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November 2007 Issue
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PRESERVATION
  • Zedler's Mills 11-20-07
    Photos Courtesy Justin Parson, Sarah Reveley, Barclay Gibson & CW Wang


    TRIPS
  • Dam Fun by Rob Hafernik 11-6-07
    Dams: Tom Miller Dam, Mansfield Dam, Max Starke Dam, Wirtz Dam, Inks Dam and Buchanan Dam
    Lakes: Lake Austin, Lake Travis, Lake Marble Falls, Lake LBJ, Inks lake, and Lake Buchanan
  • Delightful Detour by Billy B. Smith 11-17-07
    "The sixteen-mile delightful detour reminds me that there once was another America, a wistful place full of pleasant and pensive scenery..."
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    		FEATURES
  • Elissa: A Girl of Many Ports.
    Texas’ "Official" Tall Ship
    by Luke Warm 11-12-07
    Photos courtesy Ken Rudine

    WWII
  • Camp Howze 11-10-07
    WWII POW Camp and Infantry Training
    Photos courtesy Sarah Reveley & Mike Price
  • Camp Barkeley 11-10-07
    Photos courtesy Mike Price
  • Pyote Air Force Station, aka "Rattlesnake Bomber Base"
    Photos courtesy Lexie Nichols and Jordan Gibson. Vintage images courtesy Mel Brown
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    		VINTAGE PHOTOS
  • The Texas Flood of 1935 11-7-07
  • Tuleta 11-3-07
    		• BRIDGES
  • Gallery of Forgotten Texas Bridges 11-13-07
    The Will Beauchamp Collection - Series One:
    Ballinger, Corpus Christi, Junction, Marble Falls, Marlin, Mineral Wells, Concho River Bridge, Tandy’s Station
  • Normanna - Medio Creek Bridge Photo courtesy Will Beauchamp 11-18-07
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  • New Braunfels - Faust Street Bridge 11-15-07
    Bridge over Guadalupe River
    Photos courtesy Chia-Wei Wang
  • Possum Kingdom Masonry Arch Bridge Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson 11-9-07
  • Pennybacker Bridge 11-6-07
    Photos courtesy TXDoT
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    		RAILROADS
  • The Fredericksburg & Northern Railroad by C. F. Eckhardt 11-12-07
    Tunnel and marker photos courtesy Sarah Reveley and Terry Jeanson
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    TEXAS TOWNS - Search 1712 Texas Towns >
    		Photos Courtesy Barclay Gibson
  • Wortham Freestone Co 11-13-07
  • Riverland Clay Co 11-11-07
  • Carthage Panola Co 11-26-07
  • Wright City Smith Co 11-11-07
  • Savoy Fannin Co 11-11-07
  • Coldspring San Jacinto Co 11-27-07
  • Peoria Hill Co 11-2-07
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  • Whitney Hill Co 11-3-07

    Photos Courtesy Terry Jeanson
  • Texola Oklahoma 11-25-07
  • Roby Fisher Co 11-27-07

    Photos Courtesy Mike Price
  • Dorchester Grayson Co 10-30-07
  • Southmayd Grayson Co 11-5-07
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    		Photos Courtesy Ernie Wymer
  • Granite Shoals Burnet Co 11-26-07

    Photos courtesy Christine Middleton
  • Cherokee San Saba Co 11-14-07

    Photos courtesy Kat Copeland
  • Patricia Dawson Co 11-16-07
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    		Photos courtesy Sarah Reveley
  • Marion Guadalupe Co 10-31-07
  • LaCoste Medina Co 11-8-07
  • Baffin Bay 11-21-07
  • Riviera Kleberg Co11-18-07 Vintage photos courtesy Gerald Walker
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  • Tuleta Bee Co 11-3-07 Vintage photo courtesy Will Beauchamp
  • Pidcoke Coryell Co 11-19-07 Photos courtesy Richard Miller
  • Poth Wilson Co 11-27-07
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    TEXAS GHOST TOWNS - Search 448 Ghost Towns >
    		Photos courtesy Mike Price, Lexie Nichols & Jordan Gibson
  • Fort Phantom Hill Jones Co 11-29-07
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    		Photos courtesy Tom Hosier
  • Lajitas Brewster Co 11-26-07

    Photos courtesy Heather Treadwell
  • Fort McKavett Menard Co 11-27-07
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    		Vintage photo courtesy TXDoT
  • Belle Plain Callahan Co 11-25-07

    Photos courtesy Mel Brown & George Shaffer
  • Gruene Comal Co 11-16-07
    		• Photos courtesy Lexie Nichols & Jordan Gibson
  • Alton Denton Co 11-12-07

    Photos courtesy Megan Harris
  • Lime City Coryell Co 11-24-07
  • Pancake Coryell Co 11-16-07
  • Ireland Coryell Co 11-15-07
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    		Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson
  • Albert Gillespie Co 11-15-07

    Photos courtesy Tom Jones
  • Wildorado Oldham Co 11-27-07

  • Goforth Hays Co 11-30-07

    • TEXAS FEATURES • TEXAS TRIPS

    		PRESERVATION
  • Courthouse Savior 11-8-07
    by Terry Jeanson

    Persistence and Tenacity Preserves Blanco Landmark
    JoNell Haas and the 1885 former Blanco County courthouse


    PEOPLE
  • The General Was A Spy—And So Was The Pirate by C. F. Eckhardt 11-2-07
    • TEXAS ARCHITECTURE • IMAGES > Over 12,000 Images
    		COURTHOUSES
  • DeWitt County Courthouse Photos Terry Jeanson 11-28-07
  • Hays County Courthouse 11-2-07
  • DeWitt County Courthouse: Clockwork, Bell & Architectural Details Photo Essay TE Photos 11-28-07

    THEN AND NOW
  • Tomball Depot 11-15-07
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    		CHURCHES
  • Maysfield Presbyterian Church
    Photos courtesy Elaine Dobos & Erik Whetstone 11-21-07
  • St. Louis Catholic Church, Castroville
    Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 11-9-07
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    COLUMNS
    TEXAS HISTORICAL • REGIONAL • TOPICAL COLUMNS
    Archie P. McDonald "All Things Historical" Syndicated in 70 newspapers
  • Margie Neal 11-26-07
  • Pamelia Mann, Tough Texan 11-12-07
  • James Long, Filibuster 10-29-07
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    Bob Bowman "All Things Historical" Syndicated in 70 newspapers
  • Remembering school days 11-19-07
  • The Mystery of Lady Bountiful 11-5-07
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    Murray Montgomery "Lone Star Diary" Syndicated in 5 newspapers
  • A time to honor our military veterans 11-9-07
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    W. T. Block Jr. "Cannonball's Tales"
  • Napoleon Bonaparte Wiess: Steamboat Captain and Confederate Soldier 11-23-07
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    C. F. Eckhardt "Charley Eckhardt's Texas "
  • The General Was A Spy—And So Was The Pirate 11-2-07
    • Mike Cox "Texas Tales" Syndicated in 11 newspapers
  • Staple Shopping 11-29-07
  • Bosque Treasure 11-20-07
  • Biscuits 11-17-07
  • Doe and a Bride 11-8-07
  • Tramp Printers 11-1-07
    • Delbert Trew "It's All Trew" Amarillo Globe News
  • Military editions are book rarities 11-27-07
  • Train travelers owe much to service pioneer 11-20-07
  • Old West fires often impossible to tame 11-13-07
  • Tobacco is as American as apple pie and baseball 11-6-07
  • Survival rough as the land in Cimarron Country
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    Clay Coppedge "Letters from Central Texas"
  • Sanctified Sisters 11-7-07
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    Bill Cherry "Bill Cherry's Galveston Memories"
  • Teacher Paul Barbuto’s Lifetime Pursuit Was Always Just to Play in the Band 11-18-07
  • Carolyn and Sammy, Her Daddy's '52 Ford and the Singer Roy Hamilton 11-2-07
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    Linda-Kirkpatrick "Somewhere in the West"
  • The White Lady of Rio Frio 10-15-07
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    Dorothy Hamm "Words and Music"
    HUMOR • OPINION COLUMNS
    Maggie Van Ostrand "A Balloon in Cactus" National Syndicated Columnist
  • Christmas Shopping With The Sliding U.S. Dollar 11-10-07
  • Eyewitness 10-31-07
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    Peary Perry "Letters From North America" Syndicated in 80 newspapers
  • Justice and Mercy 11-28-07
  • Is it time for the holidays already? 11-20-07
  • An Inspirational Story 11-14-07
  • Stupidity exists at all levels 11-7-07
  • Germany in the late 30’s? Iraq while Saddam was in power? Or... 11-1-07
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    Elizabeth Bussey Sowdal "The Girl Detective's Theory of Everything"
  • Elective 11-5-07
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    Gael Montana "The View from Under the Bus"
  • “Buy, Buy, Says the Sign in the Shop Window,
    Why, Why, Says the Junk in the Yard.”     11-8-07
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    TEXAS MEMOIRS
    George Lester Spunky Flat and Beyond
  • The Salesmen ... and Jim Reeves 10-1-07
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    N. Ray Maxie "Rambling Ray" Ark-La-Tex
  • “I Now Thee Wed”, Half a Century Later…. 11-1-07
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    TEXAS CARTOONS • EDITOR • GUESTS
    Roger T. Moore
  • 11-6-07 | 11-13-07 | 11-20-07 | 11-27-07 |
    • Editor & Guest Columnists "They shoe horses, don't they?"
  • Desperately Seeking Permission: A Coryell County Adventure by Megan Harris 11-24-07
  • Sundays in Floresville During the 30's by Lois Wauson 11-19-07
  • Quanah: Bread Buttering, Cotton Ginning and Bop Dancing by Darrell Gilliam 11-15-07
  • Competing with Elvis in the Classroom by Robert Cowser 11-15-07
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