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First Light
This story is from Texas Monthly’s archives. We have left the text as it was originally published to maintain a clear historical record. Read more here about our archive digitization project. Morning...
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There’s nothing like a blistering summer day in Texas to make me start looking for the nearest exit. Fortunately, it is possible to get out of the heat without ever leaving the state. I know a getaway...
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YOU DON’T KNOW THEY are there, then suddenly there’s a horrible roar, your vehicle starts shaking, and you almost lose control.” Charles Bergmann, the director of a Fort Davis ambulance company, was...
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FOR A TROUBLEMAKER, RICK MCLAREN COULDN’T have picked a better place for a standoff. Spring wildflowers hugged the edge of Texas Highway 166 outside Fort Davis, and deer and antelope played in the tall...
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The Texanist: Any Recommendations for a Big Bend Newbie?
Q: I’ve lived in Houston for the past 39 of my 65 years. After this length of time, I consider myself a proud Houstonian and loyal Texan. I’ve taken numerous trips throughout this great state over the...
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The Highs and Lows of Cycling the Fort Davis Scenic Loop
This article originally appeared in the September 2018 issue with the headline “Chasing a High in the Texas Alps.” The cottontail was on a suicide mission, hopping onto the pavement just as I tucked...
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Farewell to the “Rambling Boy,” Lonn Taylor
“What is this word, ‘backstory’?” Lonn Taylor asked a few years back, while I was visiting his wife Dedie and him at their place in Fort Davis. The word clearly irritated him. “There’s the story, and...
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Jupiter and Saturn Will Soon Align in a Rare Astronomical Marvel, and You Can...
It hasn’t happened in nearly four hundred years. Over the course of the last month, the great gas giants Jupiter and Saturn have been approaching each other in the night sky. On Monday, December 21—the...
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Texas Monthly Recommends: A West Texas Animal Shelter
Two months ago, I became a dad. A dog dad, that is. My partner, Lauren, and I had talked about getting a puppy since early in the pandemic. I’d been spending a lot of time (okay, all my time) at home...
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Where to Eat, Shop, and Stargaze in and Around Fort Davis
Located about three miles southeast of Davis Mountains State Park, Texas’s own mile-high city, Fort Davis, is an archetypal Western town, with its Classical Revival courthouse, five or so churches,...
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Finding Respite at Davis Mountains State Park and Its Historic Indian Lodge
About halfway between Fort Stockton and Van Horn, in West Texas, dip down off Interstate 10 to a tract of the Trans-Pecos where desert meets mountain in spare and spectacular fashion. Sparsely...
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A Hedonist’s Guide to Dining in and Around Big Bend
As someone who chooses vacation destinations based largely on where I want to eat, I was disappointed when the pandemic ruled out a milestone birthday trip to Spain. For years, I had imagined myself...
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Holy Smoke! Texas Has Actual Volcanoes. Here’s Where to See Ten of Them.
I’ve always loved driving around my home state to see its natural wonders. Whether it’s wading in the Blanco River looking for dinosaur tracks or entering the coolness of one of Texas’s nine thousand...
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A Guide to Texas’s Best Botanical Gardens
In 1833, a rebellious German college professor boarded a ship to North America. Ferdinand Lindheimer, who would eventually become known as the father of Texas botany, fled to the United States when his...
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Rural School Districts Are Facing Financial Ruin. Some State Officials Prefer...
Texas doesn’t have a mile-high city, but Fort Davis comes close, at 4,892 feet. The tiny unincorporated town is nestled in the foothills of the Davis Mountains, where bears and mountain lions and elk...
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The West Texas Desert’s Impossible Garden
The Detours series celebrates lesser-known locales worth visiting across the state. If you think deserts are barren, beige, and bland, then you haven’t walked the vibrant trails at the best botanical...
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Eight Texans Who Are Taking On Some of Our Biggest Challenges
This article is part of Giving Back, our stories about Texans finding creative ways to uplift our state. Helping Underprivileged Job Seekers Look Great on LinkedIn For disadvantaged, ambitious...
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From Here You Can Take In the Splendor of West Texas
The Detours series celebrates lesser-known locales worth visiting across the state. West Texas boasts no shortage of peaks from which to look out and be humbled by the Trans-Pecos volcanic field...
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Why Are So Many Texas Movies About the Desire to Leave It?
Filmmakers have long been drawn to “the Texan” as a character type. Our series Playing Texan revisits some of the most notable of these portrayals, from the legendary to the ludicrous, to determine...
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