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March 2011
Table of Contents
Features
The Great Terquasquicentennial Road TripSome people call it a quartoseptcentennial, or a septaquintaquinquecentennial (seriously), but you’d better save your breath. You’ll need it on this wide-ranging 6,000-mile voyage commemorating Texas’s 175th birthday. It starts in Glen Rose, ends in Austin, and stops along the way at 175 places that tell the story of the state, from the grassy field in La Porte where independence was won to the parking garage in Dallas where the Super Bowl was dreamed up; from the Austin dorm room where Dell Inc. was born to the college hall in Houston where Barbara Jordan learned to debate; from the hotel in San Antonio where Lydia Mendoza recorded “Mal Hombre” to the—well, you get the idea. And you’d better get started. The road awaits . . . 1–25From dinosaurs roaming the Paluxy in Glen Rose to Lance Armstrong joining his first cycling team in Richardson 26–50From Candy Montgomery and Allan Gore beginning their affair in Richardson to Robert Rauschenberg, Janis Joplin, and Jimmy Johnson graduating from high school in Port Arthur 51–75From Donald Chambers founding the Bandidos in Houston to Gordon Granger reading General Orders No. 3 in Galveston |
76–100From the Great Storm washing ashore in Galveston to Charles Elmer Doolin cooking up the frito in San Antonio 101–125From John Warne Gates peddling barbed wire in San Antonio to a group of cowboys and ranchers holding the first rodeo in Pecos 126–150From Buzz Bissinger arriving in Odessa—with a notepad—to Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen writing songs in College Station 151–175From the construction of the state’s first public university in College Station to the swearing in of Governor Rick Perry for a third full term in Austin |
Columns
Behind the LinesTime Will TellI saw my first historical marker as a Cub Scout in Pack 291. Nearly thirty years later, I’m still hooked on the story of Texas. Letter From HoustonSchoolhouse RockedHow an angry parent’s e-mail turned an elite Houston private school into a political battleground. |
Letter From IrvingThe Last Pageant ShowFaced with stiff competition from reality shows, is the decades-long tradition of Miss Texas in decline? Not if a few determined queens can help it. The TexanistOffering fine advice since 2007Animal cruelty, greasy handshakes, offerings of meat, and Texas toasts—the spoken kind. |
Reporter
Street SmartsGruene |
Book ReviewPretty UglyWhy a lavish two-volume attack on the border fence, with photos by Maurice Sherif, misses the mark. |
The Filter
Miscellany
Editor’s LetterPast Present |
ContributorsDan Winters, H. W. Brands, and Pamela Hastings. |
Web Exclusives
Texas, My TexasRead a Q&A with Brian D. Sweany. The American WallRead an excerpt from a new book by Maurice Sherif. Don’t Make Me Go to TownRead an excerpt from a new book by Rhonda Lashley Lopez. PymRead an excerpt from a new novel by Mat Johnson. The InformationistRead an excerpt from a new novel by Taylor Stevens. 1–25From dinosaurs roaming the Paluxy in Glen Rose to Lance Armstrong joining his first cycling team in Richardson 26–50From Candy Montgomery and Allan Gore beginning their affair in Richardson to Robert Rauschenberg, Janis Joplin, and Jimmy Johnson graduating from high school in Port Arthur 51–75From Donald Chambers founding the Bandidos in Houston to Gordon Granger reading General Orders No. 3 in Galveston 76–100From the Great Storm washing ashore in Galveston to Charles Elmer Doolin cooking up the frito in San Antonio 101–125From John Warne Gates peddling barbed wire in San Antonio to a group of cowboys and ranchers holding the first rodeo in Pecos |
126–150From Buzz Bissinger arriving in Odessa—with a notepad—to Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen writing songs in College Station 151–175From the construction of the state’s first public university in College Station to the swearing in of Governor Rick Perry for a third full term in Austin The Drop Everything ListRobert Duvall, the Steve Miller Band, the Whooping Crane Festival, and “The Thrill of the Chase” . . . The Drop Everything ListThe Rothko Chapel, the Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Mardi Gras! Galveston, and the North Texas Farm Toy Show . . . Pearl JamA new project in San Antonio marries urban redevelopment and local flavor with a quest for culinary greatness. Kitchen ConfidentialShawn Cirkiel, the chef-owner of Parkside, in Austin, on hot dogs, skinny chefs, and Paula Deen. The Drop Everything ListThe San Antonio Living History Association, the Texas Ballet Theater, Dai Due, and SXSW . . . The Drop Everything ListHonk! TX, Luminaria, the Texas Steel Guitar Jamboree, and the Buffalo Bayou Regatta . . . The Drop Everything ListSXSW Style X, the Tolbert Texas State Chili Championship, Bayou City Noir, and the Texas Ghost Show . . . |
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Recipes
Bacon Chipotle PopcornFrom Shawn Cirkiel of Parkside, in Austin. |
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