Texas_Highways_-_October_2019

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OCTOBER 2019 FINDING FALL THE TRAVEL MAGAZINE OF TEXAS ...

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O ften, the most gratifying parts of travel are the places or moments that take us by surprise. In honor of recent staff promoti ...

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THE MAKING OF A BAJO SEXTO at Salinas Guitars & Bajo Sextos in San Marcos. OCTOBER VOLUME 66. NUMBER 10 Photo: Bill Sallans ...

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ON THE COVER Photo by Rob Greebon Frio River in Garner State Park FINDING FALL MOTFARGT THAAVEZE XINEAL SE DEPARTMENTS 7 Merge 8 ...

TEXAS HIGHWAYS™ © Texas De Transpor tation 2019 partment of All rights reserved. txdot.gov EDITORIAL Executive Editor Emily Robe ...

OCTOBER 2019 7 Soft Landing Good article about Apollo’s 50th anniver- sary [“Remembering the Moonshot,” July]. However, Mr. Brin ...

SIGHTSEER | BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK 8 texashighways.com Photo:Darren Huski Snow Fall While fall in much of the state brings only ...

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MY HOMETOWN | PATTIE PEDERSON 10 texashighways.com Photo: Sam Craft An old railroad town rich in history and blues music develop ...

OCTOBER 2019 11 Law and Order “At the turn of the century, this was a lawless town. People were being shot in the streets. Frank ...

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In Defense of Dobie Reading between the lines about the father of Texas literature By Steven L. Davis Illustration: Tom Newsom O ...

14 texashighways.com OPEN ROAD (^) | ESSAY intertwined with human history? Dobie explained that Native Americans relied on mesqu ...

OCTOBER 2019 15 Then one day at The Wittliff, I began exploring his archive for a planned exhi- bition. What I discovered blew m ...

inspire Big Bend National Park by galva- nizing the Texas Legislature to preserve the vanishing wilderness. He also was instrume ...

OCTOBER 2019 17 In 2011, San Antonio-based writer William Jack Sibley decided to create a literary festival honoring J. Frank Do ...