Texas Originals

Meet Rock Star Clark Wernecke

Many people spend a small fortune to spend an evening with a musical rockstar; in…

Dr. Eileen Johnson: Leaving a Legacy

In the late 1800s, cattlemen and settlers entered Lubbock County along trails that followed the…

Far West Texas Lawman Carl C. Williams

Using the words of noted historian Lonn Taylor in his forward for retired sheriff Carl…

Monti Goodin: Preserver of Panhandle Heritage

Monti Goodin sits in the kitchen of her home located just down the road from…

A Passion for Texas Literature and the Haley Library

As the author of 24 books, Patrick Dearen knows the importance of research. Whether writing…

Dan L. Smith: Bankhead Historian

One of history’s ironies is how weather expert Dan L. Smith came to write the…

Soaring above the Desert Dry Line

Burt Compton’s Marfa Gliders

80 John Wallace

I t’s an irony, no doubt, that the men’s correctional institution operating since 1994 in Mitchell…

One Patient at a Time, One Painting at a Time

O n an October afternoon among tree-lined heights of Canadian, Texas, a hint of fall in…

Robert Earl Keen

Robert Earl Keen rightfully deserves the reputation he’s earned as a talented singer-songwriter, a Texas troubadour…