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May
2012 Issue
For people who like this sort of thing
This is the sort of thing they
like. |
| The
Quest
Searching for the Texas Centennial Markers 5-29-12 "I
Want to See Your Machete" by Barclay Gibson
It
was a momentous occasion for me... I was finally going to meet Ruthie Cade.. |
| TownsSunray
Moore Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 5-12-12Georgetown
Williamson Co TE photos 5-11-12 |
| Town
Omaha
Morris County Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 5-27-12
Mystery
TownHenze
Edwards Co Vintage maps courtesy GLO 5-26-12 |
| Towns
& Ghost Towns Macedonia
Marion Co Ghost Town Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 5-25-12Kenney
Austin Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 5-23-12Cat
Spring Austin Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 5-21-12Goose
Creek Harris Co Ghost Town By Bruce Martin 5-21-12 |
Columns
Hunting
(and Fishing) for the Truth by Mike Cox 5-24-12
Folks who like to
fish and hunt aren’t always out on the water or at their deer lease. Sometimes
they’re just sitting around camp telling jokes about hunting or fishing.Six
Generation Galvestonians Are Hard to Come By by Bill Cherry
5-23-12
Because
I have written so much about Galveston, her people and her past, most people assume
I’m from a multi-generational island family... Hard
work keeps ranchers employed by Delbert Trew 5-22-12
Webster’s Dictionary
states:
Work — Something produced or accomplished by effort, exertion
or exercise of will. Restoring
Davy’s Spring by Bob Bowman 5-20-12
Anyone
over fifty who traveled down El Camino Real, known today as Texas Highway 21,
probably remembers stopping at the Davy Crockett Spring and sampling its cool
water. |
| Towns
Savannah
Red River Co Ghost Town Photos courtesy Jesse Suttles & Gerald Massey 5-26-12
Savannah
Marion Co No Photos 5-14-12Georgia
Lamar Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 5-14-12 Carta
Valley Edwards Co Ghost Town GLO Vintage Map 5-19-12Faulkner
Lamar Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 5-17-12
Milton
Lamar Co Ghost Town Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 5-19-12 Lakeview
Hall Co Photos courtesy Nancy Cecil, Stephen Taylor, & Wes
Reeves 5-14-12Nigton
Trinity Co Ghost Town GLO vintage map 5-17-12 |
Column
Making
Change in Ma Ferguson's Texas by Mike Cox 5-16-12
To fully appreciate
the late C.W. Wimberly’s story, it’s necessary to understand “Fergusonism” – a
once-powerful brand of Texas populism...
"15 Minutes of Separation"
Psychologist
in a Town Car by Luke Warm 5-15-12
Or
The Stagecoach Driver Syndrome Revisited
Inspired by a True Story in a Real
Newspaper |
| Courthouse
Montgomery County Courthouse by Terry Jeanson 5-13-12
Column Pass
the Biscuits, Pappy by Bob Bowman 5-13-12
W. Lee (Pappy) O’Daniel, a song-writing flour salesman who launched the musical
careers of Bob Wills and the Light Crust Doughboys, was a politician unlike any
we’ve seen in Texas. |
Buildings
Mary
Allen College
Crockett, Texas Photos courtesy Geroge Lester & Kimberly Mason
5-11-12
Columns
No
end to uses for paper, twine by Delbert Trew 5-8-12
If you are old
enough to remember a “twine or string ball,” usually kept on a pantry shelf, you
are probably moving around a bit slow.April
28, 1900 Cartoon by Roger
T. Moore
5-9-12 |
| Ghost
Towns Chumley
San Augustine Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 5-7-12 Black
Ankle San Augustine Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 5-7-12
Brunner
Harris Co by Bruce Martin 5-9-12 |
Columns Casablanca’s
East Texan by
Bob Bowman 5-6-12
When
you talk to East Texas movie buffs about their favorite all-time films, the one
everyone places near the top is Casablanca... Few know that an East Texan, Dooley
Wilson, played a significant role in the film. Mother
by Maggie Van Ostrand
5-5-12
A
beautiful woman is queen of every room she enters. Conversation hushes, people
turn to look, and the center of attention falls upon her. My mother was not like
that...One
Man Two Graves
by Mike Cox 5-3-12
Anyone
wishing to visit the final resting place of John E. McGuire is going to have to
travel to two different cemeteries...
TownsTalpa
Coleman co Photos courtesy Jim & Lou Kinsey & Donna
Chevalier 5-11-12 Lydia
Red River County Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 5-10-12Downing
Comanche Co 5-3-12Laneville
Rusk Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 5-2-12 |
| Ghost
TownsNockenut
Wilson Co GLO vintage map 5-3-12Razor
Lamar Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 5-2-12 Teneryville
Gregg Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 5-2-12 |
| Columns
Sam Houston and Mirabeau Lamar: A Contrast of Visions by Jeffery Robenalt
5-1-12
Former Presidents of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston and Mirabeau Lamar, differed
in many ways. Their vastly different visions for the new Republic would do much
to shape the future of Texas. | |
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