ON THE COVER: Photograph by David C. Mackenzie, costuming by Madeleine Pearsall, coordination by Mary Gow
August 1990
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Features
Howdy, Comrades! Let’s Do a DealA Texas businessman launches his one-man invasion of post-Communist Romania. The Battle for Barton SpringsA determined developer’s big plans for Austin’s cool, clear water hole is bringing out extremes on both sides. The Big BlowOn September 8, 1900, a devastating hurricane blasted Galveston, changing life on the Island forever. |
A Soldier’s SecretIn the farming town of Whitewright, stolen tenth-century illuminated manuscripts and ivory reliquaries weren’t all that Joe Meador had to hide. High Country HavenThe Tetons are grander and Santa Fe is tonier, but no place is more apropos than Ruidoso. Industrious ArtsFor a handful of Texas artists, crafting a living comes naturally. |
Columns
Behind the LinesSin and the CowboysBusinessVenus Behind BarsA new private prison brought a belated boom to tiny Venus, but the state contends that the jailhouse is a bust. |
Popular MusicSqueeze PlayThree masters show why conjunto, the accordion music of the Tex-Mex border, is hotter thatn Lajitas in August. PoliticsWhat Price Glory?John Wiley Price champions the poor, the oppressed—and his own political future. |
Reporter
ReporterState Wide: Surfing FanaticsWhen hurricanes come in, Carrie Doughty and Joe Garza head out. |
ReporterState Wide: Close CallAs the Mega Borg blazed, the Gulf absorbed the toxic oil spill. |
Miscellany
Roar of the CrowdStraight TalkDomainSee My Etchings; Quilt Complex; Sushi Summit; Rock-a-bye Baby. |
State of the ArtKilgore College RangerettesPhotograph by O. Rufus Lovett State SecretsBrack and Ruin |
Recipes
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