Lightly edited by Jim FishThe following narrative was told by Sydney Keel and recorded by her daughter, Murier Neora (Derick) Keel. The account first appeared in The...

March 12, 1936Margaret Ella Drake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Drake, will graduate with highest scholastic honors as valedictorian of the Ozona...

The other day I was an hour or so early for an appointment, so I stopped in one of those high-dollar coffee places to kill some time. Now, I know that coffee in those...

During the turbulent decades of American westward expansion, violent conflict between settlers and Native American tribes produced stories of loss, survival and unexpected...

March 5, 1936Forty-five Masons and their invited guests celebrated the doubly significant date in Texas history of March 2, observed the 100th...

This Caller ID is the greatest thing since sliced bread. I can get into whatever character I want, before I answer the phone. It’s like havin’ ESP or somethin’. I’m tellin’...

February 27, 1936Texas Independence Day, the 100th anniversary of the declaration of independence of Texas from Mexico, will be observed as a...

In the spring of 1839, just three years after the Texian victory at San Jacinto secured independence from Mexico, the Republic of Texas remained far from secure.Mexico had...

I was in the kitchen openin’ up a can of sardines and I got some sardine juice on my hand and I wiped it on my blue jeans just as Janet walked in.“Did you just wipe your...

February 20, 1936Crockett County’s oldest resident is dead! Teafilo Moncada, first Mexican from Old Mexico to settle in Ozona and who came here...

The other day I ran into a young man at the grocery store.“Hey,” he said. “Are you Rusty Mitchum?”“Depends,” I said. “Do he owe you money?”“No,” he replied.“Well then,...

Devils River Country—In the rugged canyons of southwestern Texas, where limestone walls rise above arid scrub and the Devils River winds through remote wilderness, a...

Taylor Thompson wore many hats on the Texas frontier: printer, newspaper editor, Confederate veteran and Texas Ranger, but it was through his writings that he left one of...

February 13, 1936Crockett County is going “western” for the benefit of Centennial visitors to Texas next summer on the occasion of its ninth annual...

I’m pretty sure y’all get sick of hearin’ about Phone Creatures, but I get so many of the things callin’ me, and I’ve got to write about somethin’. I know most of y’all out...