No. 39: The New London Junior-Senior High School Explodes
Every time I turn on my parents’ gas stove, I think about New London. This isn’t too surprising. After all, I grew up about 45 minutes from the small Texas town with the tragic past. I also lived in a town that made its fortune on oil and gas exploration. My high school newspaper nearly … Read more
No. 13: The House Where Bonnie Met Clyde
My first destination in this Greatest Texas Road Trip: a non-existant house on a small street south of the Trinity River. If ever there was a classic story of American Outlaws during the Great Depression, surely it’s Bonnie and Clyde. Robbery! Murder! Lovers on the Run! It had been a while since I revisted their … Read more
I’m On The Greatest Texas Road Trip of All Time
I’m a Texan by birth. It was nearly 22 years ago that I was born in a hospital in Conroe (although I didn’t grow up there). If I’ve learned anything since then, it’s that the State of Texas has the rare quality to inspire diehard loyalty among its citizens. Loyalty to such an extreme that … Read more
