FOCUS ON THE BACKROADS – BELLE PLAIN, TEXAS: A TEXAS GHOST TOWN
In 1875, Nelson Smith purchased land with plans to build a college and a town. It is believed that the town’s name Belle Plain was …
FOCUS ON THE BACKROADS: FORT GRIFFIN STATE HISTORICAL SITE
Located in the rolling hills between the West Fork of the Trinity River and Clear Fork of the Brazos River Fort Griffin was considered on …
FOCUS ON THE BACKROADS: THE FAMILY ROAD TRIP
Summer is here……..time for the Family Road Trip. Along with baseball, hotdogs, and apple pie there is nothing more American the the road trip. This …
FOCUS ON THE BACKROADS: OKLAHOMA CITY NATIONAL MEMORIAL
Twenty years ago, an explosion ripped through the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, in Oklahoma City, at 9:02 in the morning. As a result of …
Focus on the Backroads: Texas Wildflowers
Wildflower (noun)…a flower that grows in natural places without being planted by humans In a few short weeks the highways and backroads of Texas are …