April 30, 1936Miss Mary Williams, her mother, Mrs. Charles Williams, and Miss Mildred North, teacher in the commercial department of the local high...

In the blistering heat of an August night in 1875, a lone Texas Ranger named Lam Sieker swung into the saddle at the Frontier Hotel in old Fort Mason. What followed was no...

You know, I was thinkin’ the other day, I sure am glad I was born a boy. I don’t think I could have made it as a girl. I’m too ugly, too hairy, well except for my head, and...

Alfonso Steele, a Kentucky-born volunteer who joined the Texas cause in late 1835 at age 18, left one of the most vivid personal narratives of the Texas Revolution’s...

April 23, 1936One arrest has been made and Sheriff W. S. Willis and special deputies employed in curbing livestock thefts in this county are...

Have you ever dropped a lawnmower on your head? I know I have. Let me stop here and say that last week was not what you would call one of the best weeks of my life. I...

Austin—March 6 and April 22 have come and gone a hundred and ninety times and Texans once again turn their thoughts to the Alamo... that small mission fortress where a band...

April 16, 1936When the present school term ends, the Live Oak school, on the western edge of Crockett County, will be discontinued permanently, it...

I saw a picture on Facebook the other day of an old playground equipment, you know, swings and merry-go-rounds and such. Well, I remembered that I had written a story about...

Crockett County—In the arid expanse of southwestern Texas lies Crockett County, where the Devils River country meets the Pecos, is a lonely waterhole that once offered life...

April 9, 1936Harvey K. Hays, former county treasurer of Upton County at Rankin, drew a two-year suspended sentence at the hands of a Crockett...

The other day I was asked to rerun a story that I had written back 27 years ago. Yep, I’ve been writin’ this junk for that long. Heck, longer. This comin’ July, I will have...

Cynthia Ann Parker, often called the most romantic of Texas heroines, lived a life defined by violent upheaval and divided loyalties. Born around 1827 in Illinois to Silas...

April 2, 1936Ozona’s new fire engine, manned by Fire Chief Joe North and his crew, got its third work out last night carrying water to the water...

You know, I’m gettin’ kind of worried. I haven’t seen a kid on a bike in I don’t know how long. Don’t kids ride bikes anymore? All I ever see ridin’ bicycles now-a-days are...