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Richard West

Features

Our Lady of the Taco

Blessed art thou, who hath created Tex-Mex. January 1986

An American Family

Pedro Martínez, with only his Mexican heritage, a determination to work hard, and a desire for a better life, brought his family across the Rio Grande to fine a home in a new land. March 1980

Ben Barnes is Still Running

The former boy wonder of Texas politics has found a new career. Still, old habits die hard. June 1979

Bad Jobs

If working hard builds character, these people must be saints. November 1978

The Cap That Won The West

The newest style of manly hatwear. October 1978

The Sons of the Pioneers

Miles from their nearest neighbors, beset by drought, debt, insects, and government, Panhandle farmers gamble everything to keep alive a tradition they can’t abandon. September 1978

Behind the pine curtain of deep East Texas is a world trapped in the past and hidden from the future: lush woods, poor whites, the descendants of slaves, and an aristocracy still breathing the rarefied air of the Old South. April 1978

The Last Frontier

The pioneers who came to tame the West met their match in the land of Giant. November 1977

The Ten Best and Ten Worst Legislators

We just rate them. You voted for them. July 1977

The Best Little Old Chicken Fried Steak in Texas

There it is, right there on the plate. Just where is that? May 1974

Texas Monthly Annual Bum Steer Awards

We give appropriate recognition to all the people and events that have put us in the state we're in. February 1974

Border Towns: What to Do and Where to Do It

Our travel guide, in search of the perfect taco, wanders along the 1248 mile border between Texas and Mexico. He wines, dines, and occasionally sightsees. December 1973

Inside The Lobby

These veterans of endless smoke-filled rooms and committee sessions do more to shape state government than most elected officials. They're not all bad, but they're not all good, either. July 1973