July 8, 2026Ozona’s first big rodeo and celebration under the management of the Celebration Association is a thing of the past, the last of the...

I am not a shopper. I despise shoppin’ and will do just about anything to avoid the unpleasantness of doin’ it. Now I’m not talkin’ about buyin’ stuff. I’m talkin’ about...

July 1, 1926After months of preparation and the spending of considerable money, Ozona has launched its first semi-annual rodeo and celebration...

As you recall from last week’s excitin’ episode, my cousin Coy, Little Rusty, Wee Whoa, and myself, oh yeah, and Bones, the dog, were about to embark on a dangerous...

The early settlers in this part of the country did not have the comforts and conveniences people nowadays enjoy, but they were compensated by better opportunities for...

June 25, 1936With committees working feverishly this week on various features and business houses and individuals shaping plans for their parts in...

Spoiler alert! This is a two-part series.     A while back a fellow was tellin’ me about an ordeal he had to go through while he was in the hospital several years ago. He...

Much has been said and written about the hardships and privations endured by the Confederate soldiers 50 years ago and especially the straits to which he was often put in...

June 18, 1936Laying of the caliche base on the nine-mile stretch of Highway 27 west from Ozona is nearing completion, contractors being at work...

June 11, 1936Lacking a quorum at the opening of the regular June term, scheduled to convene Monday, the Crockett County Commissioners Court...

In the untamed heart of 19th-century Republic of Texas, young W.F. Neal lived a life forged on the frontier. Born in Tennessee in 1851, he was just an infant when his...

In the history of American military medicine, few figures combined courage, innovation and medical skill as completely as Assistant Surgeon Bernard John Dowling Irwin. His...

June 4, 1936A petition asking the Commissioners Court of Crockett County to call an election for the purpose of deciding the question of whether or...

May 28, 1936Opening a campaign of strict enforcement of the State law prohibiting cows or other livestock from running at large on highways,...

May 21, 1936Crockett County spent an average of approximately $76.50 per pupil in the public schools during the past year for the education of its...