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Abilene confectionary appeals to the Art Atchinson Aimesworth in all of us

Dig This Story Martha Deeringer’s article The First Texans? [February 2016] was most interesting. I always enjoy and learn from her articles. I’m always looking for places to find arrowheads. Cooper, in East Texas, had a neat place to hunt arrowheads. Glenn Snyder | Blue Ridge Fannin County EC Editor’s note: Picking up arrowheads on…

Re-enacting the daring horseback journey with Travis’ letter from the Alamo 180 years later

Preserving Wildlife How many of you anti-hunters have a hunting license, which helps preserve the wildlife [Letters, November 2015]? What have you birdwatchers and wildlife observers contributed to their management? Carl Brockmann | San Angelo Concho Valley EC   I Like Ike Just read Another Texan in the White House? [Currents, December 2015], which lists…

Relative Infamy When I read the article by Stephen Sharpe [Endangered Places, September 2015], I saw the name of a relative in the “Lost” segment. Ben “Tall Texan” Kilpatrick’s great-grandfather and my great-great-great-grandfather were one and the same, so I guess that makes us cousins. I first became aware of this infamous cousin when I…