My Special Places in Texas
Spur & Lubbock
- I was born in Spur, Dickens County, Texas
- Spur, Texas - from The Handbook of Texas Online, from the Essence of Home - by the Spur Chamber of Commerce
- When I was growing up, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas was "the Big City"
- The Weather Channel - for Lubbock
- Lubbock On Line - News from Lubbock (Has a warning at the bottom: Some AOL Browsers may not work properly with Lubbock Online)
- Lubbock Magazine - Dedicated to supporting the Culture and the Arts in the Lubbock Area
Elsewhere in Texas
- While he lived in many places, my grandfather, Pawpa (T.V. Shockley) spent his later years in Brownwood. After Jim retired from the Army, we visited him there yearly, during Jim's vacations
- Brunetta & Ernest George, my aunt & uncle lived for many years in Fort Worth. Uncle Ernest was a barber at the Dallas-Forth International Airport.
Remembering the Alamo
- Remember the Alamo - an EXCELLENT presentation by Mario Paesani
- Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library - Part of the Alamo Historical Complex
- Steve Goldman's The Fall of the Alamo
- Alamo de Parras - The Untold Story of the Alamo's Early History
Know your Responsibilities & Rights in Texas
- The Constitution of the People and the State of Texas
- The Texas Statutes
- Home Page for The State of Texas
- Find your Incumbent from The Texas Legislature On-Line
History
- Spur / Dickens County Museum
- History of Dickens County from the Red River Authority of Texas
- Dickens County Trivia from TexasGenWeb, USGenWeb, and RootsWeb
- Texas Trivia and a whole lot more from the Texas Historical Commission
- Texas Treasures - at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission
- Documents of Early Texas
- Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum
- Texas Parks & Historic Sites - by Texas Parks & Wildlife
- The Texas Old Route 66 Commissions - Memories of days gone by and roads well travelled
- Texas Route 66 - Photos to refresh your memories
- Songs of Texas
Texas Genealogy
- USGenWeb
- United States Resources - Texas - from RootsWeb
- The American Local History Network (ALHN) - Texas
Other Texas Sites of Interest
- Lone Star Junction
- Texas Weather - from Texas A&M University
- Recipe Book from the Texas Beef Council
- Roughstock's History of County Music
- Texas for Visitors - From About.com
- The Handbook of Texas Online
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