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A Savory History Lesson I really appreciate the history of salt (“Texas’ White Gold,” August). A few years ago, during a family reunion of the Bedells, I visited with a distant cousin. She was almost 100 years old, and she told me about some of her aunts who were young women at the time of the…

Ringing Endorsement A long-running joke in Fannin County involves the small town of Telephone, featured in your May “Who Knew?” Good thing it has a landline phone, because there is no cell phone service in Telephone. If you lose your phone there, you can’t call it to hear the ring and locate it. Many a…

Minnie Lou Is My Hero Minnie Lou Bradley [May 2007]—what a wonderful life. My life dream is to raise cattle, but my life events have lead to running a $150M company. Although my life is a success, I will always yearn to walk in Minnie Lou’s shoes. She is a true pioneer in an all-too-modern…

Her Abilene What a pleasure to read two articles about my birthplace and home for many years, Abilene (“Abilene My Abilene,” April 2007). It was wonderful to see the pictures of the restored downtown and so many places so familiar to me. Thanks for the memories. Ann Black, Bowie-Cass Electric Cooperative   Don’t Forget Frontier…