Solo Train Rides Through Wartime Texas Sparks Faithful Memories
The narrator recalls summer solo trips on Southern Pacific trains from Houston to Nacogdoches and Lufkin, guided by family ties to Frost Lumber and Earth Lumber. They describe neighbors and conductors who looked after children, then recount a Chicago-bound tour with the Robert E. Lee Band, a stop at the Cotton Bowl, and reflections on the fading era of passenger rail.
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Southern Pacific
Houston
Nacogdoches
Lufkin
T.W. Nelson
Frost Lumber Co
Earth Lumber Co
Pa-Paw
Dave
Shreveport
Gloria Lamb Ward
San Antonio
Uvalde
Chicago
Robert E. Lee
Windy City
Jackie Robertson Fuller
Ganders
Cotton Bowl
Baytown
Union Station
Dallas
Beach City author chronicles eastward cattle drives to New Orleans
Beach City resident Jim Bob Jackson profiles early Texas cattle drives that aimed east to New Orleans in his new book They Pointed Them East First. Historian Kevin Ladd notes the routes to Louisiana were more arduous than northern drives, drawing on the journal of William Berry Duncan who drove Longhorns to Louisiana before the Civil War. Duncan, a daring traveler, later enjoyed New Orleans commerce and leisure while the journal centers on cattle movement, including the Trinity River crossing at Kenefick.
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Baytown
Texas
Kansas
New Orleans
Jim Bob Jackson
Beach City
Kevin Ladd
Wallisville
Jim Bob
Chambers County
James Taylor White
Jackson
William Berry Duncan
Liberty
Louisiana
Larry McMurtry
Duncan
Crescent City
Duncan Journal
Trinity River
Kenefick
First blue winged teal spotted at Baytown Nature Center
Baytown Nature Center Journal notes sightings by Dwayne Litteer and Ron Ummel in The Baytown Sun. Brown pelicans dominated the sky and channels while Nutria swam near Brownwood Education Pavilion. John Mason, Baytown naturalist, first saw the blue-winged teal on the Duck Pond beach.
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Baytown Nature Center
Dwayne Litteer
Ron Ummel
Baytown Sun
Billie Brinkley
BNC
Cypress Trail
Arkakisa Trail
Brownwood
John Mason
City of Baytown
Duck Pond
The Break-Up review a clash of Vaughn and Aniston
The film pairs Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston in a Chicago condo tale that stumbles despite strong performances. Vaughn's fast talking energy anchors scenes while Aniston plays a stylish gallery manager pushing for change. Their early breakup feels logical in this anti romantic comedy.
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Vince Vaughn
Jennifer Aniston
Chicago
Gary Grobowski
Aniston
Brooke Meyers
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Wanda Orton
Ctesc.net
Oklahoma
Plains of
BNC Journal
Vaughn & Aniston
Vaughn
Peyton Reed
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