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Texas Travel • Texas History
DECEMBER 2007 Issue
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VINTAGE PHOTOS
  • Cotton Gins in Texas 12-31-07
    The William Beauchamp Collection -
    Nine postcards

    • TEXAS TOWNS - Search 1736 Texas Towns >

    		Photos Courtesy Barclay Gibson
  • Montalba Anderson Co 12-23-07
  • Fedor Lee Co 12-23-07
  • Imperial Pecos Co 12-11-07
  • Coldspring San Jacinto Co
  • Carthage Panola Co
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    		Photos courtesy Stephen Michaels
  • Hereford Deaf Smith Co 12-24-07
    Hereford Ghost Signs
    Hereford Grain Elevators
    Deaf Smith County Courthouse
  • Carrollton Dallas, Denton & Collin Co 12-28-07
    		• Photos Courtesy Mike Price
  • Perrin Jack Co 12-28-07
  • Plano Collin Co 12-22-007
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  • Princeton Collin Co 12-8-07

     TE Photos
  • Pawnee Bee Co 12-12-07
  • Uhland Caldwell Co 12-6-07
  • Southside Place Harris Co 12-27-07
  • Champions Harris Co 12-28-07
    		• Photos courtesy Ken Rudine
  • Dacus Montgomery Co 12-29-07
  • Magnolia Montgomery Co 12-29-07
  • Dobbin Montgomery Co 12-29-07
  • Richards Grimes Co 12-29-07
  • Plantersville Grimes Co 12-29-07
  • Stoneham Grimes Co 12-29-07
  • Rye Liberty Co 12-7-07
  • Votaw Hardin Co 12-7-07
    		• Photos Courtesy Tom Jones & Terry Jeanson
  • Panhandle Carson Co 12-30-07
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    		Photos Courtesy Ernie Wymer
  • Granite Shoals Burnet Co
  • Kingsland Llano Co 12-31-07
    		• Photos Courtesy Terry Jeanson
  • Milam Sabine Co 12-11-07
  • Texola Oklahoma
  • Roby Fisher Co
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  • Redwater Bowie Co 12-3 07 No Photos
  • Thicket Hardin Co 12-7-07 No Photos
  • Hart Castro Co 12-18-07 No Photo
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    TEXAS GHOST TOWNS - Search 452 Ghost Towns >
  • Ghost Towns for Sale:
    Valuable Properties and Invaluable (Free) Advice     by Brewster Hudspeth 12-6-07
    		• Photos courtesy David E. Spencer & Barclay Gibson
  • The Grove Coryell Co 12-6-07

     Photo courtesy Mike Price
  • Champion Nolan Co 12-28-07

    Photos courtesy Megan Harris
  • Lime City Coryell Co
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    		Photos courtesy Vitaly Altoiz
  • Old D'Hanis & Cemetery Medina Co 12-14-07


    Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson
  • Baby Head Llano Co 12-23-07
  • Bakersfield Pecos Co 12-23-07
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    		Photo courtesy William Perez & Stephen Taylor
  • Whiteland McCulloch Co 12-27-07


  • Acme Hardeman Co 12-12-07 No photos
  • Goforth Hays Co 11-30-07 No Photos
    		• Photos courtesy Mike Price, Lexie Nichols & Jordan Gibson
  • Fort Phantom Hill Jones Co

    Photos courtesy Tom Jones
  • Wildorado Oldham Co
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    		Photos courtesy Tom Hosier
  • Lajitas Brewster C

    Photos courtesy Heather Treadwell
  • Fort McKavett Menard Co
    		•
  • Texas Ghost Towns by Night: The Nocturnal Photography of Noel Kerns

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  • Englewood 12-16-07
    Kansas Ghost Town
    Photos courtesy Stephen Michaels
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    		PEOPLE
  • Luke Short, The Undertakers' Friend by Maggie Van Ostrand 12-20-07
    "Luke Short had become part owner of the failing White Elephant Saloon in Ft. Worth... Little did they know of the event that would put their saloon on the map..."
    		• COLUMNS
  • Hog Drives of Frio Canyon Texas - Part I: “Git Along Little Piggy”
    Late 1890’s - Early 1900’s     by Linda-Kirkpatrick 12-8-07
    Like the cattle drives of old but just not as classy or as romantic or as written about were the hog drives of the Frio Canyon.
    		• TRIPS
  • Cadillac Ranch 12-15-07
    Text and photos by M.M. Harris
  • Tom Jones at the Cadillac Ranch Photo Essay 12-15-07
  • Dam Fun by Rob Hafernik
    Dams: Tom Miller Dam, Mansfield Dam, Max Starke Dam, Wirtz Dam, Inks Dam and Buchanan Dam
    Lakes: Lake Austin, Lake Travis, Lake Marble Falls, Lake LBJ, Inks lake, and Lake Buchanan
  • Delightful Detour by Billy B. Smith
    "The sixteen-mile delightful detour reminds me that there once was another America, a wistful place full of pleasant and pensive scenery..."
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    		LAKES
  • Lake Wright Patman 12-7-07
    Photos courtesy Sarah Reveley
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    		WWII
  • Avenger Field 12-14-07
    Training facility for the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs)
    Photos courtesy Mike Price
  • Camp Howze
    WWII POW Camp and Infantry Training
    Photos courtesy Sarah Reveley & Mike Price
  • Camp Barkeley
    Photos courtesy Mike Price
  • Pyote Air Force Station, aka "Rattlesnake Bomber Base"
    Photos courtesy Lexie Nichols and Jordan Gibson. Vintage images courtesy Mel Brown
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    		RAILROADS
  • Plano's Texas Electric Railway 12-22-07
    Photos courtesy Mike Price
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  • The Fredericksburg & Northern Railroad by C. F. Eckhardt
    Tunnel and marker photos courtesy Sarah Reveley and Terry Jeanson
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    		ANIMALS
  • Coastal Birds of Texas by Ken Rudine 12-18-07
    A Photo Essay
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    TEXAS ARCHITECTURE • IMAGES > Over 12,000 Images
    		STATUES
  • Eagle Eyes of Texas - Series One
    Photo Essay 12-5-07
    Mike Price and TE Photos
  • Eagle Eyes of Texas - Series Two
    Photo Essay 12-8-07
    Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson, Mike Price, Bill Sontag & Brian Garner
    		• IMAGES Special Subject
  • Rust in Pieces 12-19-07
     Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson, Stephen Michaels, Jeff Jenson, Sarah Reveley and Raoul Hashimoto
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    		SIGNS
  • Silly Signage 12-22-07
    Sarah Reveley & TE photos
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    		VINTAGE PHOTOS
  • Carbon 12-13-07
     Photos courtesy Webb Jordan
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    		BRIDGES
  • Gallery of Forgotten Texas Bridges: Series Two 12-9-07
    The Beauchamp Collection -
    Ten bridge postcards circa 1910
    		•
  • Gallery of Forgotten Texas Bridges: Series One
    The Will Beauchamp Collection
    		• THEATRES
  • Billy B. Smith Theater Photo Collection; Series Ten
    Photo Essay     12-10-07
    Ten Texas Theaters
  • Dallas Theaters 12-10-07
  • Fort Worth Theaters 12-10-07
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    		Special Subject
  • Victorian Secrets Photo essay 12-10-07
    Painted Ladies, Gingerbread and Carpenter Gothic in Texas.
    Mike Price and TE Photos
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    		PRESERVATION
  • Zedler's Mills
    Photos Courtesy Justin Parson, Sarah Reveley, Barclay Gibson & CW Wang
    		•
  • Elissa: A Girl of Many Ports.
    Texas’ "Official" Tall Ship
    by Luke Warm
    Photos courtesy Ken Rudine
    		• JAILS
    Photos Courtesy Terry Jeanson:
  • Old Ellis County Jail 12-7-07
  • Bowie County Courthouse & Jail 12-9-07
  • King County Jail 12-16-07
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    		COURTHOUSES

  • DeWitt County Courthouse Photos Terry Jeanson
  • DeWitt County Courthouse: Clockwork, Bell & Architectural Details Photo Essay TE Photos
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    		COURTHOUSES
    Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson
  • Travis County Courthouse 12-29-07
  • Tyler County Courthouse 12-18-07
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  • Sabine County Courthouse 12-11-07
  • Orange County Courthouse 12-12-07
  • King County Courthouse 12-16-07
    		•
    		Photos Courtesy Terry Jeanson, Barclay Gibson & Tom Jones
  • Carson County Courthouse 12-30-07
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    		THEN AND NOW
  • Glenrio Texas Longhorn Cafe Photos courtesy Bob Worley 12-5-07
  • D'Hanis San Antony's School 12-14-07
  • Amarillo - Polk Street 12-15-07
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    COLUMNS
    TEXAS HISTORICAL • REGIONAL • TOPICAL COLUMNS
    Archie P. McDonald "All Things Historical" Syndicated in 70 newspapers
  • New Year’ Day 12-24-07
  • Walter Paye Lane 12-10-07
    • Bob Bowman "All Things Historical" Syndicated in 70 newspapers
  • Rudolph the red-nosed pumping unit 12-17-07
  • A unique town story 12-3-07
    		•
    Murray Montgomery "Lone Star Diary" Syndicated in 5 newspapers
  • Mystery Creatures 12-24-07
    		•
    W. T. Block Jr. "Cannonball's Tales"
  • Napoleon Bonaparte Wiess: Steamboat Captain and Confederate Soldier 11-23-07
    		•
    C. F. Eckhardt "Charley Eckhardt's Texas "
  • Panoramic Drawings 12-1-07
    • Mike Cox "Texas Tales" Syndicated in 11 newspapers
  • Buggies 12-26-07
  • Oil Patch Memories 12-22-07
  • More News of the Odd 12-13-07
  • Santa Robber 12-6-07
    • Delbert Trew "It's All Trew" Amarillo Globe News
  • Standardized wheel widths kept you in a rut 12-26-07
  • Pop.: 150, minimum 12-18-07
  • It's a wonder the Panhandle was ever settled 12-11-07
  • Patience a valuable lesson 12-4-07
    		•
    Clay Coppedge "Letters from Central Texas"
  • Sanctified Sisters 11-7-07
    		•
    Bill Cherry "Bill Cherry's Galveston Memories"
  • Slick the Shoeshine Man, Sam Maceo and Christmas Eve 1949 12-21-07
    		•
    Linda-Kirkpatrick "Somewhere in the West"
  • Hog Drives of Frio Canyon Texas - Part I: “Git Along Little Piggy” Late 1890’s - Early 1900’s 12-8-07
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    Dorothy Hamm "Words and Music"
    HUMOR • OPINION COLUMNS
    Maggie Van Ostrand "A Balloon in Cactus" National Syndicated Columnist
  • A Blue Christmas 12-13-07
  • The Christmas Flower 12-3-07
    		•
    Peary Perry "Letters From North America" Syndicated in 80 newspapers
  • How was your Christmas 12-27-07
  • Rejection at Yuletide 12-19-07
  • The Homeless 12-12-07
  • Healthcare 12-5-07
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    Elizabeth Bussey Sowdal "The Girl Detective's Theory of Everything"
  • Money Can’t Buy Me Love 12-16-07
  • Lunching 12-1-07
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    Gael Montana "The View from Under the Bus"
  • Merry, Merry Everything 12-2-07
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    TEXAS MEMOIRS
    George Lester Spunky Flat and Beyond
  • The Salesmen ... and Jim Reeves 10-1-07
    		•
    N. Ray Maxie "Rambling Ray" Ark-La-Tex
  • Holly Isn’t Just For Christmas Anymore 12-1-07
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    TEXAS CARTOONS • EDITOR • GUESTS
    Roger T. Moore
  • 12-4-07 | 12-11-07 | 12-18-07 | 12-28-07 |
    		•
    Editor & Guest Columnists "They shoe horses, don't they?"
  • Heartbeat of a Small Town by Alicia Lohberger 12-16-07
  • A Few Degrees of Separation from John F. Kennedy's Death by Robert G. Cowser 12-1-07
  • Desperately Seeking Permission: A Coryell County Adventure by Megan Harris 11-24-07
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