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March
2012 Issue
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| History
| ColumnsMassacre
at Goliad: A Texas Tragedy by Jeffery Robenalt Photos courtesy
Sarah Reveley & Stephen Michaels
The
massacre at Goliad branded Santa Anna as an inhuman despot and the Mexican people,
whether deserved or not, with a reputation for cruelty. As a result of the needless
slaughter, a burning desire for revenge arose among the people of Texas, and Americans
became firmly united behind the Texas cause of independence. |
| Reagan
County Best
Ghost town 3-20-12
Jail
Best
Jail
Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 3-20-12 |
Columns
Blackie
the Bear by
Mike Cox 3-28-12
Nickels
were hard to come by in the tough economic times of the early 1890s, but the cowboys
patronizing Jim Scarborough’s saloon in Claude never minded standing Blackie a
drink when they could afford to... Mar
27, 1984 History Cartoon by Roger T. Moore 3-27-12The
Biscuit and Cornbread Whistles
by Bob Bowman 3-25-12
The
siren was likely blown for loftier reasons such as personnel shift changes and
fires, but Dibollians came to know the sounds as “the biscuit whistle” and the
“cornbread whistle.” |
| Ghost
Town White
Spur El Paso Co GLO vintage map 3-24-12
Texans
at WarBerlin
Wall Crisis 1961-1962 by Bruce Martin
3-23-12
The 49th Armored Division, Texas National Guard activated in September, 1961.
First person account of training in Ft. Polk, LA., and home coming. |
People
David
E. Lawhon, Texas Ranger/Pioneer Publisher by Mike Cox 3-22-12
As
a pioneer newspaper editor, David E. Lawhon may have subscribed to the belief
that the pen was mightier than the sword, but as a Texas Ranger he never saddled
up without his rifle and pistol. |
| Ghost
Towns Martha's
Chapel Walker
Co by Dana Goolsby 3-16-12 Falba
Walker Co GLO old map 3-19-12Yero
Walker Co GLO old map 3-19-12 Richland
Bee Co Photos courtesy William Beauchamp 3-18-12 | |
| TownsFaught
Lamar
Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 3-29-12Ashland
Upshur Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 3-28-12Bleiblerville
Austin Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 3-26-12Speaks
Lavaca Co More photos courtesy Murray Montgomery 3-21-11Sand
Hill Upshur Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 3-14-12
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Columns
Country
Graveyards Here and There by Bob Bowman 3-18-12
After a lifetime
in East Texas, I have grown to prefer cemeteries where the tombstones stand high
against the sky, where tall trees shade the graves most the time, and where people
get together once a year for a graveyard working and homecoming... A
Texan by Choice by Murray Montgomery 3-17-12
A
story about James Charles Wilson who was born in England and became, “by choice,”
a Texan and patriot from Gonzales County.
The Poison Spring
by Mike Cox 3-15-12
For
as long as mankind has had the ability to tell and pass along stories, springs
and wells have provided a free-flowing source of legend and lore.
March
19, 1840 - History cartoon by Roger T. Moore 3-14-12
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Columns
Regional
Expressions by Bob Bowman 3-11-12
Some
people who come to East Texas have difficulty understanding our way of speaking...Why
Hasn't Dallas Placed a Historical Marker Here? by Bill Cherry
3-10-12
There
is a historic site in Dallas that isn’t noted on Google, and I couldn’t find any
mention of the man who built from scratch what became an iconic and copied men’s
barber shop. Ben
Thompson's Tombstone by C. F. Eckhardt 3-10-12
When
the old Iron Front Saloon on Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas was torn down in
the 1920s, a most peculiar object was found in the basement. It was a fine marble
tombstone—but there was no inscription on it... |
| Towns
& Ghost TownsChalk
Mountain Erath Co Ghost Town Photos courtesy Raymond Kay
Howard & Sam Fenstermacher 3-3-12 Chalk
Hill Rusk Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 3-9-12Zodiac
Gillespie Co Ghost Town Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 3-9-12Homer
Angelina Co Ghost Town Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson, GLO vintage
map 3-8-12 |
| Kaleta
San Patricio Co Ghost Town Photo courtesy William
Beauchamp, GLO vintage map 3-7-12Moran
Shackelford Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 3-7-12Stewart
Rusk Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 3-5-12 Caledonia
Rusk Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 3-4-12 Losoya
Bexar Co Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson 3-3-12 |
Columns
The
Big Boom of 1882 by Clay Coppedge 3-8-12
The
cycles of boom and bust, whether in the cattle industry or world economics, are
always accompanied by people who said they saw it coming all along and who, after
the inevitable crash are busy explaining why it happened and who is to blame.
It’s that way now, and it was that way in 1882 when the beef market boomed as
it had never boomed before...Texas
Navy vs The Press by Mike Cox 3-8-12
A
war of words that could have escalated into real violence broke out in the spring
of 1840 between the Texas Navy and a Galveston newspaper editor. Caprock
Canyon - Cartoon by Roger T. Moore 3-8-12
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Columns
Storms,
railroads shape area history by Delbert Trew 3-6-12
Long
before the town of Spearman was born, the settlement of Hansford became the county
seat with the winning votes for the election swung by “the use of a three-seated
hack and liberal doses of Dodge City tarantula juice.” Their new frame courthouse
was nearing completion in 1891 when a cyclone struck...An
Affinity for Place Names by Bob Bowman 3-4-12
When
settlers from the U.S. poured into Texas following its independence and later
statehood, they starting slapping names on the places where they put down roots.
Most of the names are still around and just as colorful as they were decades ago. |
March
2 - Texas Independence Day - Cartoon by Roger T. Moore
3-2-12
Faithful Wife,
Dutiful Daughter by Wanda Orton 3-2-12
Sarah Williams was
one of those stoical pioneer women who kept things in order single-handedly on
the home front...Storm
Racing by Mike Cox 3-1-12
In
1900 it had not occurred to anyone that pursuing a tornado would someday be considered
an adventure sport. Back then, people let storms do the chasing and took to their
cellars when they heard a roaring wind. | |
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