Winner of the Ottis Locke Best Coffee Table Book Award from the East Texas Historical Association Guss, Felix, and Jim Upshaw founded the community of County Line in the 1870s in northwest Nacogdoches County, in deep East Texas. As with hundreds of other relatively autonomous black communities created at that time, the Upshaws sought a safe place to raise their children and create a livelihood during Reconstruction and Jim Crow Texas. In the late 1980s photographer Richard Orton visited County Line for the first time and became aware of a world he did not know existed as a white man....
Winner of the Ottis Locke Best Coffee Table Book Award from the East Texas Historical Association Guss, Felix, and Jim Upshaw founded the communi...
In a stunning tribute to one of Texas most enigmatic waterways, a veteran East Texas historian and a professional photographer have together created an homage to a lake like no other half Texas, half Louisiana, a swampy labyrinth of bald cypress and water plants filled with mystery, legend, and a staggering amount of biological complexity. Classified as a Category 1 Habitat for wildlife by the US Fish and Wildlife Service and encompassing a state wildlife management area as well as a state park, Caddo Lake and adjacent areas have also been designated as a Ramsar Site under the...
In a stunning tribute to one of Texas most enigmatic waterways, a veteran East Texas historian and a professional photographer have together created a...
Around a campfire in the woods through long hours of night, men used to gather to listen to the music of hounds' voices as they chased an elusive and seemingly preternatural fox. To the highly trained ears of these backwoods hunters, the hounds told the story of the pursuit like operatic voices chanting a great epic. Although the hunt almost always ended in the escape of the fox--as the hunters hoped it would--the thrill of the chase made the men feel "that they were] close to something lost and never to be found, just as one can feel something in a great poem or a...
Around a campfire in the woods through long hours of night, men used to gather to listen to the music of hounds' voices as they chased an elusive a...
In 1871, newly freed slaves established the community of Tamina then called Tammany north of Houston, near the rich timber lands of Montgomery County. Located in proximity to the just-completed railroad from Conroe to Houston, the community benefited from the burgeoning local lumber industry and available transportation. The residents built homes, churches, a one-room school, and a general store. Over time, urban growth has had a powerful impact on Tamina. The sprawling communities of The Woodlands, Shenandoah, Chateau Woods, and Oak Ridge have encroached, introducing both opportunity...
In 1871, newly freed slaves established the community of Tamina then called Tammany north of Houston, near the rich timber lands of Montgomery County....
