August 31, 1954 – 115 excited, young men showed up to pre-season football training camp for Texas A&M. Instead of finding the usual well-groomed football field with green grass and painted lines, what they found had them questioning if they were in the right place. Their practice field was a dry patch of cracked ground
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Connie Sue Low is a Texas historical writer and curator of the Kimble County Historical Museum in Junction, Texas.
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