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Back in 1979, the Library of Congress hired Lonn Taylor to curate an exhibition about the American cowboy. On this edition of the Rambling Boy, Lonn tells…
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Lonn Taylor recently came across two books that he now considers required reading for anyone moving to the Big Bend -- The Story of the Highlands, by…
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This week on the Rambling Boy, Lonn tells us some anecdotes from Marathon's rowdier past, and that it's rowdy image is no more.
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Opponents of the Trans-Pecos Pipeline say they’ve identified a historic archeological site located within the pipeline's path that they fear could soon be…
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In the summer of 1966, farmworkers staged a historic march across Texas to protest low wages and poor working conditions. Fifty years later, some of them are telling their stories for the first time.
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Why, in 1892, did an Irish immigrant name a Marfa hotel after the patron saint of England? Lonn Taylor tells us the answer -- and the the history of the…
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Deep in his collection of historic documents, collector Marty Davis finds a receipt paid to one Jacob Brodbeck. The receipt is for a quarter-share in the…
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150 years ago this week, the first entirely black army regiment was formed. Later nicknamed the Buffalo Soldiers, these regiments were critical to…
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A federal judge in Washington will allow John Hinckley to leave a mental institution and to live full-time with his mother. Hinckley shot President Ronald Reagan and three others in 1981.
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If the State Board of Education approves a proposed Mexican-American studies textbook this fall, Texas students could learn that the Aztecs waged war…