Just thinking about what life was like when Buchanan Dam was being built, with the little beer stands setup along the roads leading from there. Texas Roadside Beer Stands – Back in the days when Buchanan Dam was being built. Many operated by young gals, as the young men and older guys were working on the Dam Tell me about the open air beer stands along the roads when the working men got off work building Buchanan Dam in Texas. The Song: https://suno.com/s/k4zELR1wDkKMVXVg //////////////////////////////////////// What you’re remembering—or asking about—is a very real piece of Hill Country life, and it ties … Continue reading Early Roadside Beer Stands

I had often wondered why the Goodnight – Loving Cattle Drive took the route it did. There seems to have been several reasons, all well thought out. The Song: https://suno.com/s/fTPiWFeviKllqj6f ///////////////////////////////////////////// Alright—let’s walk it like a trail boss would, from Texas up to Colorado, the way Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving actually laid it out. ⸻ 🐂 The Goodnight–Loving Trail (Step-by-Step) 👉 This tied into old military/mail roads (Butterfield route) ⸻ 👉 This leg angled southwest, not north, to avoid the worst of the plains and reach water ⸻ 👉 This was critical: once you hit the Pecos, the route … Continue reading Goodnight -Loving Cattle Drive Route

This will demonstrate the intense rivalry between the towns of Burnet and Llano back at a time when the Buchanan Dam was getting restarted after the original company that first started work went bankrupt in the early part of the 1930s decade. This from The Llano News – Aug 1936 The type was very difficult to transcribe, but this is our best effort. Found the wording of the editorial to be very entertaining. THE LLANO NEWS Entered at the Llano Post Office as second-class mail matter under Act of Congress of 1878. Published every Thursday. By COLLINS & ELLERMAN SUBSCRIPTION … Continue reading The Llano & Burnet Newspaper’s Appear To Have Been Embroiled In Spat

There are so many stories of Cecil Maugham and his ability to walk long distances at a surprising pace. Seeing this one photo from a time when I best remember him, in the 1960s/70s brought me right back to the … Continue reading Cecil Maugham – A True Marble Falls Legend

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 had diagrammed it out to this degree. Continue reading Marrying Cousins??

EARLY LIFE I was born in Burnet, Texas, February 2, 1932. My mother was from Marble Falls, Texas and my dad was from Marietta, Ohio. He was working on Buchanan Dam when they met. They never told me too much about how they met and for some reason I never asked them; now I wish I had. My dad worked for Brown & Root Construction Companyand we moved a lot. I hated that, and I remember thinking that when I grew up I was not ever going to move. Yes! I have moved a lot. I lived in Venezuela, Egypt, Israel and who … Continue reading Maxine’s Stories

Lawson Products had a salesman that made the rounds to all the contractors shops to sell them nuts and bolts. He kept our bolt bins full to overflowing. We never complained. We knew him coming meant he’d bring a good supply of good quality caps. Of course our Office Manager, Woody, always wanted to know why our bolt and nut bill was so high. This was in the 1970s and before the nice quality cap craze really got started. I really think that these caps are what showed people that a gimme cap didn’t have to be cheap looking. Wasn’t … Continue reading The Lawson Products Caps