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| 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... |
Odds
and EndsThe
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...." |
| ChupacabrasBlood
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... |
| Town/Lake/WildlifeUncertain
Harrison County Photos courtesy Gerald Massey 8-10-11
And
Caddo Lake Wildlife
UnexpectedDavy
Crockett's Fiddle by Mike Cox 8-11-11
"While
Crockett did not survive the battle, his fiddle apparently did..." |
| AustinThe
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...
CourthouseCottle
County Courthouse by Terry Jeanson
8-13-11
Texas
Historic Landmark |
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Odessa, TexasGlobe
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.
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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 EndsA
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. |
| WildlifeOrnate
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... |
| 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 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. |
|
Texas WildlifeBarred
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! | |
| Austin
Texas
State Capitol TE photos, Vintage photos TSLA 2-7-11
Odds
and EndsNecessity
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... |
| 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. |
| Texas
Escapes, in its purpose to preserve historic, endangered and vanishing
Texas, asks that anyone wishing to share their local history and vintage/historic
photos of their town, please contact
us. | |
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