If you are thinking about getting married and you both have deep roots in Burnet County, it’s a good idea to look at your genealogy. You never know who your cousins are. In our case my 5th great grandfather and my wife’s 6th great grandfather were one and the same. Of course this isn’t a new discovery, but it’s the first time I’ve diagrammed it out to this degree. Continue reading Looking at our Lineage
I attended the Grand Opening of the Marble Falls Black History Museum yesterday, February 22, 2025. A story during the program was told about an incident involving the conviction and subsequent hanging of a young African American girl, due to … Continue reading The Wrongful Conviction And Hanging Of A Black Girl
The Coastal Corporation Address: Coastal Tower Nine Greenway Plaza Houston, Texas 77046 U.S.A. Statistics: Public CompanyIncorporated: 1955 as Coastal States Gas Producing Company Employees: 13,300 Sales: $7.37 billion (1998) Stock Exchanges: New York Amsterdam Dusseldorf Frankfurt Hamburg Munich London Ticker Symbol: CGP NAIC: 48621 Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas; 22121 Natural Gas Distribution; 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 42271 Petroleum Bulk Stations & Terminals; 44711 Gasoline Stations with Convenience Store Company Perspectives: Throughout our operations, Coastal seeks to maximize the competitive advantage of our strategically integrated and diverse base of energy assets and operations; focus on core geographic areas where our assets and expertise bring unique strengths; maintain a strong balance sheet to provide the financial … Continue reading Oscar Wyatt
The interesting life of one of Austin’s most notable psychics. The following is from The Dallas Morning News, November 17, 2011 In 1927, in a place called Harmony, near Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, Bertie Marie Cotton was born on a … Continue reading Bertie Catchings – Psychic
Oak Hill was quite a place in its day. I suppose it’s lost most of it’s charm with all the building and a freeway running through the middle of it. I think of the place it was in the 60s … Continue reading Remembering Oak Hill, Texas in a completely different time
G&L VBJ – The Next Chapter G&L was a great office supply store in downtown Austin for many years – Just across the Congress Ave Bridge, south of the River. The initials G & L were two brothers. Gunnar and Louis Johnson. G&L Stationers teamed up with VBJ (Von Beckman, Jones) to form G&L VBJ and moved across into a new store building south of Riverside on the east side of So. Congress – in the early 80s. Below is a blurb from the Chronicle. Below is my own story about G&L The Strange Things We Remember It’s been almost … Continue reading Von Boeckmann-Jones Co. Building in 1950
It may be fun to look at the 254 Counties across our Great State of Texas and find counties that don’t match up very well with cities or towns of the same name. I’ll start with Pecos in Reeves County, while the county seat of Pecos is Ft. Stockton. And then there is Presidio County, but the county seat is Marfa and not Presidio. Sanderson is the Seat of Terrell County, while Terrell is a town east of Dallas in Kaufman County. But they actually let the town of Kaufman be its County Seat. Of course I’m always thrown off … Continue reading Texas Counties and the Cities and Towns Can Get You All Confused
Always being curious about the Brackenridge name as it relates to Austin and San Antonio, I decided to try to decipher it. Here goes: The Austin and San Antonio Brackenridge’s were brothers, each prominent citizens. Brackenridge Hospital – Austin Texas … Continue reading Differentiating the Varying Places and Spellings
Correcting The Record: I have been told by a noted Travis County Historian that the photo of The Montopolis Courthouse, Travis County has been found not be the case. There was no such Courthouse at Montopolis. My personal story about the area: I have very fond memories of the Montopolis Area of Austin. I really didn’t know much about the history.My construction office and yard was at 2801 Montopolis Dr. for about a decade back in the 70s & 80s. It was the old homestead that included a stone house, garage apartment behind and a metal shop building farther back. … Continue reading Montopolis, Travis County, Texas
An early photo of the railroad crossing the Colorado River (now Lady Bird Lake) downtown Austin.This was taken south of the river looking north, a few blocks from the Austin Train Depot. The large building to the east of the tracks is the Seaholm Power Plant. Above photo appears that the Lake is just starting to be filled. There is real beauty looking at downtown Austin, the railroad bridge and the now decommissioned Seaholm Power Plant. The second bridge in photo above is the railroad bridge. The continuation of the railroad bridge to the north as it passes Seaholm Power … Continue reading Town Lake, back when that was the name
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