History along the Way: Stories beyond the Texas Roadside Markers

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Part One. texas Originals Chapter 1. A Chance Encounter of the Great Procession 5 Sidebar: Dr. Sellards and the Malakoff Men 15 Sidebar: A Good Place to Hunt 17 Chapter 2. John Ben’s Critters 19 Sidebar: Standing for Health 32 Chapter 3. A Life in Ragged Time 35 Sidebar: Maple Leaf Rag 44 Sidebar: Oakwood’s Founder 45 Chapter 4. Turn East to Texas 47 Sidebar: The Abert Context in the Texas Panhandle 60 Sidebar: Replacing Historical Markers 61 Chapter 5. Illumined by Truthful Artistic Ideals 63 Sidebar: El Paso High School 76 Chapter 6. Her Lonely Way Back Home 78 Sidebar: Rainbow Bridge 93 Part twO. the texas Cultural landsCaPe Chapter 7. And the Cars Keep Rolling By 99 Sidebar: East Mound Cemetery 111 Sidebar: Granbury’s Town Square Service Station 112 Chapter 8. “To Have What We Must” 115 Sidebar: Landmark Schoolhouses of Gillespie County 127 Chapter 9. A Journey back to Nature 134 Sidebar: The Invasion of Lampasas County 145 Chapter 10. Lift High the Water 148 Sidebar: Dam, Ditch, and Aqueduct 160 Chapter 11. The Normal on Chautauqua Hill 162 Sidebar: Northcraft’s San Marcos Churches 172 Sidebar: Orlando Newton Hollingsworth 174 Sidebar: Remembering Old Main on Capitol Hill 178 Chapter 12. History on the Grounds 183 Sidebar: Capitol Markers—The Rest of the Story 197 Sidebar: The Littlest Dreadnought 199 Part three. texans reaChing Out Chapter 13. Justice Is the Corporate Face of Love 205 Sidebar: Christ Church Cathedral 217 Chapter 14. A Light on the Path of Wisdom 220 Sidebar: Fairly Flying from Terrell to Dallas 232 Chapter 15. Two Generations Striving for Civil Rights 235 Sidebar: Huston-Tillotson University 248 Sidebar: Wiley College 250 Chapter 16. A Citizen with Work to Do 252 Sidebar: Women First 266 Chapter 17. Here I Am in Palestine 271 Sidebar: From Cotton Field to Factory 283 Chapter 18. The Three Graves of Judge Baylor 286 Sidebar: A Gift in the Hour of Need 300 Notes 305 Index 323 ...