I saw a chinaberry tree the other day and I don’t think I’ve ever seen one that big in my life. I got to thinkin’ after I saw that tree that I haven’t seen as many...

By the late 19th century, the American buffalo, once a symbol of the boundless West, faced near extinction in a feverish slaughter that reshaped the Great Plains. John W....

June 20, 1935What might have ended tragically, resulted only in frightening several people Tuesday at noon when blasting of the slab in Johnson...

The first time I noticed the buffalo wallows, I was just a kid, bouncing along in the passenger seat of Uncle Frank’s old pickup as we made the hundred-mile trek from our...

I was asked to “Please” rerun this old story of Janet’s. Well, here it is. Rusty is out of town again and he asked me to rerun one of his old articles. Instead, I’m going...

June 13, 1935Donkeys, the four-footed kind, took the lead early and held it consistently to win easily over riders for both teams in a matched...

June 6, 1935Something new in softball will be witnessed by local enthusiasts here Monday afternoon when the Lions Club team of Ozona engages the...

 Here are some more snippets from my Facebook page. I hope you enjoy.You know, 80 pound sacks of Quikrete sure weigh a lot more than they did 5 years ago.--------------“We...

May 31, 1945Four Ozonans left by bus last night for Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio and induction into the U.S. Army. A fifth selection, completing...

I have a friend, a tedious friend, who loves to use his vocabulary to try to impress people. I know, people like these are bores and most people will go out of their way to...

Lightly edited by Jim FishThe following is a personal account from U.S. Army Assistant Surgeon W. M. Natson, written while he was stationed there."The open nature of the...

May 23, 1935Judge C.E. Davidson, who ranges both cattle and sheep on his ranch land south of here, was offered eight cents for his yearling steers...

The oldest surviving structure in Crockett County, TX, is known as the "Emerald House." The house was originally built in 1889, in Emerald, TX, as part of a town-building...

You know, there are a lot of things that happen in this old world that are so significant that you never forget where you were and what you were doin’ when you heard about...

May 16, 1935At the request of officials of Reagan Senior High School of Houston, Superintendent C. B. Denham of Ozona, this week sent a piece of...