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Sanco
  • Sanco Coke County 2-9-23

  • Camp Fannin
  • Camp Fannin 2-8-23

  • Dewees
  • Dewees Wilson County
  • Floresville
  • Floresville Wilson County Seat 1-11-21

  • Garrison
  • Garrison Nacogdoches County 2-5-23


  • Chautauqua Callahan County 1-29-23

  • Craft
  • Craft Cherokee County 2-2-23

  • Rusk Cherokee County Seat

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

  • Griffin
  • Griffin Cherokee County 9-25-21

  • Bobo
  • Bobo Shelby County 1-31-23

  • Aiken Shelby County
  • Aiken Bell County submerged town 4-5-21

  • Hagerman
  • Hagerman Grayson County 5-7-22
    Submerged ghost town

  • Halsell
  • Halsell Clay County 2-1-22
    Submerged ghost town

  • Waco
  • Waco McLennan County seat 1-13-23

  • Elm Mott
  • Elm Mott McLennan County 2-22-22

  • Taylor
  • Taylor Williamson County 1-12-23

  • Ballinger TX Old Photos
  • Ballinger Runnels County Seat

  • Ballinger Old Photos 4-18-22

  • Losoya
  • Losoya Bexar County

  • Gillett
  • Gillett Karnes County

  • Hyman
  • Hyman Mitchell County 1-4-23

  • Canyon
  • Canyon Randall County seat 12-9-22


  • Pickens Henderson County 11-7-22

  • Trinity
  • Trinity Former Trinity County seat

  • Nigton Trinity County 9-14-22

  • Coleman
  • Coleman Coleman County seat

  • Coleman Old Photos Coleman County 7-1-22

  • Kent
  • Kent Culberson County 11-7-22

  • Waldeck
  • Waldeck Fayette County 11-5-22

  • Blessing
  • Blessing Matagorda County 9-16-22

  • Shiro
  • Shiro Grimes County 9-7-22

  • Borger
  • Borger Hutchinson County

  • Olivia
  • Olivia Calhoun County

  • Francitas
  • Francitas Jackson County 8-6-22

  • Belle Plain
  • Belle Plain Brass Band 7-22-22

  • Belle Plain Callahan County

  • Texhoma
  • Texhoma Sherman County 6-20-22

  • Victoria
  • Victoria Victoria County Seat 6-18-22

  • Sabinal
  • Sabinal Uvalde County 6-17-22

  • Fort Brown
  • Fort Brown Cameron County 6-13-22


  • Brownsville Cameron County seat 6-13-22

  • Rowena
  • Rowena Runnels County 6-13-22

  • Teague
  • Teague Freestone County 5-4-22


  • Dew Freestone County 5-4-22

  • Gasoline
  • Gasoline Briscoe County 4-24-22

  • Hereford Old Photos 4-12-22


  • Hereford Deaf Smith County Seat

  • Kirkland
  • Kirkland Childress County 3-3-22


  • Carey Childress County 4-23-22

  • Clareville
  • Clareville Bee County 3-1-22

  • Ramirena Live Oak County 3-9-22

  • Sunset
  • Sunset Montague County 2-17-22

  • Dotson
  • Dotson Panola County 2-7-21

  • Sandy Point Brazoria County 1-24-22

  • Medicine Mound
  • 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
  • Anhalt - A Stopping Place 12-28-21


  • Anhalt Comal County

  • Forney
  • Forney Kaufman County 12-20-21

  • Tahoka
  • Tahoka Lynn County Seat 12-13-21

  • Upland
  • Upland First Upton County Seat 12-12-21

  • Camden
  • Camden Gregg County 12-9-21

  • Guion
  • Guion Taylor County 11-17-21

  • Carbon
  • Carbon Eastland County 11-17-21

  • Sharp
  • Sharp Milam County 10-31-21

  • Tesnus
  • Tesnus Brewster County Railroad Ghost town

  • Clinton
  • 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 Menard County seat 9-9-21

  • Espuela
  • Espuela Dickens County 9-10-21

  • Lark Carson County 9-8-21


  • Mungerville Dawson County 9-3-21

  • Eolian
  • Eolian Stephens County

  • Crandall
  • Crandall Kaufman County 8-24-21

  • Fredericksburg
  • Fredericksburg Old Photos 7-1-21


  • Fredericksburg Gillespie County seat

  • Lewisville
  • 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
  • Detroit Red River County 3-29-21

  • Meadow Terry County 3-29-21

  • Wall
  • Wall Tom Green County 3-11-21

  • Zulu Hansford County 3-1-21

  • Mason
  • Mason County Courthouse Update 2-24-21


  • Mason Mason County seat

  • Round Rock
  • Round Rock Williamson County 1-15-21

  • Thurber
  • Thurber Parker County
    "Texas' Premier Ghost Town"
  • Indianola
  • Indianola Calhoun County
    "Queen city of the West"
  • Adobe Walls
  • Adobe Walls Hutchinson County
    Site of the Battles of Adobe Walls
  • Columns »


    Michael Barr "Hindsights" »
  • Sober Thoughts on Prohibition 3-15-23
  • Automobile
  • 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
  • To drive or not to drive 3-7-23
  • My baby is 240 months old 2-20-23


  • Book Reviews by Kirk Bane »
  • A Light in the Dark: a History of Movie Directors by David Thomson 3-1-23
  • Sal Mineo: A Biography by Michael Gregg Michaud 2-1-23
  • Robert Mitchum: Solid, Dad, Crazy by Damien Love 1-4-23


  • Guest Columns
  • How to Decide What Type of Business Is Right for You in Texas by Elena Stewart 2-25-23


  • Robert G. Cowser »
  • Ma Perkins Moments 12-1-22
  • Boots Pickett's Grocery at Greenwood 1-17-22
  • The Post Office Drug Store at Saltillo, Texas
    11-9-21


  • Joshua V. Chanin »
    Coppell
  • What Makes Coppell, Texas Special? Recollections and History 7-1-22


  • Cartoons by Roger T. Moore »
  • March 19, 1840 1-25-23
  • September 10, 1772: Spain closes Texas Missions 10-5-22
  • Washers national yard game of Texas 8-30-22


  • "Once Upon A Line"
    Light verse and poetry by d. knape
    »

    David Knape, Poet of Place
    1944-2022
  • The Lizard Story 2-20-23
  • The Nothing Burger 1-24-23
  • Margins 1-4-23


  • Maggie Van Ostrand's "A Balloon in Cactus" »
  • The Pithy Tale of Owney, the Post Office Pup
  • The Roger Miller Las Vegas Pawn Shop Shooting


  • C. F. Eckhardt »
  • The First Election in Texas
  • First to Fly
  • Who Killed the Chief?


  • Mike Cox's "Texas Tales" »
  • America's Third Largest Fire: The Paris Fire of 1916
  • Ghost Town without a Trace
  • Old-time Cowboy
  • Austin Mystery Murders


  • Bob Bowman's East Texas »
  • A famous Texas murder
  • Onalaska
  • Place Names


  • Archie P. McDonald's "All Things Historical" »
  • Gussie Nell Davis and the Kilgore Rangerettes
  • Party Primaries - The Terrell Election Law


  • Wanda Orton 's "Wandering" »
  • Bandit's bad baby brother
  • Hog Isand
  • Ghost Story, apparitions, apparently


  • Clint Skinner »
  • The Armadillo and the West Pole 12-6-21


  • Ken Rudine »
    Kenneth Miles Rudine
    1931 - 2022
    Tribute & Obituary

    4-6-22


    Texas Architecture »


    Texas Bridges »

    series 13
  • Gallery of Forgotten Texas Bridges: Series 13

  • bridges
  • Wilson County Labatt Road & other Pony Truss Bridges


  • Texas Courthouses »

  • Dignity, Decorum and Justice Mark Texas' Courthouse Histories, Except for the Fights, Arsons, Thefts, etc. by Bill Morgan


  • Texas Gas Stations »

    Waco gas stations
  • Waco Old Gas Stations
  • Waco McLennan County Seat


  • Texas Historic Homes »

  • Centennial Home by Mike Cox


  • Features »

    International boundary
  • Last Remaining International Boundary for The Republic of Texas

  • A Unique Landmark by Bob Bowman

  • Birth of a Republic by Jeffery Robenalt


  • Texas Animals »

    lion
  • A Lion and a Boy by Mike Cox
  • Blackie the Bear by Mike Cox
  • ‘Mysterious Cattle Deaths’ Not So Mysterious by C. F. Eckhardt
  • Buffalo, bull fight a dud by Delbert Trew


  • Texas Cemeteries »

    Llano Cemetery
  • Amarillo - Llano Cemetery Porter County


  • Texas Cotton »

    cotton scenes
  • Texas Cotton Scenes - Series 9


  • Texas Food »

  • Preserving Meat on the Frontier by C. F. Eckhardt
  • National Dish of Texas by C. F. Eckhardt
    Chili Con Carne recipe and history

  • Biscuits by Mike Cox


  • Texas Railroads »

    TX Railroads
  • Railroad Interlocking Towers


  • Texas Rivers »

  • Harvey's Ancester by Clay Coppedge
  • Texas Flood of 1935
  • More Texas Storms


  • Vintage Photos »

    San Saba
  • San Saba Old Photos San Saba County 2-8-21

  • Brownwood
  • Brownwood Old Photos Brown County 1-18-21

  • Llano
  • Llano Old Photos Llano County 1-8-21

  • Eagle Pass
  • Eagle Pass Old Photos Maverick County 9-22-20

  • Colorado City
  • Colorado City Old Photos Mitchell County 9-14-20

  • Yorktown
  • Yorktown Old Photos
    DeWitt County 9-12-20

  • Thorp Spring Tennis Club 9-3-20

  • San Angelo
  • San Angelo Old Photos Tom Green County 7-1-20
    M.C. Ragsdale Photographs

  • New Braunfels Old Photos Comal County 6-26-20

  • Comanche
  • Comanche Old Photos Comanche County 5-15-20










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    The Story of our Texas' German Pilgrims: or Death March to Comal County by W. T. Block, Jr

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