World Renowned Sculptor in Texas
When most people think of Texas in the late 19th Century, they think of cattle drives and stage coaches, one-room schoolhouses and dirt roads. They think of saloons, not salons. But there is more to the story. Long before anyone heard the phrase “women’s libber” Elisabet Ney fit the mold. Born in Münster, Westphalia, in […]
The Battle at Plum Creek
In 1977, I wrote my first Texas Historical Marker for the Battle at Plum Creek. The marker stands in the Lockhart Lions Club City Park on US 183, about a mile from the battle site. Even if you stop and read the account of 200 Texans waiting in ambush for over 600 Comanches, you will […]
The Crash at Crush
If you are traveling north on I-35 about 15 miles past Waco, watch for a Texas historical marker against the fence on your right. Don’t bother to stop, because there is nothing to see unless you want to read the marker. Had you been at this site on September 15, 1896, you would have seen […]