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Ghost Towns

Newcastle Young County 7-29-23

Proffitt Young County 7-29-23

San Antonio - Harry Wurzbach Old Foot Bridge 7-20-23

San Antonio Bexar County

Sherwood Irion County 7-20-23

Walnut Springs Bosque County 7-18-23

Ambrose Grayson County 7-12-23

Hovey Schoolhouse 7-10-23

Hovey Pecos County

Bunker Hill Dallam County 6-14-23

Dixieland Reeves County 6-14-23

Weser Goliad County 6-14-23

Texas Cotton Scenes: Series 10 6-8-23

Stewarts Mill Freestone County 6-4-23

Dalhart Dallam County Seat

Dalhart Old Photos 6-2-23

Peters Austin County 5-23-23

Walnut Grove Panola County 5-23-23

Milford Cemetery Ellis County 5-17-23

Milford Ellis County

Tow Llano County 4-21-23

Downing Comanche County 4-20-23

Rescue Lampasas County 4-20-23

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 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

Clareville Bee County 3-1-22

Dotson Panola County 2-7-21

Medicine Mound Hardeman County 1-5-22

Anhalt - A Stopping Place 12-28-21

Anhalt Comal County

Forney Kaufman County 12-20-21

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

Menard Menard County seat 9-9-21

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 »

Clay Coppedge »

Rise and Fall of the Farmers Alliance 9-18-23

Drugstore Cowboys 8-19-23

Forgotten Tales of Sugar Loaf 7-13-23

Legend of Bosque John 6-26-23

Michael Barr "Hindsights" »

Magic Moments with Satchel Paige 10-1-23

Pontiac Climbs Enchanted Rock 9-18-23

LBJ's Cousin Oreole 9-1-23

Lady Bird's Gift to St. Barnabas Church 8-5-23

The Sermon on the Rock 8-15-23

Murray Montgomery's "Lone Star Diary" »

Vaquero: The First Texas Cowboy 9-28-23

Unearthing the story of Dugout Homes 7-24-23

Lavaca County pioneer from the beginning of Hallettsville 4-4-23

The Brave Female Pilots of WWII 1-6-23

Taylor Kovar's Finance Column »

Money Conversations for Married Couples 9-26-23

How Do I Get Good at Budgeting 9-19-23

Consumer Confidence 9-12-23

Will China's Economy Affect Us? 9-5-23

Should we buy when mortgage rates continue to surge 8-31-23

Jase Graves' Humor Column »

Things I've Never Done 9-19-23

Dad's Lumbar Moving Company 9-5-23

Hop on down to San Antone 8-22-23

Book Reviews by Kirk Bane »

The Film Book: a Complete Guide to the World of Film by Ronald Bergan 10-1-23

Literary Fort Worth Judy Alter and James Ward Lee, eds. 9-5-23

The Cowboy Encyclopedia by Richard W. Slatta 4-1-23

A Light in the Dark: a History of Movie Directors by David Thomson 3-1-23

Delbet Trew »

Coal workers suffered

Great Depression brought many programs

Homesteaders Act greatest act ever passed

Mike Cox's "Texas Tales" »

Book Burning

Pine Curtain Dictionary Excerpts

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 »

Pie Suppers

The Lost Forest

Legend of Bone Hill

A famous Texas murder

Onalaska

Archie P. McDonald's "All Things Historical" »

Gussie Nell Davis and the Kilgore Rangerettes

Party Primaries - The Terrell Election Law

C. F. Eckhardt »

The First Election in Texas

First to Fly

Who Killed the Chief?

Wanda Orton 's "Wandering" »

Bandit's bad baby brother

Hog Isand

Ghost Story, apparitions, apparently

Robert G. Cowser »

The Sounds of Home

Wash Day: Drudgery Through the Centuries

She'll Be Comin' By Greyhound

Joshua V. Chanin »

What Makes Coppell, Texas Special? Recollections and History

Hell's Half Acre: Fort Worth's Dirty Secret

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

Dirt 5-23-23

Childproofing a Poem 5-5-23

The Lizard Story 2-20-23

Maggie Van Ostrand's "A Balloon in Cactus" »

Happy Mother's Day to All You Beautiful Rescue Moms 5-12-23

The Pithy Tale of Owney, the Post Office Pup

The Roger Miller Las Vegas Pawn Shop Shooting

Lyzelle Steyn
"Rambling of a Rebellious Teacher" »

Invisible Shoes 7-17-23

Joining the Circus 7-10-23

A goat comes to class 7-2--23

Teaching under a tree 6-26-23

"Little Problems" 6-19-23

Report to this school 6-12-23

Texas Architecture »

Texas Bridges »

Gallery of Forgotten Texas Bridges: Series 13

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 Old Gas Stations

Waco McLennan County Seat

Texas Homes »

Centennial Home by Mike Cox

Shotgun Houses by Bob Bowman

Features »

Last Remaining International Boundary for The Republic of Texas

A Unique Landmark by Bob Bowman

Birth of a Republic by Jeffery Robenalt

Texas Food »

Mayhaws: A spring delicacy in East Texas by Bob Bowman

Preserving Meat on the Frontier by C. F. Eckhardt

National Dish of Texas by C. F. Eckhardt
Chili Con Carne recipe and history

Peaches and Mrs. Ross� Croghan Cobbler Recipe by Mike Cox

Ranger Cookies by Mike Cox

Biscuits by Mike Cox

People »

Sharecroppers by Archie P. McDonald, PhD

Buffalo Soldiers by Jeffery Robenalt

San Jacinto Hero Henry Millard by Mike Cox

Fall of the Largest Tree by Bob Bowman

The Half Breed Savage - Quanah Parker by Murray Montgomery

MacPhelan Reese and the Rayburn Library by Mike Cox

Texas Animals »

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 »

Amarillo - Llano Cemetery Porter County

Texas Railroads »

Railroad Interlocking Towers

Texas Rivers »

Harvey's Ancester by Clay Coppedge

Texas Flood of 1935

More Texas Storms

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History

• East Texas and the Louisiana Purchase by Archie P. McDonald, PhD

• The Chicken War by Archie P. McDonald, PhD

• Gunfight that Killed Helena by C. F. Eckhardt

People

• Skull Island on Mermentau River - A Slave Ship's Inhumanity by W. T. Block, Jr

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

Animals

• The Caracara by John Troesser

• Separating Buffalo Fact from Fiction by Delbert Trew

Attractions

• Shamrock's Restored Tower Conoco Station

• San Antonio's International and Great Northern Depot by Terry Jeanson

• The Bath House that Wouldn't Die by John Troesser

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