Category: Texas
Wading the Rio Grande Legally
If I told you there were people wading the Rio Grande River crossing the border, you might think they were crossing illegally. Here you can…
Terlingua, Texas
Terry lives in one of the most remote U.S. towns in the lower 48 states. He didn’t grow up here, but he loves this place,…
Meet A Championship Hot Air Balloon Pilot
Imagine a competition where you fly a hot air balloon equipped with survival gear over snow capped mountains in the dead of winter. Perhaps it…
Flying a Craft That’s Seven Stories High
What’s seven stories high and can hold two million light bulbs. It may sound like the set up for a joke…but it’s a real part…
The XIT Ranch
Just off the courthouse square in Dalhart, Texas you’ll find a small museum devoted to a very large subject – the XIT ranch. The three-million-acre…
Thousands of Miles of Fence
Imagine a ranch so large it took thousands of miles of wire just to fence the pastures. It was a huge spread totally three million…
Raising Money for a New Capitol Building
When the state of Texas needed to build a new state capitol building they had a plan in place to raise money for construction. That…
Remembering Your Roots
We sometimes say that famous folks forget their roots. They become so engrossed in stardom that they lose site of where they began. Not so…
That’ll Be The Day
Many of us know the Buddy Holly sing, That’ll Be the Day.” It was a hit that launched the young singer from his hometown of…
It’s Not County Western Music
Landing a record deal is a big step in a musician’s career. But when this record company wanted their young star to sing his lyrics…
