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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 12 hours 9 minutes
A Story About the Strangest Outlaw in Texas
On this week's episode of Rambling Boy, Lonn Taylor recalls the story of Henry “Baldy” Russell, the strangest outlaw in Texas.
Family Tales of East Texas
What happens when you combine 'Southern pride and a propensity towards violence'? Lonn Taylor has the answers - and some interesting family stories from East Texas - on this episode of Rambling Boy.
Curious or incurious?
This week on Rambling Boy, historian Lonn Taylor discusses the two types of people he sees in the world: the curious and the incurious.
From Skunks Punk to Prolific Writer
On this episode of Rambling Boy, Lonn Taylor highlights the life and career of Skunks bandleader Jesse Sublett who went on to become one of Texas’s most prolific writers.
Columbus’s greatest biographer, Samuel Eliot Morison
In honor of Colombus Day, this week Lonn Taylor discusses the explorer's greatest biographer Harvard history professor Samuel Eliot Morison and the expedition that inspired his work.
Analog Phones and Party Lines
Before smartphones and Skype, analog phones were the only means of communicating to the outside world. On this episode of Rambling Boy, Lonn Taylor takes us back to the good ol' days of the (mostly) sturdy and reliable analog phone.
Eddie Wilson and the Armadillo World Headquarters
On this episode of Rambling Boy, Lonn Taylor reveals stories from Eddie Wilson and his famous Austin venue Armadillo World Headquarters, "an institution that dominated the Texas musical scene for a decade". Eddie Wilson published Armadillo World Headquarters: A Memoir earlier this year.
The Legacy of Pancho Villa
On this week's episode of Rambling Boy, Lonn sheds light on the controversial and disputed legacy of Mexican Revolutionary Pancho Villa. This seemingly omnipresent Mexican hero (or thug depending on who you talk to) is also an important figure in the history of Texas, with a number of ties to the city of El Paso.
Rent a Chicken and Don’t Fly the Coop
On this episode of Rambling Boy, Lonn explains why "the backyard chicken coop is an American tradition as old as the Pilgrims and apple pie." Learn about the America's history of hen houses and about a unique industry formed around egg-laying.
Renaming West Texas Counties and the Burden of Southern History
On this episode of The Rambling Boy, Lonn dives into the history of the names of Texas counties and rethinks the naming system altogether. Would West Texas be better off with an "Agave County" instead of one named after President of the Confederate States Jefferson Davis?