We Look at America Audubon Trip Across California
A reader describes a train through California and Nevada to attend the National Audubon Society convention in Sacramento. The journey highlights American landscapes and wildlife, then shifts to environmental concerns like pollution, smog, soil loss, and DDT use, underscoring Audubon’s mission to protect natural resources and public awareness. The letter ends with a note from Mrs. H A Alexander requesting a magazine address change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Irma
National Audubon Society
Sacramento
Grand Canyon
America
Las Vegas
Yosemite
Sequoia
Merced
Point Lobos
Pacific
Mother Lode
Sutter’s Mill
Marshall
Oroville
Lake Tahoe
Corpus Christi
Bird Watchers Society
Corpus
John James Audubon
Birds of America
Audubon
Audubon Society
America the Beautiful
Blackwell Boys and Cousin Earp Tales From Wimberley
In oral reminiscences from Wimberley Texas, the Blackwell Boys recounts tales of Joe and Felix, a knife exchange with a stranger, and the nickname Human Brains Earp after a hoax involving blood and brains. The stories blend family lore, local legend, and frontier humor across old roads and the Brooks Water Hole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix
Joe
Uncle
Grandpa
Paw
Cousin Earp
Wyatt Earp
Blanco
Brooks Water
Cousin
Brooks Hole
Wimberley
Jephenson
Jep
Earp
Blackwell
Tennessee
Also Mentioned on This Page
American River
Los Angeles
Laguna Hills
San Gabriels
Wimberley Mill
Mrs. H,a
Alexander Houston
Texas
Eagle Rock Ranch
Holiday Hills
Thompsons Pharmacy Prescription Laboratory
W. Hopkins
San Marcos
Wimberley Galleries
Hill Country Art Gallery
Hays County
Canyon
Hwy
Sattler Rd
Canyon Dam
Wiagerley
C.W. Wimberley
Hughes Ford