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Volume 1 - Number 9 |
Hog
Punchers and Hog Dogs "Along with the resumption of hog activities came a revival of hog dog stories, reminiscent, to a great extent, of the old times when hogs were driven by the thousands in Llano County and were of the wild type which required the use of dogs. These yarns, told by the so-called hog men about the find hog dogs they have owned and their particularly remarkable feats – experiences that are common, every day occurrences in Llano County – sound fantastic and unbelievable. Even those which actually happened are as incredible almost as those which admittedly are highly exaggerated to begin with. These stories, like the hog dogs, also belong to the Llano acorn country." Illustration by Ira Kennedy
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The Highway Ghost of Blanco County |
 Mexican
Mommas on Maternity Leave by Chris Solek "The Eckert James River Bat Cave Preserve, located outside of Mason, Texas, boasts one of the few caves in the United States which the Mexican Free-tailed bat (Tadarida Basilensis Mexicana) chooses as a nursery site for the birth and rearing of its young. It is one of the largest maternity colonies known to exist. The nightly emergence of these bats from the cave during the summer months is an awesome natural spectacle which should be appreciated by everyone at least once..." |
 WALLPAPERFlooding
on the Blackland Prarie |
