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JULY/AUGUST 2008 Issue
August Feature Articles | Towns | Ghost Towns | Features | Architecture | Columns

August Feature Towns Photos courtesy Stephen Michaels & TE:

Cuero DeWitt Co 8-1-08
Yorktown DeWitt Co 8-1-08
GHOSTS
  • La Llorona: Does She Seek Your Children? by Maggie Van Ostrand 8-10-08
    Many versions of the tragedy of La Llorona (Weeping Woman) exist, but the basic premise is the same...

  • The Many Legends of La Llorona by C. F. Eckhardt 8-12-08
    "I've been digging into La Llorona for nearly forty years. This article pretty much sums up what I've found."
    		• TEXAS STATE PARKS
  • Lockhart State Park 8-14-08
    Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson
    		•  TEXAS CENTENNIAL By Sarah Reveley:
  • Big Bend Historical Museum, Alpine 8-8-08
    Photos courtesy Beth Nobles & Sarah Reveley
  • El Paso Memorial Museum 8-8-08
    Photos courtesy Russell Johnson & Sarah Reveley
  • State of Texas Building, Dallas 8-1-08
    Photos courtesy Matt Pasant & Sarah Reveley
  • Will Rogers Memorial Center - Fort Worth 8-1-08
    Photos courtesy David Kozlowski     & Sarah Reveley
  • Corpus Christi Memorial Museum 8-13-08

    • TEXAS TOWNS - Browse 1927 Texas Towns >

    		Photos courtesy Stephen Michaels:
  • Hillsboro Hill Co 7-7-08 July Feature Town
  • Joshua Johnson Co 8-19-08

    Photos courtesy Sarah Reveley:
  • Homer Angelina Co 7-21-08
    		•  Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson:
  • Stewards Mill Freestone Co 8-1-08
  • Ravenna Fannin Co 8-10-08
  • Thorndale Milam Co 8-5-08
  • Tivoli Refugio Co 8-9-08
  • Trent Taylor Co 8-17-08
  • Turnertown Rusk Co 8-17-08
    		•  Photos Courtesy Ken Rudine:
  • Carancahua Jackson Co 8-6-08
  • Wadsworth Matagorda Co 8-1-08
  • Magnet Wharton Co 8-1-08
  • Lane City Wharton Co 8-1-08
    		•  Photos courtesy Mike Price:
  • Prosper Collin 8-16-08
  • Ector Fannin Co 8-10-08
  • Era Cooke Co 8-10-08
  • Tye Taylor Co 8-13-08
    		•  Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson:
  • Marathon Brewster Co 7-24-08
  • Snook Burleson Co 7-30-08
  • Stonewall Gillespie Co 7-28-08
  • Scroggins Franklin Co 7-28-08
  • Bloomington Victoria Co 7-21-08
  • Structure Williamson Co 7-21-08
  • Wallis Austin Co 7-10-08
  • Rochelle McCulloch Co 7-3-08
    		•
  • Adamsville Lampasas Co 6-26-08
    Adamsville Through Truss Bridge
  • Arneckeville DeWitt Co 6-26-08
  • Arthur City Lamar Co 6-30-08
    TE Photos:
  • Monaville Waller Co 8-14-08
  • Willamar Willacy Co 8-4-08
  • Wallisville Chambers Co 7-30-08
  • Adina Lee Co 6-26-08
    		•  Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson:
  • Spearman Hansford Co 8-1-08
  • Dalhart Dallam Co 7-3-08
  • Waka Ochiltree Co 8-15-08
    Photos courtesy Ernie Wymer:
  • Harkeyville San Saba Co 8-14-08
    Photos courtesy Brett Christoffel:
  • Whitewright Grayson Co 7-3-08

    • Photos courtesy Jordan Gibson:
  • Squeezepenny Collin Co
    • No Photos
  • Stith Jones Co 8-5-08
  • Aiken Shelby Co 6-26-08
  • Alfred Jim Wells 6-26-08
  • Allison Wheeler Co 6-26-08
  • Ames Liberty Co 6-30-08
  • Amherst Lamar Co 6-30-08
  • Apple Springs Trinity Co 6-30-08
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  • Appleby Nacogdoches Co 6-26-08
  • Argyle Denton Co 6-26-08
  • Arroyo City Cameron Co 6-30-08
  • Artesia Wells La Salle 6-26-08
  • Avery Red River Co 6-30-08
  • Avondale Tarrant Co 6-30-08
    More New - See MAY / JUNE 2008 ISSUE

    • TEXAS GHOST TOWNS - Browse 474 Ghost Towns >
  • The Story of Indianola by Maggie Van Ostrand 6-30-08
  • La Casa Stephens Co Photos Courtesy Barclay Gibson 8-1-08
  • Jonesville Angelina Co Photos courtesy Sarah Reveley 7-21-08
  • Buena Vista Shelby Co No Photos 7-21-08
    More New - See MAY / JUNE 2008 ISSUE

    • TEXAS FEATURES • TEXAS TRIPS

    		SPLASH ACROSS TEXAS
    Excerpted from "Splash Across Texas", 1999
    by Chandra Moira Beal
  • Lady Bird Lake, formerly Town Lake, Austin 7-25-08
  • Krause Springs 6-30-08
  • Bull Creek, Austin 7-17-08
  • Lake Belton 7-17-08
  • Llano River 7-17-08
    		•  TEXAS CENTENNIAL
    By Sarah Reveley:
  • Alamo Museum 7-3-08
  • Casa Mañana, Fort Worth 7-21-08
  • McMahan's Chapel 7-28-08
    		• PEOPLE
  • Mary Ann Goodnight and the Texas State Bison Herd by Linda Kirkpatrick 7-11-08
    Their story began many, many years ago and when you know it your heart will fill with the same pride that you get at you watch Old Glory waving in the breeze.
    Photos courtesy Ken Rudine & Stephen Michaels
  • Jackie Gleason and Michael DeBakey Apparently Shared A Passion by Bill Cherry 7-14-08
  • Former slave recalls memories of old Lavaca County by Murray Montgomery 7-7-08
    		•
  • Terry's Texas Rangers by Mike Cox 7-3-08
    "The Texans who rode with the Terry and Lubbock, and later under Col. John A. Wharton, paid a high price for their beliefs. Of 1,700 who served in the regiment, the 8th Texas consisted of only 150 men by the end of the war."
  • Mr. Goss and Belmont’s Goss Barbeque by John Troesser 7-24-08

    ANIMAL STORIES
  • With A Pit Bull On My Knee by Clay Coppedge 7-24-08
  • Little One-Hearted Stock Tank by Clay Coppedge 8-12-08
    		•  WWII | BOOKS
  • Adventures of Eddie Fung: Chinatown Kid, Texas Cowboy, Prisoner of War by Mel Brown 6-26-08
    • DRIVES
  • Turning 77 on 288 or "We just left where we thought we were headed." by Ken Rudine 7-24-08
    • TEXAS ARCHITECTURE • IMAGES > Over 12,000 Images
    CHURCHES
  • Churches Have Been Doing Their Best to Mask Financial Troubles by Bill Berry 8-3-08
    Many find it troubling to drive by their city's old churches, some ornate and opulent, others designed and built to be clean, pristine and sturdy, and to realize that for years those buildings have been decaying... Many have been on their corners for more than 100 years...
    		• COURTHOUSES Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson
  • Harrison County Courthouse 6-26-08
  • Hansford County Courthouse 8-2-08
  • Anderson County Courthouse 7-29-08
  • Angelina County Courthouse 7-20-08
  • Hood County Courthouse 7-3-08
  • Dallam County Courthouse 7-3-08
  • Haskell County Courthouse 7-3-08
    		• BRIDGES
  • San Antonio’s Hays Street Bridge Restoration 7-21-08
    Courtesy of Sparks Engineering, Inc.


    IMAGES
  • Roadrunner Photos courtesy Ken Rudine 7-14-08
    • COLUMNS
    		PHOTO COLUMN
    WHERE'S STEPHEN?
    America Coast to Coast, Day by Day
    Travelog of a a cross-country, big-rig trucker
    TEXAS HISTORICAL • REGIONAL • TOPICAL COLUMNS
    Archie P. McDonald "All Things Historical" Syndicated in 70 newspapers
  • The East Texas Historical Association 8-11-08
  • Howard Hughes 7-28-08
  • Gutiérrez-Magee Expedition 7-14-08
  • History All Over 6-30-08
    • Bob Bowman "All Things Historical" Syndicated in 70 newspapers
  • Chautauqua 8-18-08
  • The Mystery of Caddo Mounds 8-4-08
  • Buena Vista 7-21-08
  • The Legend Of Bone Hill 7-7-08
    • Murray Montgomery "Lone Star Diary" Syndicated in 5 newspapers
  • All Veterans Should Be Honored 8-8-08
  • Former slave recalls memories of old Lavaca County 7-7-08
    • W. T. Block Jr. "Cannonball's Tales"
    C. F. Eckhardt "Charley Eckhardt's Texas "
  • The Many Legends of La Llorona 8-12-08
  • The Eckhart Name in Yorktown and Elsewhere 8-1-08
  • Al Jennings 7-21-08
    • Mike Cox "Texas Tales" Syndicated in 11 newspapers
  • Million Barrel Hole 8-14-08
  • Trivia 8-7-08
  • Possum Trot 7-30-08
  • Steamship Texas Ranger 7-24-08
  • Old Pecos 7-17-08
  • Cuttings 7-10-08
  • Twin Towns 6-26-08
    • Delbert Trew "It's All Trew" Amarillo Globe News
  • Stetson led way for modern cowboy hats 8-19-08
  • XIT was on cutting edge of ranching 8-12-08
  • There were rules in good-old days, too 8-5-08
  • The Eckhart Name in Yorktown and Elsewhere 8-1-08
  • Deadly trail tamed by fort's installation 7-29-08
  • Old West accounts often fabrications 7-24-08
  • Vigilantes were the law in frontier towns 7-17-08
  • Technology replacing old ranching ways 7-10-08
  • Fresh beef top concern for settlers 7-3-08
  • Forts the front line for Texas 6-26-08
    • Clay Coppedge "Letters from Central Texas"
  • Little One-Hearted Stock Tank 8-12-08
  • The Unholy Catfish 7-10-08
    • Bill Cherry "Bill Cherry's Galveston Memories"
  • Churches Have Been Doing Their Best to Mask Financial Troubles 8-3-08
    Many find it troubling to drive by their city's old churches and to realize that for years those buildings have been decaying...
  • Jackie Gleason and Michael DeBakey Apparently Shared A Passion 7-14-08
    • Linda-Kirkpatrick "Somewhere in the West"
  • Johanna Domodora of South Texas 8-18-08
  • Mary Ann Goodnight and the Texas State Bison Herd 7-11-08
    • HUMOR • OPINION COLUMNS
    Maggie Van Ostrand "A Balloon in Cactus" National Syndicated Columnist
  • La Llorona: Does She Seek Your Children? 8-10-08
  • What You Don't Know About Mexico 7-17-08
  • The Story of Indianola 6-30-08
    • Peary Perry "Letters From North America" Syndicated in 80 newspapers
  • Medicare Fraud 8-13-08
  • Are You Ready for the Country? 8-6-08
  • Energy Policy 7-30-08
  • Being Parents 7-24-08
  • A Letter to Her Majesty 7-17-08
  • Ghost Voting 7-10-08
  • Dumbing Down of America 7-3-08
  • Malpractice Insurance 6-26-08
    • Elizabeth Bussey Sowdal "The Girl Detective's Theory of Everything"
  • Ten Gazillion Dollars! 7-3-08
    • Gael Montana "The View from Under the Bus"
  • Investing in Our Boomer Selves 5-26-08
    • TEXAS MEMOIRS
    N. Ray Maxie "Rambling Ray" Ark-La-Tex
  • A Serious View of Important Things 8-1-08
  • "Watermelons Fresh and Fine. Watermelons Right off the Vine." 7-3-08
    • TEXAS CARTOONS • EDITOR • GUESTS
    Roger T. Moore
  • 7-10-08 | 7-17-08 | 7-24-08 | 7-29-08 | 8-5-08 | 8-12-08 | 8-19-08 |
    • Editor & Guest Columnists "They shoe horses, don't they?"
  • Adventures of Eddie Fung: Chinatown Kid, Texas Cowboy, Prisoner of War by Mel Brown 6-26-08
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