The Rambling Boy: Stories About Texas is a weekly look at regional history, hosted by Lonn Taylor of Fort Davis. Taylor was a writer and historian who moved to the Big Bend after retiring from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. in 2002.
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Texas Fence Law: A Surprisingly Complex (And Interesting) History
Fences line ranches across the State of Texas. You might not intuit it from a casual drive down the road, but there's actually a pretty complex -- and in some cases, murky -- legal history behind these ubiquitous fixtures of Texas highways. On today's episode of the Rambling Boy, Lonn tells us about Five Strands: A Landowner's Guide to Fence Law in Texas -- a new 30-page booklet published by Texas AandM's Agrilife Extension Service.