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Comanche Chief Quanah Parker – courtesy of the Handbook of Texas

Comanche Chief Quanah Parker – courtesy of the Handbook of Texas

Texas cowboy encounters famous Comanche chief

Murray Montgomery
Sunday, August 3, 2025
By Murray Montgomery
  -   Staff WriterIn his book The Trail Drivers of Texas, J. Marvin Hunter compiled numerous handwritten biographical sketches that were submitted to him by men who had been on trail drives from Texas to railheads in Kansas and various other places.

Bygone hunting adventures explored

Murray Montgomery
Thursday, July 24, 2025
By Murray Montgomery
  -   Staff WriterOnce upon a time, back in the day, I was a hunter.I really wasn’t one of those prolific deer hunters, although I did hunt deer once – I killed two while hunting for several years on a lease at Harper, near Fredericksburg, in the Texas Hill Country.
Texas Revolution style canon on display at the Alamo. For illustrative purposes only; the Lavaca River canon's style and type are unknown.

Texas Revolution style canon on display at the Alamo. For illustrative purposes only; the Lavaca River canon's style and type are unknown.

The Lost Canon of Lavaca County

Murray Montgomery
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
By Murray Montgomery  -  Staff WriterNot long after I moved to Gonzales in 1984, I heard a story about an old canon that was located somewhere east of there and had been found by a group of kids while they were searching for a good swimming hole.
Drawing of a Cofederate blockade runner. Courtesy of Wikipedia.

Drawing of a Cofederate blockade runner. Courtesy of Wikipedia.

Confederate blockade runner sleeps with the fishes near Surfside Beach

Murray Montgomery
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
By Murray Montgomery  -  Staff Writer Many years ago, I spent much of my leisure time surf fishing along the coast in Brazoria County, Texas.I remember one spot, at Surfside Beach, where the fishing was always pretty good. Most fishermen in the area referred to the place simply as the "boilers.

Independence Day: A day filled with patriotic customs

Jimmy Appelt
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Friday is the Fourth of July, or what we also refer to as Independence Day.It’s a day commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence that took place on July 4, 1776 when our country declared its independence from Great Britain.
This .44 caliber Dance revolver in on loan to The Bullock Texas State History Museum

This .44 caliber Dance revolver in on loan to The Bullock Texas State History Museum

The Dance boys and their guns

Murray Montgomery
Thursday, June 26, 2025
By Murray Montgomery  -  Staff WriterIt is a well-known fact that during the American Civil War, the North had the larger number of resources when it came to manufacturing weapons.That part of the country had most of the factories and other essential things required to supply troops in the field.

Summer has started

Jimmy Appelt
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Although school has now been out since the end of May and many are celebrating the summer break, the official beginning of summer was this past Friday.On that day the summer solstice took place in the Northern Hemisphere and for us in the central time zone, it officially started at 9:42 p.m.
Photo courtesy of Marfa Public Library

Photo courtesy of Marfa Public Library

Riding the stage in old Texas

Murray Montgomery
Friday, June 20, 2025
By Murray Montgomery - Staff WriterTry, if you will, to imagine yourself traveling from Gonzales to Galveston, in the middle of July, on a stagecoach that would take at least three days to reach its destination.
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