Category: Past Angora Chronicles Stories

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Fossil Limestone Building Cladding

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On many high rise buildings around Texas (and as far away as Washington DC) this type of stone cladding has been used. It’s fossilized appearance gives it a very distinctive look. It has been used for decades on schools, museums, office buildings and even the San Jacinto Monument. It is mostly referred to Cordova Fossil Stone (trade-name). It seems to be mostly all quarried out now, with other types of stone taking over. While it was a very unique stone, it tended to turn black in color over time, leaving a less than desirable appearance. (first photo) There were several … Continue reading Fossil Limestone Building Cladding

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Someone asked, what’s going on…..

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Actually quite a few people know what’s happening but if you happen to be one that doesn’t, I’ll just tell you. As you may have read, I’ve been asking questions lately about the young girl that died in Marble Falls back in 1965. Her name was Daynon Lewis. She was one of our classmates and we were in the 8th grade. she was a sweet innocent blond haired girl. We have had her death as a topic several times in past years. Not as a just a way to bring up the past, but something about the circumstances of her … Continue reading Someone asked, what’s going on…..

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Cecil & Bonnie Gay Lewis

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76 years ago today, my dad took my mother to be his wife. She was 15 years old. He was 23. Did she have any idea what was ahead for her? She passed away after 42 years of marriage, just short of turning 57 years of age. 4 years later he died at age 69. They spent their lifetime in Smithwick except for a little less than 9 years they lived at Jollyville, Texas – 1956 to 1965. They raised two knuckleheaded boys and then took on raising two adorable girls in what we call their second life of parenting. … Continue reading Cecil & Bonnie Gay Lewis

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Ready To Be Confused? Some Misunderstood Texas State Law

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If you own cow and she get’s out on the highway and a car hits her, who is responsible? The landowner or the driver of the car? Does the landowner have a duty to maintain good fences to insure their livestock don’t get out? Is it a different argument if a gate is left open? No respectable cattleman would have bad fences or leave his gate open, but there is always that wild animal that is going to tear up every fence in sight. And there is the issue of the weekend rancher that isn’t sure what a good fence … Continue reading Ready To Be Confused? Some Misunderstood Texas State Law

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Trading Stamps

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I remember my mother with a wet sponge mopping the backs of those trading stamps and carefully putting them in books. I really only remember my mother collecting S&H Green and Texas Gold. I read on Wikipedia that Texas Gold was primarily a HEB thing. Is that the way you remember it? What kind of things did your mother buy with stamps? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading_stamp Continue reading Trading Stamps

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This Story Got Me Following Sean Dietrich.

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Sean is a great writer. He writes the kind of stuff that needs to be written about. The supermarket checkout line. She was white-haired and frail. Her buggy was filled to capacity so that it looked like she was pushing a coal barge up the Mississippi. The first item she placed onto the conveyor belt was an extra-large case of Coors. “That’s a lot of beer,” said I. She smiled. “On sale.” “Are you the one who drinks it?” She nodded. “Two beers a day keeps the doctor away.” “I don’t think that’s how the saying goes.” “Yeah, well, I … Continue reading This Story Got Me Following Sean Dietrich.

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Trying To Figure Out The History Of US 281 Running Through Burnet County

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I referenced several sources including newspapers, other written sources and maps to ascertain the history of the main highway that now takes us from Wichita Falls to Brownsville. I am only speaking to the stretch as it extends through Burnet County, as it gets much more complicated trying to talk about the entire stretch as it goes from Canada to Mexico. Photo # 1 is a 1919 map. It doesn’t show an actual road extending from Blanco to Lampasas. (Probably just trails at that time) This map doesn’t show a road from Blanco to San Antonio either. Photo # 2 … Continue reading Trying To Figure Out The History Of US 281 Running Through Burnet County

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The Inventor (mid 1980s)

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I used to take my kids to Baskin Robbins Ice Cream in South Austin. Either a location on So. Congress and couple of blocks south of Oltorf or the one on Stassney Lane. What I always observed was the amount of effort it took for the employees there to dish out the very hard frozen ice cream. I also experienced the same thing at home. I went on a quest to find or make the very best ice cream scoop. I tried many different things, from a type of vibrating handle to different types and shapes of scoops. I bought … Continue reading The Inventor (mid 1980s)

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A Look Back At Some Of The Past “Ramblings” That Were Carried In The Newspapers Around Here

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The Rambling Longhorn and Gloomy Gus are two of the fellows that have been carried in the local newspapers. If you know of others, please let me know and I’ll try to round up some articles from them. I can’t find the other Gloomy Gus screenshots that I made, that I said I’d put on here one day. I guess it wouldn’t be impossible for me to go back and scan them again one day. Continue reading A Look Back At Some Of The Past “Ramblings” That Were Carried In The Newspapers Around Here