Mike Cox's Texas Magazine

Recalling a Close Shave

Getting a haircut from famed Texas Ranger Capt. Frank Hamer's barber

Dec 10 • Mike Cox

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November 2025

Mr. Tom Turkey, the Honorable Gentleman from Texas, Goes to Washington

If turkeys could ruminate philosophically, they wouldn’t have much to be thankful for this time of the year—assuming they’re still gobbling on…

Nov 26 • Mike Cox

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A libel on Texas!

As any true Texian knows, chili is good any time of the year.

Nov 19 • Mike Cox

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Chaos In [the] Oil Field

Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad ("the Katy" Employe's [sic] Magazine, February 1921.

Nov 17

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Paging Amelia Earhart…

Calling Up Phone Booth Memories

Nov 15 • Mike Cox

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An Unintended Consequence on the Frontier

Mural in San Angelo depicting figures of the Fort Concho era.

Nov 6 • Mike Cox

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October 2025

The History of Every Old West Ghost Town

Remnants of the old silver mining town of Shafter in the Big Bend.

Oct 21 • Mike Cox

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Postcard from Texas

What Texans did before Spotify

Oct 17 • Mike Cox

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Postcard from Texas

You've got mail...

Oct 9 • Mike Cox

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The October Barrel

That winter of 1905, seven-year-old Helen Viola Anderson did not grasp that the U.S.

Oct 6 • Mike Cox

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September 2025

Passing of the Texas Cowboy and the Big Ranches

By William R. Draper, first published in Overland Monthly Magazine, February 1905

Sep 28

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Texas' Daniel Boone

"Uncle Billy" Barton

Sep 19 • Mike Cox

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