Category Archives: Texana

Juneteenth

Posted on June 19, 2008 | Comments Off on Juneteenth

Woke up this morning with the words to the gospel tune Way Up In The Middle of The Air running through my mind’s ear. Also, which I had forgotten but Google reminded me, a longish short story in Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles. Then I realized it was Juneteenth and I knew the significance of it. Gordon Granger knew what he was doing. He just didn’t know all of it.

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The Texas Rangers

Posted on June 17, 2008 | Comments Off on The Texas Rangers

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This was Company B of the old Frontier Battalion about 1880. (Here’s today’s Company B.) About half through now with a review copy of Texana author Mike Cox’s new book on the rangers, The Texas Rangers: Wearing the Cinco Peso 1821 – 1900, I can endorse it with only a quibble or two. Basically it’s a worthy updating of Walter Webb’s 1935 classic. More when I finish it.

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The heat goes on

Posted on June 17, 2008 | Comments Off on The heat goes on

Ten days of a hundred degrees and four of ninety-nine so far this month. The front forty at the rancho is turning brown, despite our best efforts to water it after midnight–which is illegal now that Austin is on mandatory water rationing for things like lawns. Meaning you can water two days a week only. Trying to balance whether the five hundred dollar fine for watering other days would be cheaper than buying new sod and starting over. Probably not.

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Mansion arson could be political

Posted on June 17, 2008 | Comments Off on Mansion arson could be political

No particular surprise there. Now the only remaining question is what politics? Austin has more than its share of liberal whackos. But there are plenty of conservative nutjobs wandering around out there in the dark on the perimeter.

Via The Discerning Texan

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Bat Man moves to Laredo

Posted on June 15, 2008 | Comments Off on Bat Man moves to Laredo

The Laredo Broncos are hitting it. They’ve got a new pitcher and it only cost them ten baseball bats.

Via Rene’s Apple.

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Colt McCoy on the Amazon

Posted on June 12, 2008 | Comments Off on Colt McCoy on the Amazon

No, the Longhorns QB was not putting up books in bubblewrap for early shipment on free delivery.

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Corsicana oilfield

Posted on June 9, 2008 | Comments Off on Corsicana oilfield

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The first significant oil field in Texas began today in 1894. It might be thought of as the one that started it all. But I bet they would not have imagined a barrel of oil at almost a hundred forty dollars. 

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