Day Trips & Beyond: Welcome to Joanna and Chip Gaines' Waco

Perky Fixer Upper hosts are the town's new star attraction

"...past infamy of some locals, the city on the Brazos River has found a new star attraction and image..."

July 4, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Horn Shelter Man

Mystery still surrounds ancient remains

"...to be buried under a rock ledge on the Brazos River...."

Dec. 12, 2014 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

HOG Wild

How a concrete wasteland has become a street-art wonderland called the HOPE Outdoor Gallery

"...or a month," says Layton before jumping in the Brazos River for a swim with his wife. "And when..."

June 20, 2014 Arts Feature by Bob Makela

SXSW: Five Other Divas & Not-So-Divas

Who besides Lady Gaga? Here’s a handful

"...Thursday. If hordes of “Little Monsters” swarming the Red River amphitheater proves too much for your fest sensibilities, there..."

March 6, 2014 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Day Trips

Archaeology site in Lubbock uncovers mysteries of the past

"...place. Yellow House Draw, an intermittent tributary to the Brazos River, was fed by ancient springs. Occupation of the..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...fill the sand flats around the mouth of the Brazos River at the end of the island...."

May 31, 2013 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Mother May I Dine With Danger?

The Homegrown Revival kicks off its fall season at Austin Open Room

"...catfish that gamesman Tink Pinkerton caught out of the Brazos river. Lightly breaded in a locally sourced cornmeal and..."

Sept. 13, 2012 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Nudes no more

"...The Waco Suspension Bridge, inaugurated in 1870, spans the Brazos River. It once charged a toll per head of..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Day Trips

Stephen F. Austin is honored with a statue south of Angleton

"...Anglo-American settlers arrived in Texas, the mouth of the Brazos River was an important natural harbor. More than 25,000..."

June 12, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Mail-Order Gifts

Send those out-of-towners a little taste of Austin for the holidays

"...Jam, Hill Country Caviar, Texas Pride Jalapeño Mustard, and Brazos River Blackberry Jam, you can send the taste of..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Food Feature

On the Download

Downloads, some local.

"...Steve Vai is a handful of Austin bands, including Brazos; Pink Nasty; Belaire; Tacks, the Boy Disaster; Peter &..."

Dec. 5, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Day Trips

Abilene State Park is an oasis in the parched, red-dirt prairie

"...Elm Creek, a spring-fed tributary of the Brazos River, has been watering the thick stand of trees..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...town was the fourth-largest settlement in Texas. The fertile Brazos River bottomland produced King Cotton at a prodigious rate...."

June 6, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Buda Sewage Overflow

"...doubled its sewage capacity and is operated by the Guadalupe-Brazos River Authority...."

Sept. 27, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

O Brother

How a bluegrass soundtrack turned out to be the biggest music business success story since Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction.

"...of his first gigs producing childhood pal Stephen Bruton's Brazos River Ramblers before going on to work with Los..."

July 19, 2002 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Hill Country Food & Wine Guide

by Virginia B. Wood & the Cuisines staff

"...from the bounty of the Texas harvest, such as Brazos River Blackberry Jam, Cactus Sangria Jelly, Fredericksburg Peach Jam,..."

April 13, 2001 Food Feature

Day Trips

The Gulf Coast Bird Observatory's an ornithologist's paradise.

"...cut of land near the confluence of two major rivers and not far from the mouth of a third,..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Electronic Edibles

Virginia B. Wood and Barbara Chisholm have spent some time going through a mountain of catalogs to cull some very interesting suggestions for the food lovers on folks' Christmas lists.

"...in gift assortments. We found ourselves partial to the Brazos River Blackberry Jam, the Texas Red Plum Jam, the..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

New Canaan Farms

"...in gift assortments. We found ourselves partial to the Brazos River Blackberry Jam, the Texas Red Plum Jam, the..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Day Trips

"...on the shores of a small lake in the Brazos River Valley. In recent years the town square has..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

99 Years of Tracking Texas

Texas State Historical Association's Publishing Division

"...through the 18th-century diaries of expedition leaders Pedro de Rivera and Marqués de Rubí, is only one example of..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature by Phil West

Election Updates

Shootout at D.a. Corral

"...more than half of Williamson's population -- faces former Brazos River Authority director Patty Eason. Both GOP incumbents are..."

Nov. 1, 1996 News Feature

Oh No, It's Mr. Bill!

Do Bill Bunch's Tactics Hurt the Springs He Loves?

"...scout in Arlington, where he frequently camped along the Brazos River. It stayed with him during his first efforts..."

Oct. 18, 1996 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Day Trips

Brazos Bend State Park and Palmetto State Park are unique among the hundreds of wildlife refuges in Texas

"...thick forests to American alligators sunning themselves on muddy riverbanks, there is a lot going on in the soggy..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Long View

John Graves' 'Myself and Strangers' finds the 83-year-old looking back at his past and into his future

"...in the winter of 1957, John Graves paddled the Brazos for 21 cold days, alone with his dachshund Watty...."

April 30, 2004 Books Feature by Steve Moore

Day Trips & Beyond: December Events Roundup

Saddle up your reindeer

"...is five trout, except on parts of the Guadalupe River. Through March 6, 2022, Rainbow Trout Stocking, 512/389-8900, tpwd.texas.gov..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: August Events Roundup

Tons of Texas travel news for the dog days of summer

"...during the year when The Nature Conservancy’s Eckert James River Bat Cave Preserve is open to the public. Southwest..."

Aug. 1, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

Stack rocks, meet the Hulk, and celebrate the Lone Star State

"...month. In the rough hamlet of Washington on the Brazos, the Texans declared independence from Mexico on March 2...."

March 3, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Downtown Developments

"...Brazos Lofts (2)..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

Mardi Gras to St. Paddy's and much, much more

"...Mardi Gras River Parade and Festival March 2, San Antonio, www.thesanantonioriverwalk.com..."

March 1, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

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