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October 2007 Issue
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Halloween Features
TEXAS GHOST TOWNS
  • Texas Ghost Towns by Night: The Nocturnal Photography of Noel Kerns 10-14-07
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    		GHOSTS & MYTHICAL CREATURES
  • The White Lady of Rio Frio by Linda Kirkpatrick 10-15-07
    Could there really be a ghost that haunts the banks of the Frio River...?
  • Chupacabra by Mike Cox 10-24-07
    Does a zoologically unknown, blood-sucking creature prowl the South Texas mesquite?
  • Houston's Basement-dwelling, Tree-planting, Violin-playing, Dog-loving, Butter-making Ghost. by Johnny Stucco 10-8-07
    The Julia Ideson Library
    There's nothing not to like about "Cra," the building's civilized resident spirit.
  • Saratoga Ghost Road by Ken Rudine
    Two miles north of Saratoga off FM787 is the beginning of Bragg Road which travels north to FM1293. It is the Ghost Road where the Saratoga Mystery Light has appeared....
  • Pollok and a Mystery Light on the Bodan by Ken Rudine
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  • “Witch’s Gate” by Johnny Stucco 10-11-07
    In Cold Blood: Clay County, Texas 1975
    A needless killing for a fortune that wasn’t there.
  • The Bones in the Courthouse Crawlspace by Johnny Stucco 10-24-07
    What the exterminator saw...
    • October Features
    		BRIDGES
  • Sugarloaf Bridge of Milam County 10-23-07
    Texas Historic Bridge
    Photos courtesy Joe Williams
    		• Texas Art & Artists
    Paintings Courtesy Jacinto Guevara
    Text by Johnny Stucco
  • Urban Landscapes of Jacinto Guevara 10-11-07
    “If this all seems mystical, trust me, it is for me too.”

  • They Paint Depots, Don't They? 10-11-07
    “They don’t stop here.”
    Preview of Jacinto Guevara's 2008 San Antonio Exhibition
    		• PRESERVATION
  • San Antonio's Roatzsch-Griesenbeck House 10-12-07
    by Johnny Stucco

    A Survival Story
    Carpenter's Cottage Thumbs it's Chimney at the Alamodome
    		• VINTAGE PHOTOS
  • Milford 10-19-07
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    		RAZED
  • Denison High School (c. 1913) Razed 10-12-07
  • Mozelle School Razed 10-12-07
    		• PEOPLE
    Photos Jim McCreadie & Lovell Family
  • Thomas Lovell 1852 - 1911 10-2-07
    Courthouse Builder
  • Ten Things You Never Knew About Dan Blocker 10-27-07
    Photo courtesy Ken Rudine
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    TEXAS TOWNS - Search 1690 Texas Towns >
    		Photos Courtesy Barclay Gibson
  • Walnut Springs Bosque Co 10-4-07
  • Huckabay Erath Co 10-7-07
  • Lingleville Erath Co 10-16-07
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  • Morgan Bosque Co
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  • Fairfield Freestone Co 10-9-07
  • Kirvin Freestone Co10-9-07
  • Henrietta Clay Co 10-12-07
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  • Blum Hill Co
  • Aquilla Hill Co 10-9-07
  • Menlow Hill Co 10-17-07
  • Waring Kendall Co 10-11-07
  • Mount Selman Cherokee Co
  • Gould Cherokee Co 10-30-07
    		• Photos Courtesy Barclay Gibson & Mike Price
  • Ranger Eastland Co 10-25-07
  • Olney Young Co 10-23-07
  • Gunter Grayson Co 10-30-07
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    		Photos Courtesy Mike Price
  • Nevada Collin Co 10-19-07
  • Josephine Collin/Hunt Co 10-19-07
  • Dorchester Grayson Co 10-30-07
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    		Photos courtesy Sarah Reveley
  • Marion Guadalupe Co 10-31-07
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    		Photos Courtesy Rudy Torres & Bill Moran
  • San Diego Duval Co 10-5-07
    Duval County Courthouses
    Churches
    Bridges
    Schools
    Depot
    Buildings
  • Poth Wilson Co 10-11-07
  • Hedley Donley Co 10-12-07 Vintage photos
  • Alamo Hidalgo Co 10-24-07 Vintage photo
  • Universal City Bexas co 10-24-07
  • Rio Frio Real Co TE photo
  • Rios Duval Co 10-24-07 No photos
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    TEXAS GHOST TOWNS - Search 440 Ghost Towns >
    		Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson:
  • Goodwill Washington Co
  • Little Hope Wood Co
  • Bullock Young Co 10-14-07
  • Osage Coryell Co 10-24-07
    		• Photos courtesy Sarah Reveley
  • Albuquerque Gonzales Co 10-28-07
  • Union Valley Wilson Co 10-28-07

  • Nockenut Wilson Co 10-28-07 No Photos
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  • Penwell Ector County
    Photos courtesy Lexie Nichols & Jordan Gibson
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    TEXAS FEATURES • TEXAS TRIPS

    		San Antonio
  • Dr. Aureliano Urrutia's Gates Text and Photos by Walt Lockley

    "As a casual tourist you'll be dazzled by this romantic atmosphere - and the history, and the music, the food, my God. It's an easy city to love.

    Ridiculously easy."
    		• LAKES
  • Lake Texoma and the Denison Dam
    Photos courtesy Mike Price
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    		WWII
  • Pyote Air Force Station, AKA "Rattlesnake Bomber Base"
    Photos courtesy Lexie Nichols and Jordan Gibson. Vintage images courtesy Mel Brown
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    		RIVERS
  • Guadalupe River by Chandra Moira Beal 10-2-07
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    		PEOPLE
  • Eyewitness by Maggie Van Ostrand 10-31-07
    Mr. Epperson, a carpenter by trade, lived at 1601 First Street in Brownwood Texas, though he wasn't always a carpenter and he didn't always live in Brownwood. He was once a newsboy and lived in Washington DC. This does not sound all that memorable except for one fact: He was selling newspapers at Ford's Theatre on the night of April 14, 1865...
  • Fannie Porter of San Antonio by Maggie Van Ostrand
    If even half the legends passed down through generations are true, the Old West was a riotous and exciting place. Whether heroes or desperadoes, these legendary people all seem to have either been born in, traveled through, or fought for the great Republic of Texas. Many books have been written, movies made, and cities named after these men.
    But they didn't fight, shoot, and rustle all the time. They needed rest. They needed relaxation. They needed love. And Fannie Porter of San Antonio supplied these diversions. This is her story.
    		• THEY SHOE HORSES, DON'T THEY?
  • The Short Yet Semi-Happy Life of Zip the Dog by Mel Brown 10-15-07


    ROOMS WITH A PAST
  • Ranger's Gholson Hotel 10-20-07
    Excerpted from the book Wood Derricks, Iron Men and Gold Women by Don Champion
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    		CEMETERIES
  • Union Valley Cemetery 10-28-07
    Photos courtesy Sarah Reveley
    • TEXAS ARCHITECTURE • IMAGES > Over 12,000 Images
    		STATUES/MONUMENTS
  • Union Soldier Statue and Memorial
    Or What’s a soldier like you doing in a state like this?     9-21-07
    Fairview Cemetery, Denison, Texas
    Photos courtesy Mike Price
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    		COURTHOUSES
    Photos Terry Jeanson
  • Brazoria County Courthouse 10-19-07
  • Callahan County Courthouse 10-20-07
  • Blanco County Courthouse 10-26-07
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  • Collin County Courthouse 10-3-07
  • Collin County Courthouse: Architecture The Embodiment of Human Endeavor by Guy R. Giersch 10-3-07
  • Restored Collin County Courthouse - McKinney Performing Arts Center 10-3-07
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  • Swisher County Courthouse 9-16-07
  • Kimble County Courthouse 9-11-07
  • Hale County Courthouse
  • Floyd County Courthouse 9-23-07
  • Randall County Courthouse 9-30-07
  • Cherokee County Courthouse 9-26-07

    Photos Barclay Gibson
  • Pecos County Courthouse 10-1-07
    • Photos Bill Moran and Rudy Torres:
  • Duval County Courthouse 10-5-07
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    		Photo Lexie Nichols, Jordan Gibson & Terry Jeanson:
  • Taylor County Courthouses 10-5-07


    • MURALS
  • Cherokee County Courthouse Murals by Terry Jeanson 9-26-07
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    COLUMNS
    TEXAS HISTORICAL • REGIONAL • TOPICAL COLUMNS
    Archie P. McDonald "All Things Historical" Syndicated in 70 newspapers
  • James Long, Filibuster 10-29-07
  • Long Hot Summers 10-15-07
  • Good Night Irene 10-1-07
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    Bob Bowman "All Things Historical" Syndicated in 70 newspapers
  • Out-of-the-way places 10-22-07
  • Restoring Davy’s Spring 10-8-07
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    Murray Montgomery "Lone Star Diary" Syndicated in 5 newspapers
  • Is Jesse James really in that Missouri grave? 10-4-07
    • W. T. Block Jr. "Cannonball's Tales"
  • Early River Boats of Southwest Louisiana 9-6-07
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    C. F. Eckhardt "Charley Eckhardt's Texas "
  • Aliens Amongst Us 10-21-07
  • Jesse James. Miss Shirley’s Story 10-8-07
    • Mike Cox "Texas Tales" Syndicated in 11 newspapers
  • Chupacabra 10-24-07
  • FDR 10-18-07
  • Valley Talk 10-12-07
  • Sullivan 10-4-07
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    Delbert Trew "It's All Trew" Amarillo Globe News
  • Survival rough as the land in Cimarron Country 10-30-07
  • Old-time improvisation in branding and jailing 10-23-07
  • Early ranchers formed well-organized groups 10-16-07
  • Bull Durham tobacco the 'cheapest luxury' 10-10-07
  • New Deal art provided hope 10-2-07
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    Clay Coppedge "Letters from Central Texas"
  • Yoko on the Llanos 10-21-07
  • The Trials and Tribulations of El Kabong 10-5-07
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    Bill Cherry "Bill Cherry's Galveston Memories"
  • Champ Did His Experiment at the State Theater and in the Name of The Enforcer 9-27-07
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    Linda-Kirkpatrick "Somewhere in the West"
  • The White Lady of Rio Frio 10-15-07
  • Tragedy in South Texas: Reading Black - Unionist, George Washington - Wall Confederate 10-8-07
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    Dorothy Hamm "Words and Music"
    HUMOR • OPINION COLUMNS
    Maggie Van Ostrand "A Balloon in Cactus" National Syndicated Columnist
  • Eyewitness 10-31-07
  • In A Word ... 10-5-07
  • Fannie Porter of San Antonio
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    Peary Perry "Letters From North America" Syndicated in 80 newspapers
  • Let Kids Be Kids 10-24-07
  • Press One for English 10-17-07
  • A billion here, a billion there... 10-10-07
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    Elizabeth Bussey Sowdal "The Girl Detective's Theory of Everything"
  • Thursday. Blech. 10-5-07
    • Gael Montana "The View from Under the Bus"
  • In Remembrance of Gregory James Krauter 10-17-07
    • 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
  • Uncle Lee's Got the 'coon and Gone On. Gone On! 10-1-07
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    TEXAS CARTOONS • EDITOR • GUESTS
    Roger T. Moore
  • 10-2-07 | 10-9-07 | 10-16-07 | 10-23-07 | 10-30-07
    • Editor & Guest Columnists "They shoe horses, don't they?"
  • “Witch’s Gate” by Johnny Stucco 10-11-07
  • Entertaining the Rotary Club in Mount Vernon by Robert Cowser 10-9-07
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