GOD & TEXAS: Mother of Pentecost
Born a slave in 1847, Lucy would one day impact the world to a greater extent than her renowned uncle Frederick Douglass. Having already...
GOD & TEXAS: Locomotives collide
Come and see the “Duel of the Iron Monsters” as two 35- ton locomotives crash into each other at a combined speed of ninety miles per...
GOD & TEXAS: Buick Bandit
Shorty and Red Roundtree grew up with their three brothers in Brown County, Texas. Born in 1902, Shorty was the eldest with Red being 9...
GOD & TEXAS: Gail Borden and evaporated milk
If you lived in Galveston in 1839, there is a high probability that you saw a noted city alderman riding his pet bull downtown. Gail...
GOD & TEXAS: Town Crier
In 1898, 16-year-old “Foghorn Clancy” was broke. When the US Army would not let him enlist, the editor of a Mineral Wells newspaper...
GOD & TEXAS: "Fighting Parson" Potter
“All you old rummers and whiskey guzzlers and card sharpers come out and mend your ways, or you’ll all go to hell, sure as you were...
GOD & TEXAS: Cowboy roundup songs
"After milking the cows, I have to unwind my hands to play the piano." These are the words of Oscar Julius Fox who was born on a ranch in...
GOD & TEXAS: Cowboy code of ethics
“A man never makes money in selling a horse – the money is made in buying it.” This quote by Texas rancher Dudley Snyder expresses the...
GOD & TEXAS: Herding hogs
History records that James Wulfjen provided much of the finances to build every church in Mitchell County, Texas, regardless of...
GOD & TEXAS: A Texas Poet
A poem about Texas: Where the wild bluebonnets grow - That's Texas. Where the breezes softly blow - That's Texas. Where the sun shines...
