
Printer Fires Both Barrels 2-18-08
"Always
Late" 2-3-08
Kirby Lumber Company 1-21-08
Martin
Luther King, Jr. Birthday 1-7-08
New
Year’ Day 12-24-07
Walter Paye Lane 12-10-07
Margie
Neal 11-26-07
Pamelia
Mann, Tough Texan 11-12-07
James
Long, Filibuster 10-29-07
Long
Hot Summers 10-15-07
Good
Night Irene 10-1-07
Newton,
Texas 9-24-07
The Kelly
Plow 9-10-07
Jarvis
Christian College 8-20-07
Gaceta
de Teja 8-6-07
John
Henry Faulk 7-31-07
Haden
Edwards 7-9-07
East
Texas Bapist University 6-18-07
The Republic's First President 6-4-07
Price
Daniel 5-21-07
The Cotton Bowl 5-7-07
Speak
for yourself, Robert 4-23-07
491 Days
4-9-07
The Chicken War 3-27-07
Jane
McManus Storm Cazneau 3-07
Governor
Thomas Mitchell Campbell 2-07
Bring 'Em Back Alive: Frank Buck 2-12-07
The
Big Thicket Light 1-29-07
Built
it and they will ride it 1-22-07
He
Done Her Wrong: The Sad Case of Mrs. Harriet Moore Page Potter Ames
1-2-07
Alto
12-18-06
"My
Blue Heaven: Gene Austin" 12-4-06
The
Babe 11-20-06
Woman's Christian Temperance Union 11-6-06
Why did they name it that? 10-23-06
William
Marsh Rice 10-9-06
New
London School Explosion 9-25-06
America's
Team 9-11-06
Guinn
Big Boy Williams 8-28-06
High
Sheriff of Henderson County 8-14-06
El
Camino Real 7-30-06
Party
Primaries 7-17-06
Air
Conditioning 7-3-06
Another
College Among the Pines 6-19-06
East
Texas Savior of the French Wine Industry 6-5-06
Father Margil 5-22-06
Pink Palace of Healing 5-8-06
Kinkaid School 4-24-06
Jaybird-Woodpecker War
4-10-06
Honky
Tonk Man 3-27-06
Gilmer,
Texas 3-11-06
In Due And Ancient Form 2-27-06
Masonry in Texas
Man
with a Method - Littleton Fowler 2-13-06
Old
Time Judge 1-29-06
Thomas Whitfield Davidson
Brotherhood
of Timber Workers 1-16-06
Lady
Godiva: Adah Isaccs Menken 1-9-06
The Boll
Weevil 1-1-06
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