Now bein’ a cowboy is not as easy as it might seem when you’re 10 or 11 years old, because it takes a lot of studyin’. No, I’m not talkin’ about book studyin’. I’m talkin’...

 Edited and paraphrased by Jim Fish At 102 years old, Mrs. Clarintha Draper still vividly remembered the desperate 600-mile journey she made on horseback to flee war-torn...

July 11, 1935Lurrine Townsend, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. B Townsend, escaped tragic injury last Friday evening while riding the Ferris...

July 5, 1945 Wearer of the Silver Star Medal, awarded "for gallantry in action against an armed enemy of the United States," twice wounded in six...

After postin’ a picture of a kid-made fort on Facebook, I was asked by one of my friends if I could find an old story I had written about a house my buddies and I made out...

June 25, 1925MEXICAN MISSIONS By Rev. D Ruiz, Mexican Baptist Association—This will be organized at Christoval on July 11 with twelve little...

  I saw a chinaberry tree the other day and I don’t think I’ve ever seen one that big in my life. I got to thinkin’ after I saw that tree that I haven’t seen as many...

By the late 19th century, the American buffalo, once a symbol of the boundless West, faced near extinction in a feverish slaughter that reshaped the Great Plains. John W....

June 20, 1935What might have ended tragically, resulted only in frightening several people Tuesday at noon when blasting of the slab in Johnson...

The first time I noticed the buffalo wallows, I was just a kid, bouncing along in the passenger seat of Uncle Frank’s old pickup as we made the hundred-mile trek from our...

I was asked to “Please” rerun this old story of Janet’s. Well, here it is. Rusty is out of town again and he asked me to rerun one of his old articles. Instead, I’m going...

June 13, 1935Donkeys, the four-footed kind, took the lead early and held it consistently to win easily over riders for both teams in a matched...

June 6, 1935Something new in softball will be witnessed by local enthusiasts here Monday afternoon when the Lions Club team of Ozona engages the...

 Here are some more snippets from my Facebook page. I hope you enjoy.You know, 80 pound sacks of Quikrete sure weigh a lot more than they did 5 years ago.--------------“We...

May 31, 1945Four Ozonans left by bus last night for Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio and induction into the U.S. Army. A fifth selection, completing...