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Crystal City, a small south Texas town was known for two things. It was where the once famous La Raza Unita Political Party was born and … Continue reading Working Down At The Spinach Capital Of The World
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Below is a screenshot of a story I wrote one time about how my early life was and how telling my own sons (and my very skeptical wife) about it and the friendships I made all those many years ago at the little country school I attended. It truly was and is a magical part of my life. Facebook has helped me to reconstruct so much of that era through reconnecting with so many of those early friends made six decades and more ago. My Memories Live On Thru Facebook And The Angora Chronicles. Continue reading I’m Not Sure They Ever Bought Into My Jollyville Stories
This is a story about Glenn Lewis and others that worked the Chupadero back in the 60s. Going Across The Border As a final entry about the Chupadero tonight, I’ll leave you with perhaps the wildest story to come out of that place. At the center of the story is Glenn Lewis, a well known Marble Falls cowboy that made the trek down south whenever it was roundup time. Glenn is distantly related to me, but we shared a lot of time together growing up and he was one of my first employees when I went in the construct business … Continue reading Glenn Lewis and a Few Others Down on the Chupadero.
The ranch had a blue gelding that they had tried to break for a long time, but never could get him where he would not buck. By this time he was around a 5 year old. He was in the pen and they keep messing with him and putting a young Mexican cowboy on him. Each time he’d throw him off.Glenn finally tied the horse in a chute, blindfolded him and got the rider in the saddle. Then he took a rope and tied that cowboys feet and stirrups together underneath the horse. They untied that blue horse and turned … Continue reading Pat Taylor had been told this story out of the Chupadero Ranch, down on the border
Always know I’m there for all my grandchildren, no matter what happens. https://suno.com/s/Fv4vgGmnBECVIXpy Sweet Innocence While everyone of my grandchildren are loved equally, and that’s the truth.Something about granddaughters are special to me. Maybe growing up with a brother and … Continue reading Sweet Innocence
But this story gave Kenny and me something to remember and since the wounds healed up fairly quick, it wasn’t the worst thing. This Story/Song will explain what happened one day after a long day of working back when we … Continue reading Not Every Story Turns Out With A Happy Ending
My son Mike & I were visiting yesterday. He said “I have video I need to send you”. It turns out that he was coming out Marble Falls one time, a while back, and hit the record button on his … Continue reading A Nice Moonlit Night:
A great story from :Steve Hathcock Don Chenche’s early life was uneventful for the most part. Born in San Luis Potosi Mexico his family first moved to the Matamoros area sometime after Texas won its independence from Mexico and then … Continue reading The Famous Don Chenche – Port Isabel, Texas
A True Area Legend JANUARY 25, 1932 – MAY 29, 2026 Floyd Matthew Cantwell, age 94, passed away peacefully early Friday morning in Liberty Hill, Texas surrounded by his loved ones. Born on January 25, 1932, Floyd lived much of his life … Continue reading Floyd Cantwell
Just sauntering around on FaceBook and ran across a video about a pay phone booth that once stood out in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a few miles out of Baker, California. Yes a pay phone in the middle … Continue reading Well This Is Weird
This story is about my G-Grandmother’s Family, The Clark’s. I let May 30 pass this year without mentioning Momma May, which would have been her 147th birthday. I knew this story was around somewhere from a previous post and finally … Continue reading Father Knows Best
When we first acquired these machines in the later part of 2007, they were bought for a particular project, that was in some fairly hard limestone. We had approximately 4 to 5 miles of very deep wastewater (most of it 38′-40′ depth) to lay. We didn’t have our own deep trenchers that it would take to dig the depths we were going to need. We would generally subcontract that portion of the work out. We had equipped our two 385 Cats out with Leading Edge buckets (the very strange buckets at the bottom of the page) and had been having … Continue reading The Story Of How A Little Ol’ Utility Contractor From Bertram, Texas Came To Own Two Giant Excavators
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