Corsicana’s ‘Killer Elephant’
by Robyn Ross / Posted on | No CommentsWhen the Al G. Barnes Circus came to town on Oct. 12, 1929, Corsicana was in the last days of an oil boom that [...]
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A ‘Black Gold’ Rush in Cotulla
by Alex Hannaford / Posted on | No CommentsRalph Ayala pulls up to the Brush Country Museum, parks his truck, and hops out, leaving the engine running. It’s 100 degrees outside and [...]
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Saving the Mint
by Saul Elbein / Posted on | No CommentsThe first time Priscilla Swafford heard about the community center, she didn’t believe it. She was standing in her apartment. There was a knock [...]
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A Sign of the Times in San Antonio
by Robyn Ross / Posted on | No CommentsChina and Japan are two very different countries. The City of San Antonio knows that. But a visitor to the Japanese Tea Garden in [...]
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Booking to Denton
by Sarah Angle / Posted on | No CommentsIn downtown Denton, in an old opera house painted purple, Don Foster nurtures his passion: Recycled Books. His bookstore is musty. The handmade bookshelves [...]
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