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Texas Escapes Online Magazine

September 2013 Issue
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History

The Battle of the Neches by Jeffery Robenalt 9-1-13
In the brief but glorious history of the Republic of Texas, the Battle of the Neches has been described as second in importance only to the Battle of San Jacinto as the most decisive conflict ever fought on Texas soil.

"Once Upon A Line" by d.knape

Snails 9-29-13

The Smell Of Hay 9-29-13

Down On The Farm 9-29-13

Anderson County Towns & Ghost Towns

Pert Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-28-13

Kickapoo Ghost town GLO vintage map 9-28-13

Courthouses

Lee County Courthouse Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson & Barclay Gibson 9-27-13

Towns

Port Bolivar Galveston Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson & Terry Jeanson 9-25-13

Old Dime Box Lee Co Photo courtesy Stephen Danesi 9-26-13

Dime Box Lee Co TE Photos 9-26-13

Columns

Two Ranchhands Meet Judge Lynch by Mike Cox 9-25-13
In the late winter of 1896, two Waggoner Ranch cowboys took a notion that robbing banks would be less work – and definitely more profitable -- than wrangling cattle...

Towns

Circle Back Bailey Co Photos courtesy Lottie Doyle 9-25-13

Columns

Arnold Outhouse History Cartoon by Roger T. Moore 9-24-13

Come to Me, My Melon-choly Babies by Frances Giles 9-24-13
Watermelon, a high Summer treat if there ever was one. It ranked right up there alongside baseball, exploring and running through the hose, as far as great ways to spend the unencumbered days.

Towns

Woods Panola Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 9-23-13

Kaufman County Towns Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson

Kemp 9-22-13

Mabank 9-22-13

Styx 9-22-13

Tolosa 9-10-13

Columns

Praise for a Common Man by Mary Boner Creighton 9-21-13

Book

Never Without Honor: Studies of Courage in Tribute to Ben H. Procter 9-19-13
Book review by Dr. Kirk Bane
Columns

Grandma Barnett Pioneer Woman by Mike Cox 9-18-13
They used to say that Grandma Barnett could knock a squirrel’s eye out at 40 paces with a rifle.

Eastland County Towns & Ghost Towns

Gorman Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-18-13

Pioneer Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-16-13

Desdemona Ghost Town TE photos

Columns

Double Takes on Names by Wanda Orton 9-17-13
Question: What’s the most perplexing pair of same names in Texas history?
Answer: Emily West and Emily West...

Horned Toad named "Big Jim" History Cartoon by Roger T. Moore 9-17-13
Towns

Frost Navarro Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-17-13

Thompsons Fort Bend Co 9-17-13

Courthouses by Terry Jeanson

Runnels County Courthouse 9-16-13

Terry County Courthouse 9-15-13

Towns

Chatfield Navarro Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-14-13

Texas City Galveston Co Photos courtesy Ken Rudine 9-15-13

Towns & Ghost Towns

Gomez Terry Co Ghost town Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-13-13

Ginger Rains Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-13-13

San Gabriel Milam Co Photos courtesy Vicki Harris 9-13-13

Gilchrist Galveston Co 9-12-13

Ghost Towns

Walthall Runnels Co Photos courtesy Brent Brownfield 9-12-13

Tinrag Hopkins Co 9-11-13

Columns

The Makers by Mike Cox 9-12-13
R.C. and L.C. Maker, brothers who helped win the war without ever firing a turret gun, dropping a bomb or evading anti-aircraft fire.

Towns

Paluxy Hood Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-8-13

Orangefield Orange Co 9-8-13

Columns

Lord Have Mercy Cartoon by Roger T. Moore 9-10-13

"Once Upon A Line" by d.knape

Stories Of Ammannsville 9-10-13

Historic Homes

Belton - Wedemeyer Home/Academy 9-9-13
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places

Columns

America's Reset Button Maggie Van Ostrand 9-7-13
I want the world to go back to Default and be as it once was...

Neighbors Expedition by Clay Coppedge 9-7-13
The drive from San Antonio to El Paso on IH-10 might be called boring or monotonous. But as Texas was established and settled, there was a whole world – some 600 miles – of rugged country between the two towns, a vast region made all the more treacherous by the presence of Comanches and other tribes...

"Once Upon A Line" by d.knape

Mine To Keep 9-7-13

Johnson County Towns & Ghost Towns

Rio Vista Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-6-13

Trueloves Ghost Town GLO vintage map 9-6-13

Godley Johnson Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-4-13

Cresson Johnson/Hood Counties Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-3-13

Columns

The Galveston Storm Made Personal: the Unpublished Letter of Billie Love by Mike Cox 9-5-13
William Love happened to be on the mainland when a powerful hurricane devastated Galveston on Sept. 8, 1900......

Sept 9, 1961: Meteorite Cartoon by Roger T. Moore 9-5-13