Jul 1, 2020 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT
By Lisa Tang Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch in Murchison, Texas, is the “Ranch of Dreams” for hundreds of animals rescued from abuse, neglect, and the exotic pet trade. The residents receive proper food, shelter, veterinary care, and love, making their lives safe...
Jul 1, 2020 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Tracy Torma This summer marks the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote. The women’s suffrage movement began in earnest in the decades before the Civil War. In 1848, a group of abolitionist activists of mostly women gathered in Seneca Falls, New...
Jul 1, 2020 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
Just a week before she died on July 6, 1957, Lulu Belle Madison White was honored with the establishment of the Lulu White Freedom Fund by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She made significant contributions to help balance equal...
Jul 1, 2020 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Pamela Edwards Some might find their great grandmothers’ quilts harbor more history than they know. What was once thought of as an innocent pastime for modest women might have actually been part of a paradigm-shifting movement. Through meticulous quilting patterns...
Sep 4, 2019 | ARTS + CULTURE, LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT
By Judy Peacock There are many ways to tour historic Jefferson, Texas, a pre-Civil War town with scenic streets, charming restaurants, quaint bed and breakfasts, historic hotels, and picturesque landscapes. The town was founded in Marion County in the late 1830s to...
Jul 1, 2019 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT
By Judy Peacock and P.A. Geddie When Richard and Barbara DeWitt spent $18 million renovating the old Fredonia Hotel in downtown Nacogdoches a couple of years ago they knew they were bringing it back more hip and haute than ever. Inside and out, the six-story...