ON THE COVER: Cover photograph: View From the Cave Near Tapado Canyon, Bofecillos Mountains, by Mark Klett.
December 1989
Table of Contents
Features
Wild ForeverOnce the private preserve of an oil executive, the 300,000-acre Bid Bend Ranch, with all its desert grandeur, has now entered the public domain. Photography by Mark Klett The All-American CrooksFootball players at Dallas’ Carter High had it all: god futures, a state championship, and the feeling that they could do no wrong. The trouble was, their favorite hobbies were guns and holdups. Get Along, Little DoggiesWell-shod supermodel Fay Ray steps out in true Texas style. |
A Fool and His MoneyWhy we are so soon parted. Liz and MeMemories of the filming of Giant in Marfa, as recalled by a fan who had the best seat in the house. TeardownHouston’s West University area was just a quiet, unpretentious neighborhood until the bulldozers moved in. Now everyone’s trying to keep up with the Georgians. |
Columns
ArtImages at WarA Fort Worth exhibit of scenes from the Mexican War shows that fanciful lithographs outgunned the realism of nascent photography. Behind the LinesTexas and the new decade.Backward and forward. |
Popular MusicBlack to BasicsNewcomer of the year Clint Black plays tributes to early country music—with an unintentional Texas twist. BooksContinental DriftFive beautifully produced books explore the Americas, from anonymous folk art to the great muralists, from revolutionary heroes to a Texas ranching patriarch. |
Reporter
ReporterIrreconcilable DifferencesAn airport spat rekindles the Dallas-Fort Worth feud; South Plains farmers cotton to a colorful high-fiber crop; Houston artists collaborate to wish everyone Feliz Navidad. |
Miscellany
Roar of the CrowdVoices of East TexasRemembering a special place; rethinking the political process; working toward a humane society. |
State SecretsCourting DisasterBill Clements and the courts head for a showdown over school finance; the boom in engineering may be over; wisdom from the Whitmire win. |
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