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February 2007 Issue
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  • Warda Central Texas S
  • Zorn Central Texas S
  • Oglesby Central Texas N
  • Pottsboro Central Texas N

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  • Mathis Gulf Coast
  • Pandora South Texas
  • Tynan South Texas
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  • Richland Hill Country
  • Rosebud Central Texas N
  • Tuleta South Texas
  • Violet Gulf Coast
  • Albion East Texas
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  • TEXAS GHOST TOWNS - Search 406 Ghost Towns >

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  • Knickerbocker
  • High Hill Home of a Painted Church
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  • Oriana
  • TEXAS FEATURES • TEXAS TRIPS

    PEOPLE
  • Belle Starr The Bandit Queen by Maggie Van Ostrand
    "I regard myself as a woman who has seen much of life," said Belle Star to The Fort Smith Elevator in 1888, a year before she died...
  • Catherine Magill Dorman: Confederate Heroine of Sabine Pass by W. T. Block Jr.
    Scrappy Kate Dorman is by no means as well-known as Lt. Dick Dowling, but to those Federal troops who had occasion to meet her, she left an indelible imprint on their memories.
  • Temple Lea Houston by C. F. Eckhardt
    "... Houston's speech to that jury is still studied by law students today. It's considered one of the finest, if not the finest, masterpieces of extemporaneous speaking in the English language..."
  • GHOSTS
  • La Lomita Chapel
    The haunted Chapel of La Lomita.
    Photos courtesy Ken Rudine
  • Sarah's Dream:
    Josiah Wilbarger's Ordeal
    by C. F. Eckhardt
    Scalped Alive on Onion Creek


  • Wilbarger Creek and
    Wilbarger Bend Road
  • TEXAS ARCHITECTURE • IMAGES > Over 12,000 Images
    BRIDGES
  • The Oriana Camelback Truss Bridge over Brazos River
    Photos courtesy William Holmes & Jean Collom Bachman
  • THEATRES
  • Leakey's Last Picture Show by Linda Kirkpatrick
    "...In the 1920's about the only entertainment that came to the rural community of Leakey, Texas was the traveling tent shows..."
  •   STATUES
  • Sculptor Enrico Filiberto Cerracchio & The Sam Houston Equestrian Statue
    Hermann Park, Houston
    Photo courtesy Ken Rudine

  • "Vaquero"
    Sculptor: Luis Jimenez
    Moody Park, Houston
    Photo courtesy Ken Rudine
  • COURTHOUSES
  • The 1849 Victoria County Courthouse
    Photo courtesy Victoria County Archives
  • CHURCHES
  • St. Mary's Catholic Church
    High Hill Painted Church
    Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson


    CEMETERIES
  • Warda Church & Cemetery
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  • COLUMNS
    They Shoe Horses, Don't They?
  • Shootout at Shafter
    Ranger Meets His End on New Years Day 1940
    Story and photos courtesy of William G. Howell
  • HISTORICAL • REGIONAL • TOPICAL COLUMNS
    Archie P. McDonald "All Things Historical" Syndicated in 70 newspapers
    • Bring 'Em Back Alive: Frank Buck 2-12-07
    Bob Bowman "All Things Historical" Syndicated in 70 newspapers
    • A Centurian's Life 2-18-07
    • Palestine’s Texas Theater
    2-4-07
    Murray Montgomery "Lone Star Diary" Syndicated in 5 newspapers
    • Yoakum's Soda-Pop War 1-24-07
    W. T. Block Jr. "Cannonball's Tales"
    • Catherine Magill Dorman: Confederate Heroine of Sabine Pass 2-1-07
    C. F. Eckhardt "Charley Eckhardt's Texas "
    • The Ancient Art of Dowsing 2-16-07
    • Sarah's Dream 2-2-07
    Mike Cox "Texas Tales" Syndicated in 10 newspapers
    •
    Reconstruction Valentine 2-16-07
    • Tallest Rebel 2-8-07
    • Photographer Louis de Planque 2-1-07
    Delbert Trew "It's All Trew" Amarillo Globe News
    • Autograph book reveals mother's girlhood 2-1-07
    Clay Coppedge "Letters from Central Texas"
    • What Stanley Walker Saw 2-16-07
    • Texas' Most Civilized Soul 2-1-07
    Dorothy Hamm "Words and Music"
    • Hoyt Axton: Artist Unclassified 12-9-06
    HUMOR • OPINION COLUMNS
    Maggie Van Ostrand "A Balloon in Cactus" National Syndicated Columnist
    • The Red Carpet 2-18-07
    • Jack Bauer
    2-16-07
    • Super Bowl 2007
    2-7-07
    • Belle Starr The Bandit Queen
    2-1-07
    • The Corn is as High as an Elephant's Eye 1-29-07
    Peary Perry "Letters From North America" Syndicated in 80 newspapers
    • Fashion 2-16-07
    • Where Has Humor Gone?
    2-8-07
    • Children's Health 1-30-07
    Elizabeth Bussey Sowdal "The Girl Detective's Theory of Everything"
    • Take It Where You Can Get It 2-16-07
    • Differently Cognizant 2-1-07
    MEMOIRS
    George Lester Spunky Flat and Beyond
    • Changing Mediums 2-16-06
    • Fun and Games 2-1-07
    N. Ray Maxie "Rambling Ray" Ark-La-Tex
    • "Don't Shoot the Bull" 2-1-07
    CARTOONS • EDITOR • GUESTS
    Roger T. Moore
    • 2-5-07 • 2-12-07
    Editor & Guest Columnists "They shoe horses, don't they?"
    • Gram and Daffodils by Robert Cowser 2-1-07
     
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