SPINDLETOP
Patilla Higgins is one of those people that put Texas on the world oil map, and he rarely gets a mention. He came on the scene in the mid-1880s in a brawl with a local deputy marshal that cost Higgins his arm and the marshal his life. Since the scrape occurred after dark, a plea […]
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 […]
MOVERS AND SHAKERS: RABBI HENRY COHEN
When you travel Texas highways, you see historical markers that tell some of Texas’ best tales. For several years I wrote some of those marker stories and in the process I discovered a lot of Movers & Shakers that history books never mention. I plan to share some of the stories in my blogs. I […]