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November
2010 Issue
For people who like this sort of thing
This is the sort of thing they
like. |
| | Runnels
County Statue:
Coppini's
Charles H. Noyes Statue
11-5-10
Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson
A
devastated father hires an acclaimed but hungry sculptor
to erect a statue
to his son. |
| Ghost
Town: Fort Holland Presidio
Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 11-3-10Ghost
Town: Ochiltree
Ochiltree Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 11-3-10 |
Column:
A great old map by Bob Bowman
11-28-10
Most
historians love old maps. They squint at them for hours, often finding places
they never knew existed... Town:
Bacliff
Galveston Co TGLO Vintage map 11-27-10Town:
Clarendon
Donley Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson
11-26-10Trivia:
"Bet You Didn’t
Know" - 11-26-2010 by Peary Perry 11-26-10Column:
Pecans by Mike Cox
11-25-10
There’s
more to the nut produced by Texas’ official state tree than food value...Town:
Silverton
Briscoe Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson, Erik Whetstone, Terry
Jeanson & Eric Blackwell 11-25-10Jail:
Briscoe County Jail
Photos
courtesy Erik Whetstone 11-25-10People:
A
Young Man, His Kirwin Education, Mike Gaido’s Mentoring & the Fellow with the
$50,000 by Bill Cherry
11-24-10
"It’s a story
about my Galveston friend Benno Deltz. I don’t think I’ve ever told it to you.
Draw close. You’re going to love the ending."Town:
Oklahoma Lane
Parmer Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson, Stephen & Elizabeth Taylor 11-24-10
Cartoon: Compromise
of 1850 by Roger T. Moore
11-24-10 Town:
Weslaco
Hidalgo Co Photos courtesy Ken Rudine, Weslaco Museum and Hidalgo County Historical
Museum 11-23-10 Column:
Early
Texans relied on corn for cakes, livestock by Delbert Trew
11-23-10
To the early Texas
settlers, raising corn was a matter of life or death. |
| Town:
Roosevelt Kimble
Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 11-22-10Column:
Selling the Calves by Robert
G. Cowser 11-22-10
In
the late 1940s cattle auctions were common in the towns of Northeast Texas. Each
town picked a different day of the week so as not to compete with nearby towns...
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Weather
Folklore - Psychic Persimmons by Dana Goolsby
11-19-10
Folklore
reveals that superstitions about cutting persimmon trees may help cure warts,
cancer and even predict weather, even Texas weather. |
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Texas Thanksgiving by
Mike Cox 11-11-10
Like
a flock of wild turkeys pecking around in search of food, the date that Texans
set aside to celebrate their blessings kept jumping around the calendar until
well into the 20th century... Column:
Post-San
Jacinto Marriage Traditions in Texas by C. F. Eckhardt 11-10-10
In
1837, but just for a short time, any man who had served honorably in the Texian
army in 1836 was entitled to a full league of land—over 4000 acres—but only if
he was married... |
Town:
Addielou
Red River Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 11-10-10Cartoon:
Ma Ferguson
by Roger T. Moore 11-10-10
Ghost Town:
Tesco
Nolan Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 11-9-10Ghost
Town: Wastella
Nolan Co TGLO Vintage map No Photos 11-9-10Column:
Homesteaders
Act greatest act ever passed by Delbert Trew 11-9-10
Signed
by President Abraham Lincoln, the act offered 160 acres of land to any qualified
homesteader who paid a modest filing fee, built a home, planted at least 10 acres
of crops and remained on his land for five years... Column:
Texans Honored at Shiloh
by Bob Bowman 11-7-10 |
| Town:
Orange Orange
Co TE & Bob Finch Photos 11-5-10Town:
Turcotte
Kenedy Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 11-5-10 |
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Ghost Town: Pila
Blanca Duval Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 11-1-10Town:
Realitos Duval
Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 11-1-10 Town:
Rosebud
Falls Co Vintage photos courtesy Larry W. Johnson 11-1-10 |
| | Small
Town Sagas: The
Murder of Dr. Sam Houston Adams; Slaton, Texas, 1930s by James Villanueva
11-1-10
The
murder of Dr. Sam Houston Adams is not a tragic tale. It’s not necessarily a gloomy
story. Nor is it a hopeful story about overcoming hardships or tribulations. It’s
not quite folklore either. No. For lack of a better description, it is simply
- a love story. Column:
Corn Cob Fights at the
Barn by Nolan Maxie 11-1-10 | |
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