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February 2007 Issue
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TEXAS TOWNS - Search 1545 Texas Towns >

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Pflugerville Hill Country

Fischer Hill Country

Warda Central Texas S

Zorn Central Texas S

Oglesby Central Texas N

Pottsboro Central Texas N

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Mathis Gulf Coast

Pandora South Texas

Tynan South Texas

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Richland Hill Country

Rosebud Central Texas N

Tuleta South Texas

Violet Gulf Coast

Albion East Texas

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TEXAS GHOST TOWNS - Search 406 Ghost Towns >

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Knickerbocker

High Hill Home of a Painted Church
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Oriana

TEXAS FEATURES • TEXAS TRIPS

PEOPLE

Belle Starr The Bandit Queen by Maggie Van Ostrand
"I regard myself as a woman who has seen much of life," said Belle Star to The Fort Smith Elevator in 1888, a year before she died...

Catherine Magill Dorman: Confederate Heroine of Sabine Pass by W. T. Block Jr.
Scrappy Kate Dorman is by no means as well-known as Lt. Dick Dowling, but to those Federal troops who had occasion to meet her, she left an indelible imprint on their memories.

Temple Lea Houston by C. F. Eckhardt
"... Houston's speech to that jury is still studied by law students today. It's considered one of the finest, if not the finest, masterpieces of extemporaneous speaking in the English language..."

GHOSTS

La Lomita Chapel
The haunted Chapel of La Lomita.
Photos courtesy Ken Rudine

Sarah's Dream:
Josiah Wilbarger's Ordeal by C. F. Eckhardt
Scalped Alive on Onion Creek

Wilbarger Creek and
Wilbarger Bend Road

TEXAS ARCHITECTURE • IMAGES > Over 12,000 Images

BRIDGES

The Oriana Camelback Truss Bridge over Brazos River
Photos courtesy William Holmes & Jean Collom Bachman

THEATRES

Leakey's Last Picture Show by Linda Kirkpatrick
"...In the 1920's about the only entertainment that came to the rural community of Leakey, Texas was the traveling tent shows..."

"Vaquero"

STATUES

Sculptor Enrico Filiberto Cerracchio & The Sam Houston Equestrian Statue
Hermann Park, Houston
Photo courtesy Ken Rudine

"Vaquero"
Sculptor: Luis Jimenez
Moody Park, Houston
Photo courtesy Ken Rudine

COURTHOUSES

The 1849 Victoria County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Victoria County Archives

CHURCHES

St. Mary's Catholic Church
High Hill Painted Church
Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson

CEMETERIES

Warda Church & Cemetery
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COLUMNS

They Shoe Horses, Don't They?

Shootout at Shafter
Ranger Meets His End on New Years Day 1940
Story and photos courtesy of William G. Howell

HISTORICAL • REGIONAL • TOPICAL COLUMNS

Archie P. McDonald "All Things Historical" Syndicated in 70 newspapers
• Bring 'Em Back Alive: Frank Buck 2-12-07

Bob Bowman "All Things Historical" Syndicated in 70 newspapers
• A Centurian's Life 2-18-07
• Palestine’s Texas Theater 2-4-07

Murray Montgomery "Lone Star Diary" Syndicated in 5 newspapers
• Yoakum's Soda-Pop War 1-24-07

W. T. Block Jr. "Cannonball's Tales"
• Catherine Magill Dorman: Confederate Heroine of Sabine Pass 2-1-07

C. F. Eckhardt "Charley Eckhardt's Texas "
• The Ancient Art of Dowsing 2-16-07
• Sarah's Dream 2-2-07

Mike Cox "Texas Tales" Syndicated in 10 newspapers
• Reconstruction Valentine 2-16-07
• Tallest Rebel 2-8-07
• Photographer Louis de Planque 2-1-07

Delbert Trew "It's All Trew" Amarillo Globe News
• Autograph book reveals mother's girlhood 2-1-07

Clay Coppedge "Letters from Central Texas"
• What Stanley Walker Saw 2-16-07
• Texas' Most Civilized Soul 2-1-07

Dorothy Hamm "Words and Music"
• Hoyt Axton: Artist Unclassified 12-9-06

HUMOR • OPINION COLUMNS

Maggie Van Ostrand "A Balloon in Cactus" National Syndicated Columnist
• The Red Carpet 2-18-07
• Jack Bauer 2-16-07
• Super Bowl 2007 2-7-07
• Belle Starr The Bandit Queen 2-1-07
• The Corn is as High as an Elephant's Eye 1-29-07

Peary Perry "Letters From North America" Syndicated in 80 newspapers
• Fashion 2-16-07
• Where Has Humor Gone? 2-8-07
• Children's Health 1-30-07

Elizabeth Bussey Sowdal "The Girl Detective's Theory of Everything"
• Take It Where You Can Get It 2-16-07
• Differently Cognizant 2-1-07

MEMOIRS

George Lester Spunky Flat and Beyond
• Changing Mediums 2-16-06
• Fun and Games 2-1-07

N. Ray Maxie "Rambling Ray" Ark-La-Tex
• "Don't Shoot the Bull" 2-1-07

CARTOONS • EDITOR • GUESTS

Roger T. Moore
• 2-5-07 • 2-12-07

Editor & Guest Columnists "They shoe horses, don't they?"
• Gram and Daffodils by Robert Cowser 2-1-07

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