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Rodeo Madness »
A rodeo is an anachronism, like javelin throwing: but its bumps, bruises, and brawls are real.
March 1974 by Gary Cartwright
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 by Richard West
Sold American! »
Selling a herd of prime cattle can be tricky business. And it takes professionals to do it right.
February 1974 by William Martin
Going Home to Arlington »
How do you find a folksy town of 7500 people 20 years later in a sprawling city of 110,000?
February 1974 by Gary Cartwright
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 by Richard West
Airport! »
Dallas and Fort Worth boosters may have pushed their cities into the 21st century when they opened the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport this September.
December 1973 by William Broyles
Closing Down La Grange »
An Aggie views the closing of the Chicken Ranch. George Washington didn't sleep there, but many famous and unfamous Texans did.
October 1973 by Al Reinert
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 by Richard West
Sam Houston, Warts and All »
A good woman finally marries the wild frontier man and saves him from himself. Manifestly destiny.
July 1973 by Bill Porterfield
The Ten Best (And, Sigh, The Ten Worst) Legislators »
Competition was fierce and the winners in both
categories are outstanding.
July 1973
Film Fatale »
Bright lights and movie madness in Big D.
June 1973 by Gregory Curtis
The World's Fastest Automobile Race »
In which nice guys finish last, if they finish at all.
June 1973 by Giles Tippette
Indulge Yourself This Summer »
Indulgences include skydiving, puppet shows, hikes, massages, float trips, entertainment for kids, and blizzards. Blizzards?
June 1973 by Barbara Bump, Felicia Coates, Thorne Dreyer, Harriet Howle, Prudence Mackintosh, Christi Seltzer and Ron White
So Long, Cosmic Cowboys »
One giant step backward for the Moonmen.
March 1973 by Al Reinert
Should You Buy This Land? »
We take a look inside and outside a major investment land company.
March 1973 by Pat Reed
Salvation Worries? Prostate Trouble? »
Across-the-border radio stations milk the boondocks.
March 1973 by Bill Brammer
Tuning in Dandy Don »
Don Meredith brings Football and TV into focus.
February 1973 by Sherry Kafka
O What a Lovely War!!! »
Sakowitz and Neiman's advance and retreat.
February 1973 by Wendy Haskell Meyer
The Lonely Blues of Duane Thomas »
Why the best runner in pro football ran right out of the game.
February 1973 by Gary Cartwright
Burritos in Bosnia »
Texas, a restaurant in Sarajevo.
by Alex Crevar
Texas Music News »
Jordan Mackay contributed to this regular Ranch feature from October, 1997 to August, 1998.
by Jordan Mackay
Close Encounters of the Lone Star Kind »
Pamela Colloff’s extra-terrestrial experiences.
by Pamela Colloff
Appetite for Destruction »
Pableaux Johnson went to the Longhorn Speedway to see Survival Research Laboratories.
by Pableaux Johnson
The Texas Institute of Letters »
Fifty years ago some Texans established a literary club. They’ve been feuding ever since
by Karl Kilian
The Native Texan »
Pondering the answer to that all-important question, “Where you from, boy?”
by Susan Chadwick
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