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Texas Travel • Texas History
January 2007 Issue
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STATUES

Plutoed in El Paso!

Or
The World's Largest Blue Horse as White Elephant

by Brewster Hudspeth 1-8-07
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson

PEOPLE

Raoul Josset(1899-1957) 1-1-07
"They Might be Giants - then again, they might be the work of Raoul Josset. The Franco-American sculptor who made larger-than-life Texas Statues..."

PRESERVATION

The Worthington National Bank 1-3-07
Fort Worth's Burk Burnett Building
Photos courtesy Brian J. Hutson & Hutson Creative Group, Inc

TEXAS TOWNS - Search 1533 Texas Towns >

TE Photos

Moulton | Old Moulton 1-10-07

Witting 1-10-07

Richmond 1-22-07

Photo courtesy Sam Fenstermacher

Tolar 1-22-07

Photo courtesy John William Bobbitt

Britton 1-13-07

Waelder

Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson:

Fredonia 1-26-07

Melvin 1-22-07

Waelder 1-1-07

Blessing 1-1-07

Waring 1-1-07

Avoca 1-5-07

Arp 1-4-07

Cego 1-6-07

Charlotte 1-6-07

Christine 1-6-07

Mineral 1-6-07

De Leon 1-3-07

Altair 1-22-07

Tanglewood 1-22-07

McCamey 1-22-07

Freyburg 1-22-07

Photos courtesy Joe Williams

Oakalla 1-3-07

Photos courtesy Ernie & David J Wymer

Valley Mills 1-29-07

Cranfill's Gap 1-29-07

Allen | Duncanville | Early | La Feria | No Photos 1-29-07

Burke No Photos 1-9-07

Shannon No Photos 1-10-07

HOTELS > Traveling Texas? Book Your Hotel Here & Save

TEXAS GHOST TOWNS - Search 404 Ghost Towns >

Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson

Indianola 1-1-07

Direct No Photos 1-22-07

Zack No Photos 1-22-07

TEXAS FEATURES • TEXAS TRIPS

PEOPLE

Lucius Seneca Hine, M.D. 1-1-07
A Yankee Doctor in Oakalla, Texas after the Civil War

FOOD

The Great Blackeyed Pea Hoax by C. F. Eckhardt 1-1-07
Did you eat blackeyed peas for good luck on New Year's Day? Did you do so because it's a 'great ante-bellum Southern tradition?' If so, congratulations. You have been scammed by one of the most likeable con-artists in Texas history..

HISTORY

Verhalen, Texas by M. A. ( Al ) Cate 1-11-07

New Braunfels, TX: Pearl of the Comal-Guadalupe Valley
by W. T. Block Jr. 1-1-07

TEXAS ARCHITECTURE • IMAGES > Over 11,000 Images

VINTAGE PHOTOS

Manor, Texas c.1920s 1-10-07

Childress and Vernon Family Photos c. 1914 1-4-07
Courtesy Margie Foster

COURTHOUSES

Sutton County Courthouse 1-27-07
Photos courtesy Barlcay Gibson

PRESERVATION

Bexar County's Old Rock House Endangered by the Trans Texas Corridor by Analiese Kunert 1-5-07

WATER TOWERS

The Art of Water Tower Maintenance by Johnny Stucco 1-1-07

THEATERS

Stately Memories by Billy B. Smith 1-1-07
"Memory is a curious thing. I recall vividly some of the movies I saw there in the 1950s, but the appearance of the theater itself is vague in my mind. The old State Theater in Winnsboro, Texas, was one of my favorite haunts for several summer weeks when I was growing up..."

I was A Teenage Projectionist 1-10-07
Littlefield, Texas to Hollywood, USA
An Interview with Ned Fairbain

Brownfield Texas Theaters 1-12-07
The Rialto, Rio, Regal and the Rustic
Photos courtesy Don Lewis and Wes Reeves

CHURCHES

Galveston Historic Churches
Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 1-6-07

BRIDGES

Hays Street Bridge, San Antonio

Berg's Mill Bridge, Bexar County Photos courtesy Vitaly Altoiz 1-12-07

Williamson County CR366 Bridge Photo courtesy Genevieve B. Shockley 1-22-07

Peacock Texas - Brazos River Bridge Photo courtesy William Holmes 1-25-07

Clifton Whipple Truss Bridge 1-26-07
Photo courtesy Ernie Wymer

COLUMNS

HISTORICAL • REGIONAL • TOPICAL COLUMNS

Archie P. McDonald "All Things Historical" Syndicated in 70 newspapers
• The Big Thicket Light 1-29-07
• Built it and they will ride it 1-22-07
• He Done Her Wrong: The Sad Case of Mrs. Harriet Moore Page Potter Ames 1-2-07

Bob Bowman "All Things Historical" Syndicated in 70 newspapers
• The Love Boys 1-22-07
• The Smith Brothers 1-8-07

Murray Montgomery "Lone Star Diary" Syndicated in 5 newspapers
• Yoakum's Soda-Pop War 1-24-07

W. T. Block Jr. "Cannonball's Tales"
• New Braunfels, TX: Pearl of the Comal-Guadalupe Valley 1-1-07

C. F. Eckhardt "Charley Eckhardt's Texas "
• Temple Lea Houston 1-22-07
• Mr. Acton's Story - Swamp Gas? 1-1-07

Mike Cox "Texas Tales" Syndicated in 10 newspapers
• Priddy Good Sandwiches 1-26-07
• Baskin-McGregor Act 1-23-07
• 1907 1-4-07
• Cotton Picking 1-11-07

Delbert Trew "It's All Trew" Amarillo Globe News
• My, how record keeping has changed 1-1-07

Clay Coppedge "Letters from Central Texas"
• Historic Joe Lee 1-22-07
• Zipperlandville, and Other Places 1-3-07

Dorothy Hamm "Words and Music"
• Hoyt Axton: Artist Unclassified 12-9-06

HUMOR • OPINION COLUMNS

Maggie Van Ostrand "A Balloon in Cactus" National Syndicated Columnist
• The Corn is as High as an Elephant's Eye 1-29-07
• Bionic Woman or Jack Bauer 1-23-07
• Guilt 1-8-07