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Rambling Boy
by Lonn Taylor
The Rambling Boy: Stories About Texas is a weekly look at regional history, hosted by Lonn Taylor of Fort Davis. Taylor was a writer and historian who moved to the Big Bend after retiring from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. in 2002.
Episodes
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A Talented and Creative Man of Texas Letters
Bill Wittliff; the man who wrote three novels and innumerable screenplays, including Lonesome Dove, The Perfect Storm, and Barbarosa, to name only a few, died of a heart attack in Austin, on June 9, 2019 at the age of 79.
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The Whole Hog on Imma Hogg
A few rambles Back, Lonn mentioned how in the early 1970, while director of the Winedale Historical Center at Round Top, Texas, he worked with the well known Houston Philanthropist Ima Hogg, who had donated the Winedale to the University of Texas.
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Perhaps the Studebaker Joke is Best Told in German
In the 1970s, Lonn was the director of Winedale, a historic site in Central Texas that had been given to the University of Texas by the well-known Houston Philanthropist, Miss Ima Hogg.
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Monroe Slack, Marfa WWII Flying Ace and Hero
Over the years, Memorial Day has evolved from a day to honor the war dead into a day to honor all who have served in the military.
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All the World's a Stage in the Taylor Household
Lonn may not have grown up in the theater, but he can certainly say he grew up with an awareness of it.
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A Cock and Bull and Cow and Pig Story
During last week's episode, Lonn mentioned a story about James Boone and a head of cattle that turned into pigs.
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A Plethora of Tall Texas Tales from Wharton
Recently, an Austin Filmmaker by the name of Anne Rapp, who is currently producing a documentary about Horton Foote, visited the Taylor residence in Fort Davis.
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Mexican Cuisine vs. Tex-Mex, with Onions, a Must
In 2018, independent folklorist Jens Lund shared an article from Eater Magazine with Lonn titled The Myth of Authenticity Is Killing Tex-Mex, and it inspired him so much he had to talk about it.
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Rice Univeristy and the Murder of its Benefactor
Everyone loves a murder mystery, and even though this one is a century old, it has everything: forgeries; poison; a villainous butler; legal tangles; a hurricane; a chance encounter; and one of the wealthiest men in Texas history.
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An Ektachrome is Worth 1,000 Words
Lonn has recently been rambling through the past, with the help of some five-thousand 35mm ektachrome color slides his father took with a Leica III in Asia and Europe between 1947 and 1955.
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When the Liberty Bell Waltzed Across Texas
All most Americans know about the Liberty Bell is that it's in Philadelphia and has a crack on the side of it.
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Opinion: Not a C3 Presents Marfa Festival Fan
Marfa is facing a David and Goliath battle of unprecedented importance to the Entire Big Bend.
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A Book About Texas Books
There's a lot of books about Texas, but not a lot of books about books that come from the Lone Star State.
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The Navajo Code Talkers of World War II
The Navajo Code Talkers of WWII were bilingual Navajo speakers, specially recruited during World War II by the US Marine Corps to serve as radio men in the Pacific theater.
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The Kansas President Was Actually Born in Texas
Dwight David Eisenhower was the first United States President to be born in Texas, but he didn't know until he was a grown man.
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The Sons of a Texas Pioneer
On this edition of The Rambling Boy, just in time for Texas Independence Day, Lonn discusses the lives of Sam Houston's sons.
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More West Texas Wonders Questions Answered, Sort of...
On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn teams up with Marfa Public Radio's Sally Beauvais in an attempt to answer some of the very tough questions that have been submitted to Marfa Public Radio's West Texas Wonders project, where you ask questions and we provide answers.
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An Act of Creative Dissent
On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn take s a look at a book called a The Lost Words.
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Fear of Immigrants, An American Tradition
On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn explores the history of immigrants and American feelings towards said immigrants.
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A Little Night Earworm Music
Earworm; noun; a catchy song or tune that runs continually through a person's mind.
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The Rambling Boy: Stories About Texas is a weekly look at regional history, hosted by Lonn Taylor of Fort Davis. Taylor was a writer and historian who moved to the Big Bend after retiring from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. in 2002.
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The Rambling Boy: Stories About Texas is a weekly look at regional history, hosted by Lonn Taylor of Fort Davis. Taylor was a writer and historian who moved to the Big Bend after retiring from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. in 2002.
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