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November
2012 Issue
For people who like this sort of thing
This is the sort of thing they
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| | Columns
Railroad
in the Red, and Brazilian Bats by Mike Cox 11-29-12
Old
Tunnel State Park - The first thing anyone notices while walking down the trail
toward the old tunnel is the smell, the olfactory result of all the guano deposited
by the 3 million or so bats that live there part of the year. |
A
G.I. Joe Christmas by Dianne West Short 11-29-12
Years
ago, G. I. Joe and his military buddies were a passion of our oldest son West...Texas
Town Names Cartoon by Roger T. Moore 11-27-12Making
music in Sacul by Bob Bowman 11-26-12
On
the fourth Saturday night each month, the Nacogdoches County community of Sacul
hosts one of the best country music venues in East Texas--a collection of bands
playing mostly bluegrass standards. |
| | Ghost
Town Best
Reagan Co Vintage photos 11-19-12 | |
People
Austin
Mystery Murders by Mike Cox 11-21-12
Only
a village with a few hundred residents in 1841, Austin experienced at least a
couple of homicides that year that by today’s standards read more like big-city
whodunits. Have
Ashes, Will Travel by Maggie Van Ostrand 11-20-12
“I
can’t go on,” I bawled to the empty room. Markus, my beloved canine companion
who had been with me for over 14 adventure filled years, had passed away two weeks
earlier... Nov.
19, 1969 - Texan on Moon History Cartoon by Roger T. Moore
11-19-12 Albert
Pike in Comancheria by Clay Coppedge 11-18-12
Albert
Pike was one of the most remarkable but enigmatic figures in American history
and also one of the first white men to venture onto the Llano Estacado in the
Texas Panhandle when that land was the heart of Comancheria... |
| Columns
"Dear
Papa's 'Rules'" or Give Pease a Chance by Mike Cox
11-13 -12
Every parent who
has ever helped their child move into a dorm room on a hot summer day at the beginning
of their freshman year in college will understand the letter former Gov. E.M.
Pease sent to one of his daughters in 1866.The
Box of Four Kittens by Bill Cherry 11-12-12
“If
you become a teacher, by your pupils you will be taught.”Texas
Bigger Than France Cartoon by Roger T. Moore 11-12-12 |
| Towns
Tira
Hopkins Co 11-11-12 New
London Rusk Co 11-9-12Odell
Wilbarger Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson & Billy Gilbert
11-7-12Nigton
Trinity Co Ghost Town GLO vintage map 11-6-12 |
| Towns
Jasper
Jasper Co Seat Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 11-6-12Centennial
Panola Co GLO vintage map 11-6-12 Furrh
Panola Co GLO vintage map 11-6-12 Midyett
Panola Co GLO vintage map 11-6-12 |
| Murvaul
Panola Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey Concord
Rusk Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 11-1-12Diana
Upshur Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 11-4-12 |
| Columns
Battle
of Antelope Hills by Jeffrey Robenalt 11-4-12
During
the years 1856 to 1858, Comanche raids on the Texas frontier began to escalate
as settlers encroached further into the Comancheria. Ironically, matters finally
came to a boil when four white outlaws disguised as Comanches massacred James
B. Cambren and his two sons, who were plowing a new field on their homestead bordering
the Brazos River in the far northwest corner of Young County. |
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People
Sally
Skull by Clay Coppedge 11-1-12
Well-behaved
women rarely make history, the saying goes, and a woman known to history as Sally
Skull can be used to reinforce the point. | |
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