ON THE COVER
Photo by Rob Greebon
Frio River in Garner State Park
FINDING FALL
MOTFARGT THAAVEZE XINEAL SE
DEPARTMENTS
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Merge
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Sightseer
10
My Hometown
Pattie Pederson fosters
a rebirth of Navasota’s
cultural bounty
12
Open Road
Reading between the
lines about J. Frank Dobie,
the father of Texas literature
19
Drive/Family
A Central Texan retraces
her elementary school field
trips—and LBJ’s legacy
25
Drive/Detour
A road to nowhere?
Wrong. The desert allure
of FM 170 in West Texas.
28
Drive/Texas Ticket
Running a marathon
in Marathon
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Getaway
This fall, flock with
the butterflies to the
Rio Grande Valley
71
Plates
Texas wine at
Fredericksburg’s
Cabernet Grill;
unexpected sports
stadium eats; Scholz
Garten in Austin
80
Te x a na
Discoveries old and new
at Twistflower Ranch in
West Texas
85
Events
The Come and Take It
Celebration in Gonzales
93
The Daytripper
Brownsville’s Tex-Mex
spirit, from history to
food and nature
95
Speaking of Texas
Musician and poet Red
Steagall on the enduring
appeal of the West
97
Vintage
A historical homecoming
at Fort Worth’s I.M.
Te r re l l Hig h S ch o o l
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