In the annals of Texas history, few stories encapsulate the brutal clash between settlers and Indian tribes as vividly as the Battle of Pease River in December 1860. At its...

January 9, 1936In the hope that Texas Centennial year might inspire students to seek a deeper knowledge of the lore of their own state, a special...

I was 16 when I ended up in a hospital bed and heard three words that changed my life: type 1 diabetes. What I didn't know then and what too few doctors acknowledge today,...

I was talkin’ to a buddy of mine outside of the grocery store and he was tellin’ me about visitin’ Yellowstone Park over the summer and he was just startin’ to tell me...

December 19, 1935Jeff Scott, 20, son of Mrs. Kate Scott, a ranch family living near Sheffield, may lose his left foot as a result of the accidental...

December 12, 1935Bids will be received by the State Highway Commission at Austin on Monday, December 30, for grading structures, stone base and...

Well, it’s time to reminisce again.I’m sure some of you have already started your Christmas shoppin’. You’re puttin’ up decorations and such, and gettin’ ready for visitors...

December 5, 1935Fire resulting from a defective flue damaged the roof of a servant house and washroom at the Scott Peters home here Tuesday...

Clayton, N.M.—One hundred and twenty-four years after the botched hanging that ended his life, Thomas E. “Black Jack” Ketchum still casts a long, sinister shadow across the...

Since it’s nearly Christmas, I decided to rerun one of my old Christmas poems.  ‘Twas the night before ChristmasAnd Janet was gone.I was at homeAnd I was alone.I pulled...

 In the annals of Texas history, few Native tribes evoke as much fascination and revulsion, as the Tonkawa. Known to early European explorers as nomadic hunters scattered...

I was in the grocery store the other day and a man asked me to rerun this story so he could read it to his grandkids. Now how could I refuse a request like that.I don’t see...

November 28, 1935Opening of a school museum on the third floor of the High School building, in which various curious and objects of historical...

Yippee! The creatures are back. I’m talkin’ about those pesky phone creatures. You know the ones who call you durin’ supper, or just when a good movie comes on TV. I know...

November 21, 1935Two inspectors who are working as special deputies under the sheriff have been employed by Crockett County to check all movement...