Try These Cool As Cucumber Recipes
Cool, refreshing cucumbers are delicious ingredients for salad and dip recipes. Cucumber Salad and Tzatziki-Greek Cucumber Dip are two of my favorites. Either of these dishes are great sides for grilled or spicy foods and the dip is good with raw veggies or as a sauce...
Susanna Clark: Artist, Writer, and Muse to Texas’ Famous Outlaw Songwriters
By P.A. Geddie “I’ve got a woman I love, she’s crazy and paints like God She’s got a playground sense of justice, she don’t take odds I got a tattoo with her name right through my soul And I think everything she touches turns to gold.” Guy Clark, “Stuff That Works”...
Railroad History Adds Charm to Mineola Architecture
By Lisa Tang The city of Mineola offers a variety of architectural gems built during its past 140 years as a transportation center and railroad hub. Far from a relic of the past, the city continues to lure visitors with its unique charm. Landmark historic buildings in...
Hollywood Screenwriter Kris Hunt Embraces Nuanced Texas Characters
By P.A. Geddie Kris Hunt tells stories inspired by his colorful upbringing in the Upper East Side of Texas. He’s committed to changing long-outdated stereotypes of Southerners as rednecks, hicks, and hillbillies. People from our region, he says, are just as likely to...
A Woman’s Place
March is Women’s History Month, a time dedicated to reflect on the often-overlooked contributions of women to history, culture, and society. Follow the links below to get to know a sampling of the women of the Upper East Side of Texas covered in the pages of County...
Lois Towles Caesar
American concert pianist, music professor, and fashion model Lois Towles Caesar was born in Texarkana April 4, 1912. She obtained a degree at Wiley College, Marshall, in 1933, and then studied at Julliard School of Music in New York. Her musical accomplishments took...
Taking the High Road with Sully
By P.A. Geddie On January 15, 2009, Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III saved 155 lives when he successfully landed US Airways Flight 1549 in the cold waters of the Hudson River off midtown Manhattan. The event — called the “Miracle on the Hudson” — solidified...
Visitors Enjoy the Northeast Texas Trail
By Judy Peacock & P.A. Geddie Kelsey Crowther of Greenville walked across 132 miles of the Upper East Side of Texas recently with her dog, her mom, and her sister. “I enjoyed the whole trail and the experience of traveling that far across Texas. I look at a map...
Swope Was Broadway Photographer
Martha Swope, famed photographer of some of the nation’s top dancers and actors, was born February 22, 1928, in Tyler, Texas. A graduate of Baylor University and the American School of Ballet, Swope began her career as a dancer, but began taking amateur photos of...
Mount Vernon Music Belongs to All of Us
By Lisa Tang Mount Vernon Music Association (MVM) is one of the region’s little-known treasures, bringing refined music through concerts and outreach programs for 17 years. Founders Mark and Ute Miller are high-quality musicians who play regularly with symphonies in...
McConaughey Sails Through Greenlights
Longview native Matthew McConaughey recently released his book, Greenlights, based on a diary he kept for 35 years, including his years at Longview High School. Rather than doing a traditional memoir or advice book, McConaughey said Greenlights is based on adventures...
Mary Kate Hunter Fought For Women
By Lisa Tang Mary Kate Hunter, born November 8, 1866, at Brushy Creek, Texas, pursued many interests, including poetry, history, and music, yet she’s best remembered for leading efforts to found the Palestine Carnegie Library (1914) and helping women gain the right to...
Coming Summer 2025
County Line Magazine archives are going to The Portal to Texas History, a gateway to rare, historical, and primary source materials from or about Texas. Look for the County Line issues there soon.