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every fellow tell his tale about."
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HISTORY,
REGIONAL, TRAVEL
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 | Bob
Bowman Weekly. Syndicated
in 109 newspapers
"Bob
Bowman's East Texas" columns >
• The
Quebe Sisters 11-15-09
If Bob Wills were around
today, the chances are good that he would be delighted with three teenage sisters
from Burleson. Listening to the Quebe Sisters play the western swing music pioneered
by Wills in the 1930s and l940s, you realize they are special musicians who love
what they’re doing...
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 | Mike
Cox Weekly. Syndicated
in 11 newspapers
"Texas
Tales" columns >
• Population
Ranks 11-19-09
For historians, genealogists,
and anyone interested in a little Texas trivia, I’ve compiled the historic urban
population hierarchy and population figures dating back to 1850. The 1850 and
1860 listings contain the top 10 cities, since there are some surprises...
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 | C.
F. Eckhardt Monthly.
"Charley Eckhardt's Texas
" columns >
• A
Very Personal Ghost by C. F. Eckhardt 10-26-09
I’ve come to the conclusion, over the years, that when it comes to ghosts there
are two sorts of people—those who realize ghosts exist and those who don’t want
to realize it. One of the sure ways to become one of the first variety is to see
a ghost. However, even if you see a ghost, you may not realize at once what you’ve
seen. I know. It happened to me...
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 | Clay
Coppedge Twice
a month
"Letters from
Central Texas" columns >
• Vin
Fiz Flyer 11-19-09
One of the first great
aviation events in Texas was the arrival of a flying contraption known as the
Vin Fiz Flyer, which landed in Fort Worth on Oct. 17, 1911 as part of what became
the first Atlantic-to Pacific airplane flight.
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 | Maggie
Van Ostrand National
Syndicated Columnist
"A
Balloon in Cactus" columns >
• Zapata 10-22-09
John
Steinbeck wrote it, Elia Kazan directed it, Marlon Brando starred in it: Viva
Zapata! But how close did these great artists come to the real thing? The answer
lay in a telling 1916 interview by reporter Guillermo Ojara, sent by his paper,
El Democrata of Mexico City, to interview Zapata himself. Here, greatly edited
for space, are bits of that interview...
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 | Elizabeth
Bussey Sowdal
"The
Girl Detective's Theory of Everything" columns >
• MOB vs. MOG 9-24-09
This
is my first go around as Mother of the Bride and it’s been fine so far. We’ve
got the gown, got the favors, lined up the photographer, talked to the wedding
coordinator at the church. Yesterday we lucked onto just what we were needing...
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Damned
if You Do, Damned if You Don’t 9-4-09
I was
fascinated and horrified by an article written by Amy McGuire in "Advance for
Nurses" regarding the bizarre case of two Texas nurses, Vickie Galle, RN and Anne
Mitchell, RN...
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 | Dorothy
Hamm Monthly
Columns
"Words and Music"
Columns >
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The
Hustle and Bustle of the Metroplex Shuffle 9-1-09
Esteemed
writer Norman Maclean once said: “Eventually, all things merge into one, and a
river runs through it.” That’s an interesting theory and is exactly what seems
to be happening with all the many cities that have sprung up here. And yes, a
river, the Trinity, does run through it... |
Endangered StoriesMiss
Bell by Harold Bell 9-1-09
Nobody in the world,
dead or alive, knew how long Miss Bell taught the fourth grade in and around Decatur,
Texas... |
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