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Lavaca County and the Raw Frontier

Murray Montgomery
Saturday, November 15, 2025
By Murray Montgomery
     Staff WriterSeveral years ago, I received a complimentary copy of a new book, Raw Frontier (Volume Two), written by Keith Guthrie.
A cowboy at the entrance of a dugout in Texas, 1907. Image courtesy of Amon Carter Museum.

A cowboy at the entrance of a dugout in Texas, 1907. Image courtesy of Amon Carter Museum.

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Unearthing the story of Dugout Homes

Murray Montgomery
Saturday, July 22, 2023
By Murray Montgomery I had been thinking about doing a story on dugout homes for a long time – they were one choice of housing available to the impoverished pioneers of this country. The more research that I did, my respect for our ancestors grew even more; as if that was possible.
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