Make a Summer Splash in Sulphur Springs
By P.A. Geddie Summer in Sulphur Springs, Texas, comes with its own cooling system — a splash pad conveniently located downtown on Celebration Plaza. With a backdrop of the award-winning Romanesque Revival courthouse, the lively plaza —or Town Square Park — is the...
Water Flows, and Passes Into the Earth
By Tom Geddie Part One The old man woke up weak, weaker than usual, a bit overwhelmed by the bright of the sunlight coming through the window glass. He knew that, if he spoke, his few words would be soft and slurred. By late morning, he thought he saw blackbirds...
East Texas Is Getting New Elite Golf Course
A groundbreaking is taking place later this year on Wild Spring Dunes north of Nacogdoches near Mount Enterprise in Rusk County. The 2,400-acre public destination golf resort should have fairways and flags by September 2025 with residential and hospitality develops...
The Music of Will Jennings
By P.A. Geddie The East Texas Symphony Orchestra and singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell are joining forces to pay tribute to lyricist and East Texas native Will Jennings in a concert at 7:30 p.m. June 22, at Rogers Palmer Performing Arts Center on the Tyler Junior...
Farmers’ Markets Deliver Fresh Food and Fun
Living and playing in the Upper East Side of Texas for more than six months of the year means easy access to fresh, locally grown produce. Rural folks and small town leaders know how to make a party out of anything and their markets are no exception. Find delicious...
An East Texas Tale Continues
From Big Bang to Young Sheldon, Now a Spinoff with Georgie and Mandy Houston born Jim Parsons won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy series four times for his portrayal of Sheldon Cooper in the television sitcom The Big Bang Theory. The show ran...
Tamale Pie Recipe
By Lyndsay Caldwell I love tamales. No matter if I’m buying them for a dollar on the beach in Mexico, by the dozen from a friend’s mom, or randomly from the meat market in Mount Vernon, I love them. I do not have time to make them. They are truly a labor of love and...
Writing on the Wall
By Tom Geddie Bart Soutendijk saw the writing on the wall. And the pictures, too. The former technical writer retired from the fiber optics industry and moved from Fort Worth to Quitman about 25 years ago with his wife, Liz, to pursue art full time. Writing — and...
The Older, the Better
The Upper East Side of Texas is home to some of the oldest festivals and other special events in Texas. Long-standing car shows, holiday parades and events, rodeos, fishing tournaments, county fairs, and carnivals are too numerous to mention as are farmers’ markets,...
Farmers’ Markets Deliver Fresh Food and Fun
Living and playing in the Upper East Side of Texas for more than six months of the year means easy access to fresh, locally grown produce. Rural folks and small town leaders know how to make a party out of anything and their markets are no exception. Find delicious...
Ceremony Set This Week For Juneteenth Grandmother’s Home
Life is coming full circle for 97 year old "Grandmother of Juneteenth" Opal Lee this week with a ceremony for the building of a new home for her at 940 East Annie Street in Fort Worth. What's special about this property is that it is where her family's home used to be...
Brain Gain in Rural America and Who is Behind It
By Ilana Newman, The Daily Yonder For many people, leaving a rural place is a rite of passage. From higher education to looking for love, many think they have to leave to pursue the rest of their lives. This narrative contributes to the often repeated and not all true...
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.