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Bob Bowman
Weekly. Syndicated in 109 newspapers
"Bob
Bowman's East Texas" columns >
The
Carnegie Libraries 2-10-12
When Tyler’s historic Carnegie Library building
celebrated its anniversary, the event reminded East Texans of the legacy Andrew
Carnegie left before his death in 1919. |
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Delbert Trew Weekly.
Amarillo Globe-Sun
"It's
All Trew" columns >
Famed
builder's life became caricature
1-24-12
Stephen Wallace Dorsey, the famed builder and owner of the historically
acclaimed Dorsey Mansion at Mountain Spring, N.M., led a glamorous, honest and
successful career until he entered the political arena in 1872. From that moment
on his life was plagued with fraud, conspiracies, shenanigans, thefts and lawsuits. |
 | Clay
Coppedge
"Letters
from Central Texas" columns >
Desdemona
1-27-12
"Of all the nastiness that might be found in Texas oil boom towns
during the era of discovery in the early 20th Century, Desdemona was reported
to be the nastiest." |
 | Jeffery
Robenalt Monthly
"A Glimpse of Texas Past"
column >
The Battle of the Alamo
1-27-12
After the defeat of General Cos at the siege of San Antonio, Texans
thought their independence was won. They failed to understand that General Santa
Anna was enraged over the disturbances at Anahuac and Cos's surrender. The dictator
would never rest until his soldiers either killed every Anglo-American and Tejano
rebel who openly defied his rule or drove them across the Sabine River and out
of Texas for good. |
 | Bill
Cherry Monthly
"Bill Cherry's
Galveston Memories" columns >
The
Night of January 16th 1-20-12
Fifty-five years of January 16ths have come
and gone since then, but the lesson taught on January 16, 1957 by Ball High School
speech and drama teacher, Arthur Graham, at the old Galveston County Courthouse
remain intact to this day with those who were there. |
 | Byron
Browne
"Notes From Over Here"
columns >
Don
Antonio de Espejo 7-27-11
He was only trying to return home, to New Spain,
by a short cut. However, Don Antonio de Espejo’s venture through Texas has warranted
his inclusion within the history books (the Texas ones in particular) alongside
other explorers and conquistadors such as Coronado and Cabeza de Vaca. |
Learning
news lingo as 2nd language
by Wanda Orton 1-27-12Baytown's
Post Office Mural by Wanda
Orton 1-9-12
For too many years, this BIB (Born in Baytown) didn't know what
her hometown had in a certain familiar work of art...The
Surveyors' Ghost by Bob Hopkins 10-25-11
Ghost story from a 1902 newspaper
in Burleson, Texas.Ghost
Road Light by Jim Adams, Jr. 10-4-11
Ghost light caught on game cameraThe
Ghost of Thurber by Bob Hopkins 9-28-11
“If people say that I didn’t see
a ghost, you tell em to come see me! I saw it with my own two eyes and I know
what I saw.”
Thank
you from Montana Brian J. McIntyre 9-17-11
"The history of many of the
communities is sad in some cases and in others it can be very inspiring... I think
it's great that you've included the photo's of what once was and in some cases
still is, so that younger folks can see what beauty still exists and what beauty
was once there... History is indeed very important and I hope our school children
and their teachers will all realize this and use sites like this to learn more
about their country and their surroundings..." More
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you've heard this one before, dont' stop me,
because I want to hear it again."
- Waco Historian Roger Norman Conger
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