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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A Talented and Creative Man of Texas Letters
Bill Wittliff; the man who wrote three novels and innumerable screenplays,…
A Talented and Creative Man of Texas Letters
Bill Wittliff; the man who wrote three novels and innumerable screenplays, including Lonesome Dove, The Perfect Storm, and Barbarosa, to name only a few, died of a heart attack in Austin, on June 9, 2019 at the age of 79. Wittliff was one of the most creative people Lonn had ever met, and on this edition of The Rambling Boy, he looks back on the life and work of the Texas legend.
The Whole Hog on Imma Hogg
A few rambles Back, Lonn mentioned how in the early 1970, while director of the…
The Whole Hog on Imma Hogg
A few rambles Back, Lonn mentioned how in the early 1970, while director of the Winedale Historical Center at Round Top, Texas, he worked with the well known Houston Philanthropist Ima Hogg, who had donated the Winedale to the University of Texas. That Segment generated dozens of e-mail requests that he write more about Miss Hogg, which he was happy to do because she was one memorable Texan. On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn looks back at good times spent with her.
Perhaps the Studebaker Joke is Best Told in German
In the 1970s, Lonn was the director of Winedale, a historic site in Central…
Perhaps the Studebaker Joke is Best Told in German
In the 1970s, Lonn was the director of Winedale, a historic site in Central Texas that had been given to the University of Texas by the well-known Houston Philanthropist, Miss Ima Hogg. Windale is located near High Top, a Texas-German town with a population of about seventy German speaking people, most of whom were still doing things the same way they had been done a hundred years before Lonn's arrival...
Monroe Slack, Marfa WWII Flying Ace and Hero
Over the years, Memorial Day has evolved from a day to honor the war dead into…
Monroe Slack, Marfa WWII Flying Ace and Hero
Over the years, Memorial Day has evolved from a day to honor the war dead into a day to honor all who have served in the military. In preperation for Memorial Day 2019, Lonn wants to rememebr the life of a Marfa-born, WWII B-17 pilot, Edward Monroe Slack...
All the World's a Stage in the Taylor Household
Lonn may not have grown up in the theater, but he can certainly say he grew up…
All the World’s a Stage in the Taylor Household
Lonn may not have grown up in the theater, but he can certainly say he grew up with an awareness of it. On this edition of The Reambling Boy, Lonn tells of his experiences with the theater; including how his parents were both enthusiastic amateur actors and active in their participants in community theater groups whever the family was living at the time.