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Texas
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JANUARY
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2012 IssueLatest
entry: February 10, 2012
Texas Travel • Texas History
- Online since July 1998
"I
will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver." - Shakespeare, Othello. |
The
Carnegie Libraries
by Bob Bowman 2-10-12
When
Tyler’s historic Carnegie Library building celebrated its anniversary, the event
reminded East Texans of the legacy Andrew Carnegie left before his death in 1919.Lizzie
Hay and the Demise of the Lone Highwayman
by Mike Cox 2-9-12
Sometimes,
no matter how good the story, a compelling tale gets forgotten. That’s sure the
case with the Texas outlaw known in his day as “the lone highwayman.”
Super Bowl for Women
Maggie Van Ostrand 2-9-12
No
matter what they say, men do not want women in sports... Women know this. Women
do not care. Women will do it all anyway... |
| History
The
Battle of the Alamo by Jeffery Robenalt 1-27-12
After the defeat
of General Cos at the siege of San Antonio, Texans thought their independence
was won. They failed to understand that General Santa Anna was enraged over the
disturbances at Anahuac and Cos's surrender. The dictator would never rest until
his soldiers either killed every Anglo-American and Tejano rebel who openly defied
his rule or drove them across the Sabine River and out of Texas for good. |
Columns
Robin
Hood of the Tonkawa
by C. F. Eckhardt
1-27-12
The
original teller of this story, John C. Jacobs, told it in Pioneer magazine
in the teens of the last century...Desdemona
by Clay Coppedge 1-27-12
"Of
all the nastiness that might be found in Texas oil boom towns during the era of
discovery in the early 20th Century, Desdemona was reported to be the nastiest."Learning
news lingo as 2nd language
by Wanda Orton 1-27-12 |
Columns
Thunder
In January Pineywoods Weatherlore by Dana Goolsby 1-27-12
Thunder
in January means more than rumbling in the sky to many East Texans. For many,
many years East Texans have been predicting the weather by trying to make heads
or tails of signs from Mother Nature. Booker,
Texas by Mike Cox 1-26-12
The Lipscomb County town of Booker actually started out as
LaKemp, OK ...Wolf
Brand Chili Cartoon by Roger T. Moore 1-26-12Famed
builder's life became caricature by Delbert Trew 1-24-12
Stephen
Wallace Dorsey, the famed builder and owner of the historically acclaimed Dorsey
Mansion at Mountain Spring, N.M., led a glamorous, honest and successful career
until he entered the political arena in 1872. From that moment on his life was
plagued with fraud, conspiracies, shenanigans, thefts and lawsuits.Rusk’s
Capitol Role by Bob Bowman 1-23-12
Over
one hundred and thirty years ago Texans celebrated the completion of the Texas
Capitol in Austin. But, as in past observances, there will be little acknowledgment
of the role that East Texas, especially the town of Rusk, played in the capitol’s
completion.The
Night of January 16th by Bill Cherry 1-20-12
Fifty-five years
of January 16ths have come and gone since then, but the lesson taught on January
16, 1957 by Ball High School speech and drama teacher, Arthur Graham, at the old
Galveston County Courthouse remain intact to this day with those who were there. |
Plains
Indians Cartoon by Roger T. Moore 1-18-12A
1912 road trip by Bob Bowman 1-17-12
"In 1912, roads
were often impassable and ran across farms and ranches. The Nash-Smith party stopped
frequently to open and close gates, some of which were made of barbed wire..."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...
TownsEola
Concho Co Photos courtesy Stephen Taylor & Barclay Gibson 1-14-12McAllen
Hidalgo Co Photos courtesy Ken Rudine 1-13-12
Ghost
TownsKerrick
Dallam Co Vintage & recent photos 1-12-12Frognot
Collin Co Photos courtesy Mike Price 1-12-12 |
| 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... |
Columns
Savoy
Male and Female College by Mike Cox 1-11-12
When
graduates of the long-extinct Savoy Male and Female College gathered for their
first reunion in 1938, several of the men did a little reminescing about the Indians
fights they had back in the day... Babe
Ruth in East Texas by Bob Bowman 1-10-12
Imagine,
if you can, baseball slugger Babe Ruth walking around a field and shoveling cow
manure. In 1923...1910
- Texas Rangers Cartoon by Roger T. Moore 1-10-12 |
ColumnWilliam
F. Drannan told it like it wasn’t
by Clay Coppedge 1-9-12
William
F. Drannan described himself as the “Chief of Scouts” for the U.S. Army but later
accounts have labeled him as more of a great pretender. According to two books
that Drannan wrote he was a contemporary and brother-in-arms of such icons American
icons as Kit Carson, Jim Bridger and General George Crook... |
| Ghost
TownRuidosa
Presidio Co Photos courtesy Tom Rinard & Erik Whetstone 1-7-12
|
ColumnsWas
Oliver Partridge ‘Brushy Bill’ Roberts really Billy the Kid? by C. F.
Eckhardt 1-7-12
A
recent episode of ‘Brad Metzger’s DECODED,’ shown on the History Channel, delved
into—or appeared to delve into—the long-held myth that Brushy Bill Roberts was
actually Billy the Kid... Trew
Ranch hosted Rockledge rail site by Delbert Trew 1-7-12
From
1900 to 1902, Rock Island Railroad built tracks from Oklahoma to Tucumcari, N.M.
From today’s Jericho to Alanreed, the track followed Old Trail’s Ridge, dividing
the Salt Fork of the Red River and McClellan Creek watersheds. It also was the
early day mail route from Old Clarendon to Mobeetie... The
Shooting in Donley County by Mike Cox 1-6-12
Finch
wrote about his experiences in a now-scarce, self-published family history, “The
Lives and Times of a Family Named Finch.” In his book, he told of an incident
that convinced him Texas remained the Wild West...A
historical link is severed by Bob Bowman 1-6-12
When the Houston
Chronicle decided to stop delivering its daily editions to homes in Lufkin and
Angelina County, it severed a connection that reaches back more than a century... |
| History
The
Siege of San Antonio de Bexar by Jeffery Robenalt 12-30-11
On
October 2, 1835, the Texas "shot heard round the world" was fired in a brief skirmish
between Mexican troops and Texas settlers known as the Battle of Gonzales. After
the battle, volunteers from all over Texas continued to gather in Gonzales, and
on the morning of October 13, newly elected commander, Stephen F. Austin, marched
the "Army of the People" toward San Antonio. |
| Vintage
Photo Rosebud
Texas Bank 1901 photo courtesy Susan Bashore 12-30-11
TownRosebud
Falls Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson, Larry W. Johnson & Henry Skupin |
Column
A
Young Man Who Went West by Robert G. Cowser 12-30-11
My
father, Roy Cowser, spent two consecutive harvest seasons in the cotton fields
of West Texas just after he turned twenty... The
New Year’s Shooting by Mike Cox 12-28-11
“You
boys drink beer?” the old man asked, his German accent heavy on that last word.
“I’m buyin’.”... |
| Ghost
Town Santa
Rita Cameron Co Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson 12-28-11 |
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