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Texas Travel • Texas History
August 2007 Issue
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VINTAGE PHOTOS
  • Raisin Family Photos, c.1900s
  • Colorado County Courthouse
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    		TRIPS
  • Prada Marfa Update
    Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson & Cathy Pittard
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    TEXAS TOWNS - Search 1662 Texas Towns

    		Photos Courtesy Barclay Gibson
  • Clarksville Red River Co
  • Sand Flat Rains Co
  • Silver Lake Van Zandt Co
  • Cartwright Wood Co
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    		Photos Courtesy Terry Jeanson
  • Rockwall Rockwall Co
  • Tucker Anderson Co
  • Cooper Delta Co
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    		Photos Courtesy Ken Rudine
  • Quintana Brazos Co
  • Angleton Brazoria Co
  • Freeport Brazoria Co
  • Surfside Beach Brazoria Co
  • Rosharon Brazoria Co
  • Sandy Point Brazoria Co
  • Bonney Brazoria Co
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  • Needville Fort Bend Co
  • Fresno Fort Bend Co
  • Guy Fort Bend Co
  • Arcola Fort Bend Co
  • Damon Brazoria Co
  • Oyster Creek Brazoria Co
  • West Columbia Brazoria Co
  • Lake Jackson Brazoria Co
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    HOTELS >Traveling Texas? Book Your Hotel Here & Save

    TEXAS GHOST TOWNS - Search 434 Ghost Towns
    		Photos Barclay Gibson
  • Illinois Bend Montague Co
  • Emma Crosby Co

    Photos Ken Rudine
  • Juliff Fort Bend Co
  • Velasco Brazoria Co
  • China Grove Brazoria Co

  • Fairmount Sabine Co No Photos
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    TEXAS FEATURES • TEXAS TRIPS

    		PEOPLE
  • Lottie Deno: Queen of the Paste Board Flippers by Maggie Van Ostrand
    Lottie was known by many names... She was dubbed Lottie Deno the night she won every hand of poker from every opponent foolish enough to think he could win.
  • Bura Handley by Phil Handley
    Chances are good that those citizens of Wellington whose age is less than 60 years may sometimes wonder just what the man whose name adorns the Bura Handley Community Center was really like. Perhaps this small accounting of history will provide some answers to that question, as well as a degree of insight into the character, integrity, and sheer genius of the man whom I was privileged to call my “Dad”, while others simply referred to him as “Mister Wellington.”...
    • WWII
  • The Tucker Brothers of Andice - 3 Soldiers, 3 Sailors, an Airman and a Marine Courtesy Howard A Tucker, CWO US Navy
    GHOSTS
  • Floating at the Baker Hotel Cloud Room
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    TEXAS ARCHITECTURE • IMAGES > Over 12,000 Images
    		COURTHOUSES Photos Terry Jeanson
  • Smith County Courthouses
  • Lamar County Courthouse
  • Delta County courthouses
  • Palo Pinto County Courthouse
  • Rockwall County Courthouse
  • Hunt County Courthouse
  • Karnes County Courthouse
  • Hale County Courthouse
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    		Photos Barclay Gibson
  • Red River County Courthouse


    Photos Sam Fenstermacher
  • Bosque county Courthouse
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    		JAILS
    Photos Terry Jeanson & Barclay Gibson
  • Palo Pinto County Jail
  • Red River County Jail
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    COLUMNS
    TEXAS HISTORICAL • REGIONAL • TOPICAL COLUMNS
    Archie P. McDonald "All Things Historical" Syndicated in 70 newspapers
  • Jarvis Christian College
  • Gaceta de Teja
  • John Henry Faulk
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    Bob Bowman "All Things Historical" Syndicated in 70 newspapers
  • Fairmount
  • Comeback of a cotton gin
  • Many Places of LaSalle's Murder
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    Murray Montgomery "Lone Star Diary" Syndicated in 5 newspapers
  • Old Tunes Bring Back Memories
    • W. T. Block Jr. "Cannonball's Tales"
  • Capt. William E. Rogers: Beaumont Steamboatman
  • Fostoria Once Was Prosperous Sawmill Town
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    C. F. Eckhardt "Charley Eckhardt's Texas "
  • ‘Mysterious Cattle Deaths’ Not So Mysterious
  • Was South Carolina’s ‘Lost’ First Lady Buried On The Texas Coast?
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    Mike Cox "Texas Tales" Syndicated in 11 newspapers
  • The Banker
  • Austin Happenings
  • Pan-Am and the Valley
  • Gator
  • Transitions
  • Ripley
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    Delbert Trew "It's All Trew" Amarillo Globe News
  • Stables were cultural hub
  • How legends are made
  • Lamp chores evolved
  • Conditioning a saddle into tiptop quality
  • Water supply not to be taken for granted
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    Clay Coppedge "Letters from Central Texas"
  • Loco on the Llanos
  • Lubbock Lights and UFOs
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    Bill Cherry "Bill Cherry's Galveston Memories" new column
  • George Roy Clough Invents Call-in Radio
  • One Time a Kitten Named Elijah Came to the Passover Seder Table to Bring Wisdom
    • Linda-Kirkpatrick "Somewhere in the West" new column
  • Teresita Woman of the Apache
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    Gael Montana "The View from Under the Bus" new column
  • A Stitch in Time
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    Dorothy Hamm "Words and Music"
    HUMOR • OPINION COLUMNS
    Maggie Van Ostrand "A Balloon in Cactus" National Syndicated Columnist
  • The Harrowing Life and Times of Elizabeth Ann Bishop
  • Lottie Deno: Queen of the Paste Board Flippers
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    Peary Perry "Letters From North America" Syndicated in 80 newspapers
  • The Gym
  • Falsely Accused
  • Rent-A-Pet
  • Airport Security. Not!
  • Feeding Frenzy
  • TxDOT Recommends
    • Elizabeth Bussey Sowdal "The Girl Detective's Theory of Everything"
  • The Heat Is On!
  • The Dreaded Friendship Bread
    • TEXAS MEMOIRS
    George Lester Spunky Flat and Beyond
  • Trouble in Paradise
  • The Guitar Picker
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    N. Ray Maxie "Rambling Ray" Ark-La-Tex
  • Hot Rabbit Sets the Woods on Fire
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    TEXAS CARTOONS • EDITOR • GUESTS
    Roger T. Moore
  • 7-31-07 | 8-7-07 | 8-14-07 | 8-28-07
    • Editor & Guest Columnists "They shoe horses, don't they?"
  • Plumbing the Past by Robert Cowser
  • A Railroad Adventure by Maj. General Thomas R. Rampy
  • Living on The New Mexico State Line and getting Mail in Texas by Loretta Caraway
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