Columns
Owens
saw the Goose Creek light in WWII 10-2-19
Some
like it hot (not really) 7-14-19
We
could dream, couldn't we? 2-2-19
Memories
of Preston L. Pendergrass 1-16-19
Kids
1-2-19
Cousins
9-9-18
Like
Zelig, Ashbel Smith was everywhere 4-3-18
Summer
of '52 at The Baytown Sun 2-3-18
The
cat who came in from the cold 1-14-17
Baytown
Sun Roots 1-1-18
Newshounds/Chowhounds
12-18-17
Children's
Meds 10-1-17
Talking
toddler in grocery cart 9-2-17
Alcalde,
not alcade 8-3-17
Walking
7-16-17
Boat
races in bay area go back to the 1800s 7-1-17
Sayings
5-23-17
Man
and wife without a country 5-3-17
Not
a happy camper in Angelina County 4-17-17
Nurses
Uniforms 4-3-17
Lynchburg
Ferry: Baytown had it first 3-1-17
Ups
and downs of write-ups 10-4-16
Jed
and Jude 7-23-16
From Boom Town to Baytown 7-1-16
Keeping
Up with the Anson Joneses 6-9-16
All's
swell that ends well 5-14-16
Face
Blindness 4-29-15
Three
Civil War vets were doctors in Baytown area 4-1-16
The
FBI and I 2-15-16
Feeling
all closed in 1-6-16
Welcome
to our world of words 12-5-15
There's
something about 'merry' 11-13-15
And
the bands played on at Sylvan 10-24-15
Balinese
Room 10-4-15
Bandit's
bad baby brother 9-20-15
USS
Indianapolis Survivor Lindsey Wilcox 9-8-15
USS
Indianapolis sank 70 years ago 8-22-15
Nagasaki
Bombardier 8-9-15
Outlaw
was crazy like a fox 7-15-15
Getting
'care-less' with words 7-8-15
And
'sew' it went 7-1-15
Friendships
in Texas 6-24-15
Room
with a 'Boo!' 6-13 15
The
Yellow Rose 6-2-15
Safe
haven in a hurricane 5-25-15
More
about Smith Point murder case 5-18-15
The
making of a Texas president 5-10-15
Harris
County judges 5-2-15
When
Harvey met Santa Anna 4-13-15
Ye
Olde Houston Press 3-30-15
Now
hear this 3-8-15
Older
and Wider 2-8-15
Blunders,
bloopers and boo-boos 1-24-15
The
death of a subdivision 12-8-14
Different
kind of D 11-14-14
Let
it beeeeeeee 11-1-14
Gail
Borden - Part II 10-1-14
Gail
Borden 9-1-14
Wallisville
Goes Hog Wild 8-4-14
The
good doctor from Canada 7-5-14
William
Fairfax Gray 6-11-14
Christ
Church Cathedral in Houston 6-11-14
The
Lone Star and Charles Zanco 5-23-14
Father
Muldoon forgotten hero of Texas history 5-1-14
Big
Sam vs. Little Davey in Hot Election, 1841 4-7-14
From
High School Senior to Senior Citizen 3-16-14
Sam’s
Kids - the Houston Eight 1-5-14
The
Cane Mutiny 10-14-13
Double
Takes on Names 9-17-13
Emily West and Emily West.
Be
it ever so ‘umble 8-17-13
Close
encounters of the canned kind 7-21-13
Ghost
Story 6-10-13
Mrs.
Anson Jones 4-7-13
Andy’s
Antics in Austin 2-21-13
French
Connection 2-3-13
Name
That Lake 1-5-13
Cliff
notes on “Perils of Nyoka” 12-17-12
Hughes
Who in Oil Field 12-2-12
Judge
Isaac Moreland Interviewed 10-15-12
La
Tipica 10-2-12
Ashbel
Smith's Foster Daughter 9-14-12
Liberty
treated POWs well in 1830s and 1940s 9-1-12
David
Levi Kokernot 8-15-12
Baytown
is so refined 8-3-12
Rationing
during WWII - How sweet it wasn't 7-20-12
Island
Hogs a Lot of History 7-1-12
1943
Secret Storm 6-17-12
Magnolia
Gardens 6-2-12
Retired Seed Company Exec Remembers Mentor 4-1-12
Faithful
wife, dutiful daughter 3-2-12
Learning news lingo as 2nd language 2-1-12
Baytown's
Post Office Mural 1-9-12
‘Pistol
Packin Mama’ right on target 12-23-11
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Wanda Orton
Wanda Orton is
a retired managing editor of the Baytown Sun. A BiB (born in Baytown),
she is also a 7th Generation Texan and a Daughter of the Republic
of Texas (Wilhelm Keidel Chapter). Her newspaper career began with
the Baytown Sun when she was still attending Baytown’s Robert E, Lee
High School. She attended classes at Baytown’s own Lee College before
transferring to the University of Houston, graduating with a BA in
English. She currently lives in Fredericksburg.
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