LOCAL HISTORY
‘Oaksterdam’ doc highlights Maxwell cannabis activist’s successes
A younger Brett Stahl using county transit at the HempCity protest in front of the San Marcos jail in 1992. When I met Richard Lee, I felt like a wide-eyed child even though only 4 years separated us. He’d just opened Legal Marijuana: The Hemp Store in Houston with...
The Freedom Act in Lockhart: “We ain’t going back!!”
When my sister Margaret Carter first shared with me her involvement with the Mano Amiga coalition’s petition drive to elevate “The Freedom Act” – to decriminalize small quantities of marijuana for personal use – to the November ballot, I was enthralled and mildly surprised that the penalties are basically the same as they were 50 years ago.
A History of Ku Klux Klan #124 in San Marcos
During its “second wave” in the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan amassed wide support from residents of Caldwell and Hays counties. Ku Klux Klan #124 presided over Hays County, mingling with the people by hosting barbecues,
Will a San Marcos Family Be Able to Remove an Historic Home Feature with Ties to the KKK?
A San Marcos family is awaiting a court decision on whether they will be allowed to remove a “Z” from the exterior of their historic home after discovering its affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan.
The Legacy of Luling’s Northside Pool
The legacy of Northside Pool is a riddle wrapped in secrecy that began in 1873 in Brockton, Massachusetts, with the birth of philanthropist and wildcatter Edgar B. Davis. The facts surrounding Davis’s gift of Northside Pool and Southside Pool to the City of Luling in the late 1920s are convoluted and may sound stranger than fiction.
The San Marcos River Should Not Be Home to One of the Nation’s Largest Industrial Parks – Let’s Put a Stop to it
Asked why they moved to the greater San Marcos area, most folks respond along the lines of, “I came here to get away from the concrete … the pollution … the industry … the traffic … the hustle and bustle of the big city.”
Neo-Nazis Reveal Themselves in an Attack in Martindale
A group including members and/or supporters of a violent prison gang attacked a multiracial group on June 22 on the San Marcos River in Martindale at Don’s Fish Camp.
Lessons Lockhart Can Learn From the Tulia Drug Bust 25 Years Later
Tulia residents, convicted in an unconscionably flawed drug sting, outside Swisher County Courthouse. Ink illustration by Tori Anne. This November, you citizens of Lockhart will vote on a referendum to 1) decriminalize marajuana locally and 2) declare that the smell...
A New Power Plant in Maxwell Raises Concerns Among Residents
Construction of the Timmerman Peaker Plant in Maxwell, just a few steps from Santa Maria Aida Cemetery and the Church Street neighborhood. Photo by Ursula Rogers. Construction of a natural gas peaker plant by the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) is well underway...
The Past and Future of Juneteenth in Caldwell County
Departed Edna Roland, Clay Roland, Mae Terry Adams, Margaret Pansy, Mitchell Ward, and Roselind Roland gather in the St. John Colony community in 2023, as photographed by Ursula Rogers The best kept secret in Caldwell County is the Juneteenth celebration held a few...