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Good Eats on the Texas Frontier

Posted on July 18, 2018 by admin

Acclaimed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted created amazing gardens in Central Park for the City of New York as well as the gardens of Biltmore House in North Carolina after the Civil War. In the early 1850s Frederick and his … Continue reading →

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Lumberyards

Posted on July 15, 2018 by admin

I’ve been working on a paper set in Jack County immediately after the Civil War. I found a wonderful article in Texas Tears and Texas Sunshine: Voices of Frontier Women edited by Jo Ella Powell Exley. Each article told the … Continue reading →

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The Territory

Posted on July 11, 2018 by admin

Do you have any idea where the Territory was? Outlaws fled there when the law was after them. Judge Parker often called the Hanging Judge handed out verdicts to whites who broke the law. Young couples in Texas got married … Continue reading →

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Grandparents

Posted on July 8, 2018 by admin

I was especially blessed as a child. All four of my grandparents lived near my family. In addition I had two great-grandparents whom we visited often. Three of my four grandparents were great storytellers; my maternal grandmother who seldom told … Continue reading →

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No July 4th for Us

Posted on July 4, 2018 by admin

What does the Declaration of Independence of the United States mean to you? Two hundred years ago, citizens in the North had faith in the unity of the nation. To Southerners it represented independence from foreign sovereignty with the promise … Continue reading →

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Fourth of July Facts

Posted on July 1, 2018 by admin

Wednesday we celebrate the 242nd birthday of the United States of America, the day the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain was signed. Actually, the document was signed on July 2, 1776. (President John Adams was a stickler for love … Continue reading →

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July 4th on the Texas Frontier

Posted on June 27, 2018 by admin

How was an ante-bellum Fourth of July celebrated on the Texas Frontier? In many ways it was similar to our celebrations next week at this time. Yet, in other ways Americans would not find it at all comfortable or great … Continue reading →

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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

Posted on June 24, 2018 by admin

Maybe five years ago I had a call from David Grann. He introduced himself as a reporter for The New Yorker who was investigating the Osage murders in Oklahoma during the 1920s. He was particularly interested in three men from … Continue reading →

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Another Win for Justify

Posted on June 20, 2018 by admin

Most of my followers understand my love of horses and dogs. But last Saturday when Justify led the pack from start to finish at Elmont, New York, I was mopping the floor from a water leak upstairs. I missed the … Continue reading →

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World War I and the Boy Scouts

Posted on June 17, 2018 by admin

It seems that George Creel and his Committee of Public Information could barely hold a candle to the Boys Scouts of America when it came to promoting food production and preservation, and general support for World War I. Founded in … Continue reading →

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