Rambling Boy
The Rambling Boy: Stories About Texas is a weekly look at regional history, hosted by Lonn Taylor of Fort Davis.
Taylor was a writer and historian who moved to the Big Bend after retiring from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. in 2002.
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All most Americans know about the Liberty Bell is that it's in Philadelphia and has a crack on the side of it. But did you know that at one time, after… -
Marfa is facing a David and Goliath battle of unprecedented importance to the Entire Big Bend. Austin-based C3 Presents wants and is planning a music…
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There's a lot of books about Texas, but not a lot of books about books that come from the Lone Star State. On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn takes…
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The Navajo Code Talkers of WWII were bilingual Navajo speakers, specially recruited during World War II by the US Marine Corps to serve as radio men in…
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Dwight David Eisenhower was the first United States President to be born in Texas, but he didn't know until he was a grown man. On this edition of The…
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On this edition of The Rambling Boy, just in time for Texas Independence Day, Lonn discusses the lives of Sam Houston's sons.
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On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn teams up with Marfa Public Radio's Sally Beauvais in an attempt to answer some of the very tough questions that…
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On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn take s a look at a book called a The Lost Words. Written by two Englishmen. Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris,…
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On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn explores the history of immigrants and American feelings towards said immigrants.
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Earworm; noun; a catchy song or tune that runs continually through a person's mind. The term was coined by British novelist Dasmond Bagley, and first…
