My Life as an Electric Toothbrush
By Ed Garcia I am two years into my eighties, so naturally, my thoughts and conversations often turn to aging and the next thing that happens after aging. For no good reason, this has led me to think about my electric toothbrush. I don’t leave the toothbrush in its...
Black Cowboys
Give me a home, where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play, Where seldom is heard, a discouraging word, And the skies are not cloudy all day. The iconic lifestyle of the American cowboy is glamorized in books and film often depicting grueling work...
Boogie Woogie Highway
By P.A. Geddie In the late 1800s, trains filled the air with melodic background noise for the families of railway laborers living among the piney woods of the Upper East Side of Texas. The rhythm of the Texas and Pacific Railroad steam engine trains — running parallel...
Boogie Woogie Marshall 2024 Scheduled
Boogie Woogie Marshall 2024 takes place September 27-29 celebrating the influences of the music that got its start in the piney woods and railroad towns of East Texas. Scheduled are live performances by Asleep at the Wheel, Daryl Davis, Wes Jeans, Sarah Hobbs, Yogoman...
Fall Fun in the Upper East Side of Texas
East Texans know how to take full advantage of celebrating rural living when the weather starts to cool and people want to get out and soak up the area’s natural beauty and talents. A few highlights are noted here and elsewhere in this publication and find more...
Experience Prehistoric Wonder in McKinney
Dinosaurs Live is now on exhibition at The Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary in McKinney through February 17, 2025. In its 19th year, it promises to captivate visitors of all ages with life-size animatronic dinosaurs and a prehistoric experience....
Take a Mural Walk in Historic Terrell
The annual Terrell Mural Walk takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. October 5 in historic downtown Terrell. This year’s event celebrates the 125th anniversary of the first automobile drive in Texas. On October 5, 1899, Colonel Green took his new horseless carriage from...
See Forward Facing Exhibition at Tyler Museum
Pictured is “Jazmin” by Yasuyo Maruyama. See her work and three other Texas-based artists, Raul Rene Gonzalez, Guadalupe Hernandez, and Delita Martin, in Forward Facing — A Look at Contemporary Portraiture at Tyler Museum of Art through December 1. Tyler Museum of Art...
Winnsboro Art & Wine Fest Set for Early November
The 2024 Winnsboro Art and Wine Festival is a weekend celebration of artistic expression, regional wines, culinary treats, and live Texas music. With free admittance, the festival is open from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, November 1 and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday,...
LMFA Presents Blue Dog Exhibit in New Building
Longview Museum of Fine Arts (LMFA) is opening a new exhibition this fall, George Rodrigue: Painting for Myself. The show is the first in the former Longview National Bank building, now under renovations and operated by LMFA. Located at the corner of Fredonia and...
Femininity by Ava Arnold
Ava Arnold of Longview comes from a long line of creative family members. Relatively new at finding her own passion, she’s already known for her captivating acrylic and oil portraits, lively abstracts, landscapes, and murals. She sells her pieces online from her...
‘The Thicket’ Comes to Theaters September 6
A movie based on a novel by East Texan Joe R. Lansdale is releasing in theaters on September 6. A Western thriller, The Thicket is about fierce bounty hunter Reginald Jones (Peter Dinklage) who is recruited by a desperate man to track down a ruthless killer known only...
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.