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Purveyor of Texas history and culture. Cowboy boots junkie and advocate of all things Lone Star. 100% organic, free-range Texas content. A 100% apolitical feed buymeacoffee.com/TracesofTexas Under a shady live oak tree Joined April 2011-
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The Texas Quote of the Day requires a bit of background. I have written in the past about the gunfight between the infamous gambler/saloon owner Luke Short and the equally infamous Longhair Jim Courtright, which took place on Feb. 8, 1887, in Fort Worth. Both men were noted…
The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day: The Boerne Village Band from Boerne, Texas is the oldest continuous German band in the world outside of Germany. The band was organized in 1860 by Karl Dienger to complement the Boerne Gesang Verein (singing club). The ensemble practiced in…
youtu.be/syQRcMjISYw?si… This is my favorite version of this classic song. As best I can tell, This song was collected from Mrs. Irene Carlisle by Vance Randolph in Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1942. Randolph then published it in his noteworthy collection, "Ozark Folksongs." Irene…
The Mission Drive-In in San Antonio, 1950. It still stands, though it's no longer used as a drive-in. The last time I went by I think they were hosting a farmer's market.
A constable in San Augustine, Texas 1939. Another fabulous photo taken by ... you guessed it ... Russell Lee.
Traces of Texas reader Susan Stamilio graciously shared this photo, taken in 1948 near Seminole, Texas. Show are Susan's father, Wilford (top) and mother, Billie Jean (middle). Also shown is Susan's aunt, Mary. 70 years ago. I love seeing these old photos of people frolicking and…
One of my own photos. I found this small marker in the Indianola cemetery. Indianola is now a ghost town located on Matagorda Bay in Calhoun County. The community, once the county seat of Calhoun County, had been a bustling seaport. In 1875, the city had a population of 5,000,…
Don Knotts and Farrah Fawcett in Houston, 1967. The occasion was the premier of Don's movie "The Reluctant Astronaut" in the Bayou City. Farrah was a University of Texas co-ed and "Miss Astro-Nette," as seen here, though she'd already been invited to Hollywood for a screen…
The Bosque River floods an old mill near Clifton, Texas circa 1905. I'm not saying I want this kind of rain for anybody right now ---- particularly East Texas, which has had enough ---- but there are parts of West and Central Texas that might welcome it. It always seems to be…
Who can guess what breed of cattle the Texas Quote of the Day, written in 1846, is discussing? 📷 The Texas Quote of the Day: "The settlers who have recently opened farms near the source of the San Gabriel and Brushy creek find the country well stocked with a singular breed of…
The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day: The Brady Buck, also known as the Benson Buck, McCulloch Buck, and 78-Point Buck, is a world-record whitetail deer that was found on the Ford Ranch near Melvin in McCulloch County in 1892. The buck’s record-setting antlers are currently…
Traces of Texas reader Will Mitchell was so kind as to share this 1907 photo of a steam-powered ditch digger in Jefferson, Texas. Look at all of the open chains, flywheels etc... no OSHA back then, and no TDLR, either. I'll bet this thing made a racket when it was operating!…
A man and a woman in Bonham circa 1900. I don't know who they are or what their relationship is. They are probably husband and wife but I can't say. On one hand, it's sad to me that this is all we have of them. On the other hand, it's kind of cool that we have this at least.
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@TracesofTexas Just out of sight in distance: Fun City Toys in the Echo Lane shopping center
@TracesofTexas I moved to Houston in 1974 and lived less than two miles from here. It’s like you sneaked a picture out of my family photo album.
@TracesofTexas I remember that scene! Spent many of my teen hours at Memorial City Mall.
@TracesofTexas Love it. I was born at Memorial Hospital.
@TracesofTexas Way before “Them Dadgum Yanks” as my curmudgeonly but adorable grandpa used to say!
@TracesofTexas Is that a jet aircraft at the far left side of the parking lot, or are my eyes deceiving me?
@TracesofTexas That is about as artistic as capitalism ever got
@TracesofTexas We'd pile into cars on the weekend to go see a movie in town at Memorial City. The only other options was the Thunderbird drive in or Hempstead?
@TracesofTexas Pretty sure that "Goodyear" is now a "Firestone" - lots of changes since then!
@TracesofTexas Wow! Memorial City now.
@TracesofTexas My cousin, living there after he graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio, used to take me to a wonderful Mexican restaurant called Ninfa’s, really popular in the 70’s.
@VCradier @TracesofTexas Sorry - I didn’t see your comment before I posted mine.
@TracesofTexas Does anyone know why it looks like a plane parked back there?
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@TracesofTexas I visit my dad's sitein Fulton a few times a year, will have to check it out next time. 🪻