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Texas
Escapes Magazine
Texas & Travel
November Issue 2004 |
 | Hollywood
Soot by Audrey A. Herbrich 11-24
Photos
by Boyd Photography, La Grange
The
fire in La Granger - "The north wind—unusually strong this March—carried
the voices from those gathered below to me, and I could hear their whispers and
gasps. And it wasn’t the ablaze Botts Title Company that trumped the conversation,
or the equally ablaze China Inn Restaurant, Bertie’s Barbershop, or the income
tax lawyer’s office. No, it was the Cozy Theater, slotted between Bertie’s on
the left and the JC Penney catalog store on the right." |
 | The
Quadrangle by
Mark Louis Rybczyk 11-19
Excepted
from San Antonio Uncovered. Republic of Texas Press, 2000
"... While many
military installations discourage visitors with barbed wire and guards, the Quadrangle
is just the opposite. Visitors are not only allowed, they are encouraged. As you
step inside the stone walls, you immediately discover the perfect place for families
to gather. Inside the fortress deer, ducks, rabbits, and other small animals run
free, as do the thousands of children who visit there every year." ... more |
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Austin's Moonlight Towers by Johnny Stucco 11-6
"...
In the entire United States, only Austin has surviving examples of this type of
lighting system that was once popular in many U.S. cities during the late 1800s...."
Officially
recognized as state archeological landmarks
Listed on the National Register
of Historic Places |
Granbury
Opera House - 11-16
From Grand Old
Texas Theaters That Won't Quit by Joan Upton Hall and Stacey Hasbrook
Publisher:
Republic of Texas Press, 2002
"Inside, period chandeliers and wall
sconces light the auditorium. Exposed stone walls, original doors, molding, white-painted
balcony rails, and authentic needlepoint seats evoke the 1886 atmosphere of the
theatre’s birth.... |
"They
shoe horses, don't they?"- Editorial
"The
Sound of One Hand Counting Money" by Luke Warm 11-1
HISTORY
Archie
P. McDonald
Beauford
Jester 11-22
Albert
Thomas 11-9
One
of the most famous photos ever made shows Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath as
president aboard Air Force One shortly after the assassination of President John
F. Kennedy. In the photo, a tall, trim man wearing a bow tie bends in to get a
better view of President Johnson and Justice Sarah Hughes, who administered the
oath. That man was Albert Thomas, who represented the Eighth Congressional District—essentially,
Harris County and Houston—in Congress for fifteen terms.
Bob
Bowman
McDonald
Observatory, An Orphan’s Gift 11-29
Katherine
Anne Porter in East Texas 11-15The
Old Fiddler 11-1
Mike Cox
Buffalo
Man 11-29
Hollywood has seldom – if ever –
portrayed buffalo hunters as civilized, erudite men. Screenwriters and producers
of Westerns usually have their buffalo hunters play the role as coarse, scruffy
men ready to drink or kill anything. But as the story of one time buffalo hunter
John Cloud Jacobs demonstrates, reality is not always that simple. ... Kate
Ward 11-22
Whatever happened to the Kate Ward
is far from the most daunting mystery in Texas history...Strange
News 11-15
Strange news and early 20th century
urban folkloreNew
Geography 11-4
Place Name Tweaking of Several
Counties and County Seats
LIFE
IN TEXAS
Delbert Trew
Once
lowly fare, potatoes enjoy popularity 11-15Home
remedies would cure or kill you 11-1
Louise
George
For
Better or Worse 11-1
In their own words some
of yesterday’s brides tell about their weddings and the early days of their marriages.
Texas Panhandle in the early 1900s.
Clay Coppedge
Major
Butt and the Titantic 11-15Good
old New Corn Hill 10-29
HUMOR
Maggie
Van Ostrand
Fear
of Hair 11-24Got
Flu? Try A Sock Full of Onions 10-29
Peary
Perry
‘Reality’
Shows 11-25‘Harmful
to Marriage' Questions 11-17
"A question
such as this requires extreme diplomacy, tact and sensitivity training to answer
properly. Having said that, let me add… give it up you and I don’t have the ability
to do this. If you can, run…." ... moreSurrendering
to the Holidays 11-10Salve
for Election Bruises 11-4
Elizabeth
Bussey Sowdal
In
the Zone 11-15
MEMOIR
George Lester
Watching
the Radio 11-15Just
Missing Elvis 11-1 |
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