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September
2010 Issue
For people who like this sort of thing
This is the sort of thing they
like. |
| Vintage
Photos: Faded Photographs
by Mike Cox
"The
people in these images could be your ancestors. Or mine. One thing is sure: They
are long dead, and so, too, is anyone who could identify them." |
| Column:
The
Famous Portrait of the Little Girl Named Judy by Bill Cherry
During
the war years, Edolia (Ed) Rees and her daughter, Joyce Crainer, drove into downtown
Houston for Miss Joyce’s appointment with the doctor. His office was there on
Main Street above a very famous portrait photographer’s studio... |
| Animals:
CaraCara Means
More Than FaceFace by Maggie Van Ostrand
It
seems the Caracaras must have expensive lobbyists representing them in Washington
DC. The United States Migratory Bird Treaty Act protects Crested Caracaras as
an endangered species, even though these big birds only visit Arizona, Florida,
and Texas... However, in Mexico, where Caracaras have the exalted title of National
Bird, humans sometimes eat them. Go figure." |
| Vignette:
McClellan’s Kindness
From The Century Magazine 1887
Reference is frequently made to the peculiar personal attachment which General
McClellan’s troops had for him. The following incident may be worthy of record
as illustrating one of the causes of this attachment... |
| | Town:
Rio Grande City
Starr Co TE photosTown:
Piney
Titus Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 9-29-10Town:
Avery Red
River Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 9-27-10Town:
TravisFalls Co Photos
courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-26-10 Town:
Linden
Cass Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-24-10 |
Column:
"Bet You Didn’t
Know" - 9-24-2010 by Peary Perry 9-24-10
15 Minutes of Separation: Nancy
was robbed at GUN POINT in LODON! 9-24-10
We
received an interesting letter today. Actually, we had heard a radio talk-show
host describe the letter several weeks ago and admit to “almost” sending $1000
dollars to the sender...Column:
Texas Expressions by
Mike Cox 9-23-10
For
years, I have collected Texas expressions like some people do postage stamps.
Herewith, in no particular order, a sampling. |
Town:
Shadowland
Red River Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 9-22-10
Vignette:
Sweet Pea TE photo
9-22-10 Column:
Home Movies by Ken Rudine
9-22-10Ranching:
Digging
post holes by hand was hard work by Delbert Trew 9-21-10
Among
the hundreds of jobs associated with farming and ranching, digging postholes by
hand is by far my least favorite... Town:
Bagwell
Red River Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 9-20-10 |
Column:
Reading the papers by Bob Bowman
9-19-10
Once
a week, I sit on my couch at home and read the weekly newspapers sent to me by
the folks who are kind enough to carry this column. By the time I’m through, I
have learned a lot more about East Texas than I knew last week. Here are some
examples... |
Town:
Hoover
Lamar Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 9-17-10Town:
West New Hope
Titus Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 9-16-10Austin:
Austin as
Texas’ Capital by Mike Cox 9-16-10
All
elections are important in a democracy, but early-day Austinites went through
two elections that could have turned their city into a ghost town. At stake was
whether Austin would remain Texas’ capital... |
Column:
Remembering Old Tascosa
by Delbert Trew 9-14-10
From
the files of The Tascosa Pioneer, published from June 1886 through 1888, we found
the following tidbits of information telling of everyday life in the Panhandle
at that time. (In Trew fashion of course.)Town:
Tam Anne
Castro Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-13-10 Town:
View Taylor Co Photos
courtesy Gerald Massey & Mike Price 9-13-10 |
| Town:
Leon Springs
Bexar Co Photos courtesy Sarah Reveley & Ken Bates 9-12-10Column:
Memories of growing up by
Bob Bowman 9-12-10
Before
she passed away, Opal Young sat down with a pencil and a tablet and left for her
family the recollections of growing up in rural East Texas... |
People:
LBJ and Sad Irons by Clay
Coppedge 9-10-10
"Running
on the promise to use electricity from dams being built in the Hill Country to
bring electricity to that region, Johnson defeated nine other candidates in a
hotly contested primary." |
Column:
"Bet You Didn’t
Know" - 9-10-2010 by Peary Perry 9-10-10Column:
The Hat Story by Mike Cox
9-9-10
When
Mrs. Jane Greenwood set out to write her autobiography in 1965, she knew she had
to tell the hat story. Town:
Annona Red River
Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 9-9-10Town:
Boxelder Red
River Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 9-9-10 |
Cartoon:
Cotton Pickin' by Roger T.
Moore 9-8-10 Town:
Amherst
Lamar Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 9-8-10Town:
Tigertown
Lamar Co Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 9-7-10Column:
'The Farmers'
Almanac' a good guide for life by Delbert Trew 9-7-10
"Whether
planting crops, working livestock, planning farm work, going fishing or even going
to the doctor, out came the almanac for study." |
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