County Line Magazine’s success over the past 25 years took a village of hundreds of contributors and thousands of readers.
Without our partners, sponsors, and advertisers, we would not have gotten far. We had strong support from the very beginning from business, organization, and city leaders that put their faith in our team to uplift and promote them and the entire Upper East Side of Texas. Some of our most valuable partnerships over the years include city organizations of Greenville, Sulphur Springs, Gun Barrel City, Rockwall, Palestine, Terrell, Longview, Tyler, McKinney, Marshall, Mineola, Henderson, Emory, Winnsboro, Canton, Athens, Corsicana, Edom, Paris, Grand Saline, Jacksonville, Jefferson, Kilgore, Nacogdoches, and Ennis, as well as Wood County EDC.
Significant partnerships with arts and cultural organizations over the years include Mount Vernon Music, Winnsboro Center for the Arts, Tyler Museum of Art, Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Marshall City Hall Performance Center, Marshall Regional Arts Council, Potters Brown, Edom Art Festival, Ben Wheeler Arts & Historic District Foundation, Texas Shakespeare Festival, Belcher Center, Cowan Center, Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council, East Texas Symphony, Heritage Park Museum of East Texas, Tyler Junior College, and Whatley Center for the Performing Arts.
Other notable collaborators include Redlands Hotel, Four Winds Steakhouse, Dairy Palace, Robertson’s Hams, Stanley’s Famous Pit Barbecue, Queen St. Grille, C. Miller Drilling, Heritage Land Bank, American National Bank, Door Controls USA, Beacon Hill Properties, Burton Star Properties, Blue Moon Gardens, Black Beauty Ranch, Copper Leaf Day Spa, Dragonhead Resort, East Texas Medical Center, East Texas Oil Museum, Mill Creek Dental, Mill Creek Ranch Resort, Old Mill Marketplace, Paul Michael Company, Pegasus Project, The Links at Lands End, United Country Real Estate, Wilhite Landscaping, and Texas State Railroad.
I also want to thank the state departments and tourism organizations that we continue to enjoy working with in our shared mission to shine a light on all the good things in Texas: Texans for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, Texas Historical Commission, Friends of Caddo Mounds, Inc., Texas Music Office, Texas Department of Agriculture, Texas Main Street, Texas Parks & Wildlife, Texas Downtown, Texas Economic Development & Tourism, Travel Texas, and our new friends at The Portal to Texas History.
Much gratitude goes to all the writers and photographers who contributed to County Line Magazine in the last 25 years. Readers, please explore the County Line archives and take note of those whose work raised the region to a new level, making us proud, and showing the world who we are.
A few who made regular contributions to the content and administration of the magazine are significant in keeping it growing and glowing year after year. I offer my heartfelt appreciation to Lisa Tang, Tom Geddie, Judy Peacock, Kevin White, Elvis Allen, Jackie Stroud, Tracy Torma, Kelsey Cockrum, Alia Pappas, Barry St. Clair, Dean Taylor, Linda Wheeler, Ann Riley, Terry Britt, Theresa Bullard, Lisa Hilbers, Ine Burke, Cindy Roller, Larry Brown, Krista Leard, Steve Freeman, Madison Payne, Patti Ramey Light, Jeremy Light, Edward H. Garcia, Leah Lynch, Pam Boyd Bombyk, Bob Mauldin, Wendy Floyd, Herb Marlow, Dave Shultz, Jim Willis, Carolyn Gibson, Linda Ayers, Lyndsay Caldwell, Lauren Wacaser, Rachel Gross, Jill Couchman, Lori McGraw, Clare McCarthy, Shea Gilchrist, Elaine Rogers, Bill Ramsey, Jan Kaye, Kerian Massey, Stan Johnson, Jette Stephens, Sue Norton, James Iguchi, Tonya Krumvieda, Wendy Matthews, Katie-Rose Watson, and the late and ever-so-talented Jerry Tolbert and Vern Dailey.
Last, but not least, THANK YOU to our readers. Your continuous encouragement and enthusiasm guides our direction. Thank you for all the comments, shares, and unwavering support these past 25 years. Please keep reading, stay in touch, and let us know what’s important to you as we continue telling the stories of our region. ♠