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  • Step back in time at Gonzales' Pioneer Village by Murray Montgomery 1-13-12
    I’ve often been surprised at the number of folks living in Texas who have never paid a visit to a historic treasure located in Gonzales County...
  • Baytown
    Post Office Mural
  • Baytown's Post Office Mural by Wanda Orton 1-12-12
    For too many years, this BIB (Born in Baytown) didn't know what her hometown had in a certain familiar work of art...
  • Crockett county
    Courthouses
  • Crockett County Courthouse Restored - Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson 12-3-11
  • Cooke County Courthouse Restored - New photos courtesy Terry Jeanson 11-20-11
  • Howard county Courthouse Photos courtesy Doyle Phillips, Terry Jeanson, & Gary Dunnam
  • Harris county courthouse
  • Winkler County Courthouse Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson & Barclay Gibson 10-7-11
  • Hudspeth County Courthouse Texas' only adobe courthouse Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 10-3-11
  • Harris County Courthouse - Restored by Terry Jeanson 9-28-11
  • Shackelford County Courthouse by Terry Jeanson 9-16-11
  • San Augustine County Courthouse by Terry Jeanson 10-1-11
  • Brazos
    Bridges
  • Waller/Austin County Line - Brazos River Railroad Bridge Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 11-18-11
  • Twin Wells Dalls Co Photos courtesy David Cole 11-22-11
  • Twin Wells
    Odds and Ends
  • The Old Bugle in Fort Stockton by Mike Cox 11-23-11
    Someone made a startling find: A battered but still useable military bugle. The instrument was found stashed beneath the flooring of the old residence. Adding to the mystery is that it was discovered in an officer’s residence. Being a bugler was an enlisted man’s job...
  • Storm Cellars by Bob Bowman 11-6-11
    "If you drive across northern Texas, particularly in the counties south of Oklahoma, you’ll likely find storm cellars in dozens of small communities...."
  • Ghost light
    Ghost
  • Ghost Road Light Caught on Game Camera by Jim Adams, Jr. 10-4-11
    Famous Tree
  • Flora’s Tree by Mike Cox 9-29-11
    The giant pecan in Fort Davis planted in 1873.
  • Fort Lincoln
    Fort
  • Fort Lincoln Medina Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 9-2-11
    WPA Murals
  • Dallas Terminal Annex Building WPA Murals Photos courtesy Marilyn Tomalavage 8-22-11
  • Chupacabras
  • Blood Sucking Chupacabras, Mutants, and Mangy Coyotes- Oh My! by Dana Goolsby 9-30-11
    The mythical blood-sucking beast from Mexico known as the chupacabra has been roaming the Pineywoods since 2004. Some say the hideous vampire beast is nothing more than a mangy coyote. Others think the beast is a mutant result from the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia crash that slung debris across East Texas...
  • Uncertain
    Town/Lake/Wildlife
  • Uncertain Harrison County Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 8-10-11
    And Caddo Lake Wildlife
    Unexpected
  • Davy Crockett's Fiddle by Mike Cox 8-11-11
    "While Crockett did not survive the battle, his fiddle apparently did..."
  • Capitol Dome
    Austin
  • The State Capitol Dome Mike Cox 7-21-11
    Land Commissioner W.C. Walsh had been watching the construction of the new Capitol since the first shovel of dirt was tossed on Feb. 1, 1882... Now, with construction about to begin on the dome, Walsh grew increasingly uneasy...

    Courthouse
  • Cottle County Courthouse by Terry Jeanson 8-13-11
    Texas Historic Landmark
  • story
    Fayette County Burnam’s Ferry Centennial Marker:
  • The Story by H.H. Howze The Fayette County Record 7-20-11
  • Update - Burnham's Ferry Marker In-Waiting TE Photos 7-20-11
    Historic Tree
  • Bandera Tragedy Tree 7-2-11
  • Fort Concho
    Fort
  • Fort Concho by Barclay Gibson 7-18-11
    Bridges
  • Ballinger, Texas Bridges & Crossings by Barclay Gibson 7-20-11
  • Ballinger bridges
    Globe
    Odessa, Texas
  • Globe Theatre, Odessa by Colonel Hawkeye 7-6-11
    Palestine, Texas
  • The Texas Theatre by Dana Goolsby 6-4-11
    After nearly a century of tragedy and neglect, the Texas Theatre, crown jewel of Palestine, has been salvaged and reborn.

  • Texas Theatre
    Lake
  • Caddo Lake by Bob Bowman 5-22-11
    East Texas has some of the most beautiful lakes in Texas. If anyone ever asks me to pick the lake I like most, Caddo Lake would be high on my list, largely because its mystical nature is captivating.
  • Odds and Ends
  • A well-used phone book by Bob Bowman 5-15-11
    I’ve received a telephone book adorned with telephone numbers from the 1980’s scribbled all over the cover, the back, and dozens of inside pages. It came from Joel Towers of Lufkin with a note that it was his mother’s telephone book from Jasper. The full-color cover alone is worth a story.
  • Turtle
    Wildlife
  • Ornate Box Turtle by Bonnie Wroblewski 5-12-11
    Determinedly plodding across grazed pastures, open woodlands, prairies, and sandy-soiled lowlands across Texas, ornate box turtles are so named for the distinctive yellowish lines radiating across the dark brownish to black background of their carapaces...
  • Cave Creek School
    Schoolhouse
  • Cave Creek School On National Register of Historic Places
    Photos courtesy William Beauchamp 5-8-11
    Odessa, Texas
  • Jackrabbit 5-9-11
    Photos courtesy Charlene Beatty Beauchamp
  • Poor Farm
    Poor Farm
  • The Anderson County Poor Farm by Dana Goolsby 5-1-11
    How nineteenth and twentieth century America responded to the needs of its indigents for almost 100 years.
  • Oak
    Historic Tree
  • The Live Oak County Charter Oak Photos courtesy William Beauchamp 4-13-11
    Courthouse
  • Van Zandt County Courthouse by Terry Jeanson 4-7-11
  • Owl
    Texas Wildlife
  • Barred Owl by Bonnie Wroblewski 4-6-11
    Commonly known as the eight hooter or rain, hoot, striped, or wood owl...
  • Sandhill Crane by Bonnie Wroblewski 2-22-11
    The migratory flock of sandhills stock the largest concentration of cranes on the planet!
  • Crane
    Centennial markers
    Texas Centennial
  • Texas Centennial Celebration - The 1936 Texas Centennial Markers by Barclay Gibson 3-1-11
    In 1936, Texas celebrated the one-hundredth anniversary of its independence from Mexico. It really was some celebration.
  • Oak Grove story
    Historic Cemeteries
  • A Story of Two Veterans: They Didn't Take the War Personally by Mike Cox 2-17-11
    Nacogdoches’ Oak Grove Cemetery is one of the oldest and most historical graveyards in Texas, but one of its better stories has hardly been told.
  • Oak Grove Cemetery Photos courtesy Dana Goolsby 2-17-11
  • Olivewood Visit
  • A Visit to Olivewood Cemetery
  • Gravesites of Houston’s Olivewood Cemetery TE photos 2-14-11
  • Olivewood graves
    Capitol
    Austin
  • Texas State Capitol TE photos, Vintage photos TSLA 2-7-11
    Odds and Ends
  • Necessity bred Western dress by Delbert Trew 2-15-11
    In 1872, a Reno, Nev., tailor wrote Levi Strauss that he had been adding copper rivets to standard issue Levis to add strength to the most stressed seam corners...
  • Comanche
    Courthouses & Jails
    Photos Terry Jeanson
  • Comanche County Courthouses by Margaret Waring 2-2-11
  • Old Cora by Lou Ann Herda 2-2-11
  • Cora
  • Palo Pinto County Courthouse Photos Terry Jeanson & Mike Lewis 2-2-11
  • Palo Pinto County Jail Photos Terry Jeanson, Barclay Gibson & Mike Lewis 2-2-11
    Odds and Ends
  • Old West boots, vests have well-ridden history by Delbert Trew 2-2-11
  • Bigfoot
    Bigfoot
  • East Texas Woolly Booger – Creature Seekers Beware by Dana Goolsby 2-1-11
    East Texas is home to many creatures of the night that humans fear, and occasionally claim to encounter. East Texas has given way to Bigfoot sightings, alien encounters, and close calls with blood–sucking creatures.
  • neglected
    Centennial
  • Our Neglected 1936 Texas Centennial by Sarah Reveley 1-28-11
  • School
    Waneta
    Schoolhouses
  • Concord Rosenwald School by Maryanne Gobble 2-1-11
  • Waneta Schoolhouse by Dana Goolsby 1-16-11
  • Hovey Schoolhouse Photos Gerald Massey 1-1-11
  • Shiloh School by Maryanne Gobble 12-9-10
  • Hovey
    Shiloh School
    State Park
  • Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site Photos Barclay Gibson 1-12-11
    Nacogdoches
  • The Old Stone Fort by Archie P. McDonald Photos Dana Goolsby 1-12-11
  • Anson Jones Home
  • Longhorn: Texas' first industry by Delbert Trew 1-17-11
    Wildlife
  • Pocket Gopher by Bonnie Wroblewski 1-16-11
    Odds and Ends
  • A Piece of Texas’ Past by Mike Cox 1-6-11
    If you’re interested in history, and like getting out and about, you’ve probably stooped to pick up a piece of Texas’ past at some point in your life...
    Courthouse
  • Caldwell County Courthouse Photos Terry Jeanson 1-4-11
  • Marable/Cockrum
    Old Photos
  • Wharton County Old Photos 1-5-11
  • Marable/Cockrum Families Collection 10-8-10
  • Post Old Photos 10-7-10
  • Gray Mule Old Photos 9-15-10
  • Goodnight Old Photos 9-21-10
  • Wharton
    Extinction
    Cabin
  • Badillo's Cabin - History On The Brink Of Extinction by Dana Goolsby 1-1-11
  • Museum
  • Lockhart's Southwest Museum of Clocks and Watches by Jeffery Robenalt 1-1-11
  • Clock museum
  • Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisma Conception Nacogdoches Co Photos Barclay Gibson 1-1-11
  • Grable Cemetery Gregg Co Photos Maryanne Gobble 1-1-11
  • Chapel in Longview
    Church
  • Longview's Harmon General Hospital Chapel Photos courtesy Maryanne Gobble 12-22-10
  • Bridge
  • Historic Mueller Bridge by Shirley Grammer 12-10-10 Photos Barclay Gibson & Shirley Grammer
  • Mueller Bridge

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