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Counties

Towns A - Z

Ghost Towns

Sanco Coke County 2-9-23

Camp Fannin 2-8-23

Dewees Wilson County

Floresville Wilson County Seat 1-11-21

Garrison Nacogdoches County 2-5-23

Chautauqua Callahan County 1-29-23

Craft Cherokee County 2-2-23

Rusk Cherokee County Seat

Texas Highway Department, Rusk,1940s 4-26-22

Griffin Cherokee County 9-25-21

Bobo Shelby County 1-31-23

Aiken Shelby County

Aiken Bell County submerged town 4-5-21

Hagerman Grayson County 5-7-22
Submerged ghost town

Halsell Clay County 2-1-22
Submerged ghost town

Waco McLennan County seat 1-13-23

Elm Mott McLennan County 2-22-22

Taylor Williamson County 1-12-23

Ballinger Runnels County Seat

Ballinger Old Photos 4-18-22

Losoya Bexar County

Gillett Karnes County

Hyman Mitchell County 1-4-23

Canyon Randall County seat 12-9-22

Pickens Henderson County 11-7-22

Trinity Former Trinity County seat

Nigton Trinity County 9-14-22

Coleman Coleman County seat

Coleman Old Photos Coleman County 7-1-22

Kent Culberson County 11-7-22

Waldeck Fayette County 11-5-22

Blessing Matagorda County 9-16-22

Shiro Grimes County 9-7-22

Borger Hutchinson County

Olivia Calhoun County

Francitas Jackson County 8-6-22

Belle Plain Brass Band 7-22-22

Belle Plain Callahan County

Texhoma Sherman County 6-20-22

Victoria Victoria County Seat 6-18-22

Sabinal Uvalde County 6-17-22

Fort Brown Cameron County 6-13-22

Brownsville Cameron County seat 6-13-22

Rowena Runnels County 6-13-22

Teague Freestone County 5-4-22

Dew Freestone County 5-4-22

Gasoline Briscoe County 4-24-22

Hereford Old Photos 4-12-22

Hereford Deaf Smith County Seat

Kirkland Childress County 3-3-22

Carey Childress County 4-23-22

Clareville Bee County 3-1-22

Ramirena Live Oak County 3-9-22

Sunset Montague County 2-17-22

Dotson Panola County 2-7-21

Sandy Point Brazoria County 1-24-22

Medicine Mound Hardeman County 1-5-22

Damsite Hardeman County 5-1-21

Mount Sharp Hays County 1-6-22

Round Mountain Blanco County

Anhalt - A Stopping Place 12-28-21

Anhalt Comal County

Forney Kaufman County 12-20-21

Tahoka Lynn County Seat 12-13-21

Upland First Upton County Seat 12-12-21

Camden Gregg County 12-9-21

Guion Taylor County 11-17-21

Carbon Eastland County 11-17-21

Sharp Milam County 10-31-21

Tesnus Brewster County Railroad Ghost town

Clinton Hunt County 10-5-21

Mabelle Baylor County 9-16-21

Oran Palo Pinto County

Old Pease City Foard County 9-12-21

Menard Menard County seat 9-9-21

Espuela Dickens County 9-10-21

Lark Carson County 9-8-21

Mungerville Dawson County 9-3-21

Eolian Stephens County

Crandall Kaufman County 8-24-21

Fredericksburg Old Photos 7-1-21

Fredericksburg Gillespie County seat

Lewisville Denton County 6-24-21

Shady Shores Denton County 10-11-22

Alamito Presidio County 6-12-21

Plata Presidio County

Casa Piedras Presidio County

Fairyland aka Peerless Hopkins County 6-2-21

Detroit Red River County 3-29-21

Meadow Terry County 3-29-21

Wall Tom Green County 3-11-21

Zulu Hansford County 3-1-21

Mason County Courthouse Update 2-24-21

Mason Mason County seat

Round Rock Williamson County 1-15-21

Thurber Parker County
"Texas' Premier Ghost Town"

Indianola Calhoun County
"Queen city of the West"

Adobe Walls Hutchinson County
Site of the Battles of Adobe Walls

Columns »

Michael Barr "Hindsights" »

Sober Thoughts on Prohibition 3-15-23

Automobile Early Years or Those Crazy Drivers 3-1-23

On the Road with Basse Express 2-14-23

Clay Coppedge »

A Different Kind of Alamo Story 2-18-23
Alamo commander William Barrett Travis' slave Joe... reported seeing a Black woman "laying dead between two guns" in the battle's aftermath. She was the only woman to die at the Alamo. Until recently, her identity was a mystery.

Elmer "Pet" Brown: The Idol of His Fans 1-12-23

Rattlesnakes, Bandits, and Big Bend's Hot Springs 12-7-22

Murray Montgomery's "Lone Star Diary" »

The Brave Female Pilots of WWII 1-6-23

Recollections of Early Texas: The memories of John Holland Jenkins 9-20-22

The Bad Boys of Somer's Thicket 7-25-22

Taylor Kovar's "Go Far With Kovar" »

Navigating Divorce and Dollars 3-21-23

Is the Economy Boom or Bust? 3-14-23

Tax Prep Tips 2-28-23

Jase Graves' "Quips and Salsa" »

Spring Broke 3-21-23