Founded in 1946, the Shelby Store is a relic of what retail once was for many small Texas communities.
In rural Fayetteville, two rusty gas pumps stand like landmarks to what’s left of the old Shelby Store. Each morning, storekeeper Carolyn Bruening takes her seat behind the counter, worn smooth from decades of serving the wants and needs of neighbors.
In our new video series, David Courtney takes you into some of the weird, whimsical, and lesser-known aspects of our beloved state.
Josh Eilers is a former U.S. Army ranger who founded Ranger Cattle in Austin, which specializes in pasture-raised Wagyu cattle.
Barre Wheatley leads an ambitious program that encourages students to shoot for the moon.
Dale Acker is the collector behind the Up in Arms museum in Nazareth, which is home to more historical weapons and artifacts than the town has people.
With a little bit of faith, John Cockle turned his passion for retail and handcrafted jewelry into a successful business.
Far in the Panhandle, an upstart ag program at a small-town school has become a start-up business run by the students.
After fifty years on the road, the host of Texas Country Reporter recalls his favorite dish at Mary’s Cafe in Strawn.
A hundred years ago, U.S. airmail pilots depended on a coast-to-coast bread-crumb trail of arrows—though most have been destroyed, buried, lost, or forgotten.
