Mexico

Capt. Frank Jones - Image courtesy of Find a Grave

Capt. Frank Jones - Image courtesy of Find a Grave

Gallant Texas Ranger
 killed in Mexico

Newspapers from the past are a great source for historical data. I’ve alluded to this fact many times before and still hold the opinion that the aged articles found in newspapers hold more truthful information than we get from some would-be historians.
Assistant curator Roy Rivera, curator Duff Wagner and Councilman Greg Murrile pose for a picture to honor Wagner’s official retirement from the city last week. They are standing at the museum’s newest exhibit, featuring one of the massive train trusses and other sordid details about the big train derailment that took place in downtown Shiner earlier this summer.

Assistant curator Roy Rivera, curator Duff Wagner and Councilman Greg Murrile pose for a picture to honor Wagner’s official retirement from the city last week. They are standing at the museum’s newest exhibit, featuring one of the massive train trusses and other sordid details about the big train derailment that took place in downtown Shiner earlier this summer.

S Panem Bohem, Duff!

Frank “Duff” Wagner, a staple at Shiner’s Edwin Wolters Memorial Museum and regular columnist with the Gazette, officially embarked on a new chapter of life Saturday, Oct. 7.