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Go where few have gone before: |
| Ignoring
Warning Signs by Barclay Gibson 10-1-10
Searching
for the “Buried Here”1936 Texas Centennial marker
“Warren Wagon Train Massacre”
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| Searching
for the Pulaski Historical Marker
by Barclay Gibson 9-6-10
Where to start describing how I visited the five foot
tall granite 1936 Panola County Centennial Historical Marker for the defunct town
site of Pulaski, former seat of Panola County? |
Finding
the Polancio Grave Marker
by Barclay Gibson
Back
in the 1870s a stage was attacked by Indians and a man, Jose Maria Palacios, was
killed. He was buried right where he fell, at the base of the Peak and a crude
rock slab had the information scratched on it...
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Prada
Marfa by Luke
Warm
West Texas gets a Long-overdue Infusion of Whimsey by German-based
Artists
Photos Courtesy Lizette Kapre, Ballroom Marfa, &
the Art Production Fund | |
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The
Roads of Upshur County
by Bob Bowman
Most East Texas counties name their county roads with numbers
or the names of people. But not Upshur County. Years ago county officials came
up with the unique idea of naming one precinct of the county’s roads for animals,
another for flowers, still another for trees and the fourth precinct for birds....
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Highland
Lakes and Dams 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
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Last
Remaining International Boundary for The Republic of Texas
by Gerald
Massey 2-21-09
Texas'
shortest highway - SH 165 that runs through the State
Cemetery in AustinOut-of-the-way
places by Bob Bowman
A friend once told me his greatest pleasure
was driving around East Texas and looking for oddball places seldom found in tourism
brochures...
Road Log 1922 by Mike
Cox
A daily log kept by James A. Correll in the late spring and summer
of 1922 shows it's a little easier to get across Texas than it used to be... Dead
Man's Hole
by Mike Cox "Texas Tales''
The expression "he just dropped out of
sight" had both figurative and literal meaning in Burnet County during and after
the Civil War. Common belief held that folks who disappeared in that area often
ended up at the bottom of a 150-plus-deep foot limestone fissure south of Marble
Falls aptly named "Dead Man's Hole." East
Texas' Burning House by Bob Bowman
Motorists
traveling along U.S. Highway 59 in Polk County are often startled to see what
appears to be flames pouring from the windows of old sawmill house...Nameless
Cave by Mike Cox
"It
figures that the cave in this story – one of an estimated 6,000 caverns in the
limestone region of the state – doesn’t have a name. After all, it’s in the vicinity
of Nameless, Texas...."The
McDow Hole by Bob Hopkins
"The story of the McDow ghost became
very popular by the end of the 19th century ... many people would come to the
water hole hoping to get a glimpse of the specter."TUMBLEWEEDS'
TALES
Ghost Towns and Town Ghosts by Stephen Osmon
“When you get there you’ll know. Then you will have to decide, will
you stop or will you pass by? It could change your life forever; but you gotta
make the first move....” |
Midday
at the Oasis by
Johnny Stucco
Photos by Erik Whetstone
"Having never
pumped a pint, let alone a gallon of gasoline, this station-that-never-was has
become our symbol for a particular period in Texas history." |
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Taken
on the Road by Charles Kuralt by James Feagin
Early 1986, my parents had returned from their weekly rounds to the
local bookstore in Columbia, Maryland. Sifting through their variety of books,
I came across a title that would change my young life, “On the Road with Charles
Kuralt.”...
A
Unique Landmark by Bob Bowman
A granite shaft set into the ground
on April 23, 1841, marks the only international boundary existing within the continental
United States.
Farm Road 31 between Deadwood, Texas, and Logansport, LouisianaThe
Ark-La-Tex by N. Ray Maxie
The Ark-La-Tex includes Three Corners,
the place where three state lines meet, and portions of Arkansas, Louisiana and
Texas. Many ... have done the "spread eagle" there, especially area high school
kids. Reportedly there are hordes of people that have traveled many miles to do
just that.
Loop
168, the shortest highway in TexasLos
Ebanos and the last hand-operated ferry on the Rio GrandeLover's
Leaps by Mike Cox
Texas' four landmarks known as Lover's Leaps
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Texas
War Casualties by John Troesser
Delhi, Smithville and Praha. Stone
markers and chapels quietly reveal where America gets its soldiers. Stuff
To Do in Small Towns by Maggie Van Ostrand
Route
66 in Texas - The towns found along Texas 66 and their museums, ghost towns,
relics, markers and monuments. The
Crash at Crush by Luke Warm
The field that once was Crush, Texas
is now occupied by cows, but a recently replaced historical marker south of West,
Texas tells the story of one of the most bizarre publicity stunts of all time.
The
Painted Churches Tour - The painted churches of Fayette CountyLost
Towns of the Pecos - Arno, Orla, Portersville and Verhalen "The
Eight Corners of Texas: A Guide to Visiting Some of Texas' Least Frequented and
Known-about Areas - The Exact Corners" by Paul McBurnett
The
Texas State Railroad and Texas Forest Trail by John Troesser
Canoeists
Take On Pristine Texas River by Sandra Billingsley
Article
originally published on July 15, 2001 in the San Angelo Standard-Times. Photographs
courtesy of Sandra R. Billingsley and Robert A. Phillips.A
Flatboat Named Enchilada - Crossing the Rio Grande at BoquillasWoman
Hollering CreekThe
Oasis Gas StationThe
Iron Road Sorority: Penelope, May, Pearl, and Venus Ghost
Towns 101 or How to Survive a Ghost Town Visit Ten
Counties You're Not Likely to Visit
But you'll miss the Ruffini Courthouse and the pictographs. |
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