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Texas Country Reporter

Texas Country Reporter is a long-running TV show that chronicles the people and cultures of The Lone Star State. Every week, Texas Monthly shares dispatches from the show’s current season and classic moments from its 50-year history.

The Carpenter family outside Central Texas Tools Co.
Texas Country Reporter |
April 7, 2022

In Abilene, Generations of Carpenters Are Behind Central Texas Tool Co.

The Carpenter family, featured in this classic episode from ‘Texas Country Reporter,’ has operated the industrial machine shop since 1937.

By Bob Phillips
Texas Country Reporter |
April 6, 2022

A Vast Military History Archive Is Hiding in Plain Sight on This Texas Campus

The Texas Heritage Museum at Hill College has grown into a nationally recognized collection specializing Civil War history.

By Texas Country Reporter
Texas Country Reporter |
April 5, 2022

Forget the Trailer. Weldon Wilson Drove Cattle the Old-fashioned Way.

Across U.S. highways and country roads, Wilson was determined to move cattle in a way that honored the men that came before him.

By Bob Phillips
Cutting raw sugarcane.
Texas Country Reporter |
April 4, 2022

Cane Syrup Isn’t Just a Thing of the Past

Every year, Floyd Boyett takes a break from his routine to gather with friends and participate in the old-world process of making syrup from raw sugarcane.

By Bob Phillips
holland spurs
Texas Country Reporter |
April 1, 2022

The West Texas Jewelry Store Famous for Teeny, Tiny Western Spurs

Born out of the Great Depression, the pieces are still handcrafted in San Angelo and are in as much demand as ever.

By Texas Country Reporter
Jars of Buck's Homemade Hot Carrots
Texas Country Reporter |
March 31, 2022

The Story of Buckshot Fuqua: King of Hot Carrots

On a farm in Grimes County, one man unexpectedly stumbled upon his life’s passion—double-aught, two-fisted, skull-and-crossbones, hot pickled carrots.

By Bob Phillips
Texas Country Reporter |
March 31, 2022

The Man Known as the “Big Bend Photographer” Reflects on His Life’s Work

Texas Country Reporter revisits James H. Evans after thirty years. His long career has taken different turns, but his unwavering commitment to the people and places of West Texas defines his legacy.

By Texas Country Reporter
Texas country reporter chicken lady
Texas Country Reporter |
March 28, 2022

Lessons Learned From the Chicken Lady

Mary Ann Fordyce is a straight-talking chicken farmer calling for a return to country roots.

By Bob Phillips
Michelle O'Michael and Steve Archer pose next to one of their metal sculptures.
Texas Country Reporter |
March 24, 2022

Nature Is Metal for This Welding Couple in Houston

From inside their shop, the wife-and-husband duo explain how they capture the universe in spiraling steel structures as tall as four-story buildings.

By Texas Country Reporter
Texas Country Reporter |
March 23, 2022

She’s a Prolific Puzzle Book Author. She Also Has Cerebral Palsy.

Claire Mestepey has built a steady publishing business around her unique approach to word search puzzles.

By Texas Country Reporter
Jonas Perkins
Texas Country Reporter |
March 22, 2022

Inside the Eclectic Home of Hill Country Sculptor Jonas Perkins

In Fredericksburg, Perkins’s creative approach to life can be seen in every inch of his one-of-a-kind retreat.

By Bob Phillips
“Chito” Martiarena mowing in Del Rio.
Texas Country Reporter |
March 21, 2022

The Hardest-Working Man in Del Rio

For years, “Chito” Martiarena has devoted himself to mowing grass along public roadways.

By Kelli Phillips
Texas Country Reporter |
March 18, 2022

This Costumed Brownsville Historian Will Warm Your Heart

Gene Fernandez has an outfit for every story, but his infectious love for local history is the star of the show.

By Texas Country Reporter
Bottle cap art
Texas Country Reporter |
March 18, 2022

Why Does the World Need Bottle Cap Art?

Years ago, I learned an important lesson from a family in West Texas—happiness can be found in the simplest places.

By Bob Phillips
Big Doobie's Food Truck in Port Arthur.
Texas Country Reporter |
March 17, 2022

Big Doobie’s Is the Life of the Party in Port Arthur

Joshua Rodrigues opened a food truck to serve up good times and classic dishes to a community hungry for Cajun flavors.

By Texas Country Reporter
Herman
Texas Country Reporter |
March 16, 2022

Meet the Mr. Rogers of East Texas

I’ll never forget Herman “Train” Gates, the man who collected junk on an empty lot in Carthage, helped fix bikes for neighborhood kids, and wrote poetry.

By Bob Phillips
John Wayne
Texas Country Reporter |
March 15, 2022

John Wayne Wasn’t a Texan. But His Legacy Lives on in Fort Worth.

In a video interview, Ethan Wayne, the film star’s son, explains how an exhibit at the Fort Worth Stockyards began with a storage unit full of his dad’s untold stories.

By Texas Country Reporter
Diane Rose, an acclaimed quilter who is blind.
Texas Country Reporter |
March 11, 2022

Colorful Quilts Crafted by an Artist Who’s Blind

One of the most inspiring subjects I’ve met in five decades of interviews is Diane Rose, an acclaimed quilter who sees life through the eye of a needle.

By Bob Phillips
Shelby Store
Texas Country Reporter |
March 11, 2022

In Fayetteville, Step Into the Shelby Store and Step Back in Time

Founded in 1946, the Shelby Store is a relic of what retail once was for many small Texas communities.

By Texas Country Reporter
The Blue Tile Project in Houston.
Texas Country Reporter |
March 9, 2022

Two Guys in Houston Are Bringing Back 100-Year-Old Mosaic Tile Street Signs

Joey Sanchez and Eric Maier are behind the Blue Tile Project, a movement to locate and restore the original tile street signs across the Bayou City.

By Texas Country Reporter
Texas Country Reporter |
March 3, 2022

A Small-town Texan Keeps an Ancient Japanese Art Form Alive

Dinah Bowman is a world-renowned artist specializing in a fish printing technique. The results are rich, textured, and colorful. You have to see it for yourself.

By Texas Country Reporter
Alice Leese Rancher Artist
Texas Country Reporter |
February 25, 2022

She’s a Fourth-Generation Cattle Rancher. She’s Also a Master Painter. 

From her studio near the Chihuahuan Desert, Alice Leese paints what it feels like to be out on the ranch.

By Texas Country Reporter
WR Furniture
Texas Country Reporter |
February 25, 2022

The Texas Furniture Brand That Starred in Hollywood Westerns for Decades

W.R. Dallas has been crafting western furniture since 1929. The company’s iconic pieces have appeared everywhere from Hollywood films to hotel chains.

By Texas Country Reporter
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