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March 2017 Issue
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Texas Towns & Ghost Towns:

Texas Architecture | Columns:

Dawson County

Patricia 3-27-17
Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson et al.

Fayette County

Warrenton 3-21-17
Photos courtesy Carolyn Heinsohn FCHC, Gerald Massey & John J. Germann

Freyburg 3-21-17
Photos courtesy Carolyn Heinsohn FCHC, Barclay Gibson & John J. Germann

Cistern 3-14-17
Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson, Carolyn Heinsohn FCHC & John J. Germann

Henderson County

Fincastle 3-21-17
Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson

Austin County

Frydek 3-14-17

Val Verde County

Shumla 3-11-17
Courtesy Barclay Gibson & John J. Germann

Lavaca County

Hallettsville 3-4-17
Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson et al.

Baurs / Baursville 3-6-17
Courtesy John Germann

Moulton 3-6-17
Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson

Old Moulton
Courtesy Murray Montgomery

Jasper County

Zeirath 3-8-17

Clay County

Thornberry 3-4-17
Courtesy Barclay Gibson & John Germann

Harris, Fort Bend, Waller County

Katy 3-3-17
Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson

Llano County

Baby Head 3-3-17
Courtesy Barclay Gibson & John Germann

Calhoun County

Linnville 3-1-17
Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson

Bowie County

New Boston 3-1-17
Photos courtesy Gerald Massey, Terry Jeanson et al.

Boston

Old Boston

Courthouses

Nolan County Courthouse 3-23-17

Mike Cox's "Texas Tales"

Roxton 3-10-17

1910: Texas Editors Look Back 3-23-17

The Case of Minnie Stacey 3-16-17

Grube - One of Texas' least-known ghost towns 3-9-17

The Life of Riley 3-2-17

Murray Montgomery's "Lone Star Diary"

Lavaca County violence from back in the day 3-22-17

Clay Coppedge

Texas Dunker Joe Fortenberry 3-17-17

Forgotten founder of Dallas 3-4-17
Warren Angus Ferris, Pioneer Texas Surveyor and Founder of Dallas County

Michael Barr "Hindsights" Columns

Bettina 3-15-17

Buck Taylor, King of the Cowboys 3-2-17

Wanda Orton's "Wandering" column

Lynchburg Ferry: Baytown had it first 3-1-17
Just when it seemed local history held no more surprises, I read that the original Lynchburg Ferry was not in Lynchburg. It was on Crystal Bay in present-day Baytown...

"They Shoe Horses, Don't They?"

Prolific Progenitors by Carolyn Heinsohn 3-22-17

Book Reviews

Eavesdropping on Texas History Edited by Mary L. Scheer.
Review by Dr. Kirk Bane 3-1-17
"What pivotal moment in Texas history would you liked to have eavesdropped on as the proverbial 'fly on the wall' and why?"

"Once Upon A Line" by d. knape

Godly Humor 3-28-17

Old Stumps 3-21-17

Mockingbird Aria 3-14-17

Strandbeest 3-7-17

Cartoons by Roger T. Moore

Cowboy Strike 3-29-17

National Mother-in-Law Day 3-8-17

March 2, 1836: Texas Declaration of Independence first draft 3-2-17