Frito Frenzy
“I grew up in the ’50s eating Fritos [It’s in the Bag, September 2025]. My favorite was adding them to my bologna, mustard and mayonnaise sandwiches. It added a crunch.”
Michael Range, Wise EC | Decatur
When we lived in San Antonio, kids loved to visit the concession stand when it was our daughter’s high school band’s turn to serve because we started a tradition of yelling “Frito pie!” when anyone ordered one.
Sarah Nichols, Central Texas EC | Cherry Spring
As a mid-1950s preteenager, I vacationed with my San Antonio cousins. One supper my aunt Ruth Hooper served my first Frito pie. Even now, I remember it as the most exotic dish I had ever eaten.
R. Helmer III, Central Texas EC | Austin
Bruce Townsley in his missile silo in Oplin. The crib, the silo’s steel framework, held an Atlas F intercontinental missile in the early 1960s.
Eric W. Pohl
Cold War Remnants
As a young man I worked on silos as an ironworker during the summers between college semesters [Counting Down, September 2025]. A friend and I worked in southern Arizona, Montana, South Dakota and North Dakota.
I have often wondered what was done with the decommissioned silos. There are many of them.
Sheridan Duncan, Southwest Texas EC | Menard
Mary Apple-Williams leads the way on a trail ride at soon-to-open Palo Pinto Mountains State Park.
Dave Shafer
Trail Rides
Mounts in the Hills [September 2025] is a great resource to save and use as a guide to ride in Texas. The trails I use the most are at Ray Roberts Lake State Park, which are maintained by the Lake Ray Roberts Equestrian Trails Association.
With the loss of so much open space due to development, it is great we have
so many trails available. We would love to have more.
Gabrielle Gordon, Tri-County EC | Tarrant County
