From the dusty trails of the wide-open range to the railroad depots and cobblestones of city life, few have been more familiar with the varied faces of West Texas than Mathew “Bones” ...
On his 170th birthday, we revisit William P.H. McFaddin’s legacy in Beaumont — from ranching and rice canals to Port Arthur and Spindletop.
It features prominently in the earliest European account of the American Southwest, and it’s a fascinating chapter in Texas ...