Imagine just this moment in time you’re dying of consumption in the High Plains of Texas. It’s August 1906, when the air is at its height of being hot, dry and stale. There might be an occasional breeze, but it does nothing to cool you. You’re coughing up blood mixed with phlegm because your lungs…
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Forewarning at Floyd County Jail
This is getting interesting…. The Floyd County jail in Floydada, Texas was originally built in 1925. It sits on the northeast courthouse square. It was built with three floors and included a basement. It was large enough to include living quarters for the county sheriff. This large jailhouse included 46 prisoner bunks and even…
Read MoreDon’t Open Your Mouth if You Don’t Know the Facts
Note: Ginny Phillips and I worked on saving the historic Mallet Ranch Headquarters in southwest Hockley County for over two years. As a scholar and researcher, I covered all my bases with my research and we went above and beyond in showing why this historic site was important to preserve in situ. We published a…
Read MoreRevelations of a Humble Priest Through Translations of His German Letters
Learning more about Father Conrad Herda only intrigues my research more on this priest who served in Texas, specifically at the towns of Nazareth and Lindsay. He was a priest assigned from Subiaco Abbey in Arkansas. I’m thankful to Doris Miller for translating his German letters, so I can ascertain more about him…
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Forgotten Winds 