Mike Cox's Texas Magazine

Remember TV's "What's My Line?" in the '50's?

A Memorial Day weekend reflection

May 23 • Mike Cox

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Route 66 + 1: The Story of U.S. 67

People still get their kicks on old Route 66, but Route 66 plus one—U.S.

May 13 • Mike Cox

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The Lamesa Incident

Future Pulitzer Prize winner Larry McMurtry wrote an essay back in the 1960s about a trip he took across Texas.

May 4 • Mike Cox

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April 2026

J. Frank Dobie and Henry David Thoreau

Both engaged in civil disobedience

Apr 17 • Mike Cox

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March 2026

A Bank Job, a Double Murder, an Old Cavalry Post and a Museum

Reflections on micro and macro history

Mar 11 • Mike Cox

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February 2026

Sam Houston's Zen Practice

Well-read as he was, Sam Houston would not have understood the 21st meaning of words like “meditation” or phrases such as “being in the present moment.”

Feb 13 • Mike Cox

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January 2026

Digging Holes

Uncovering a "whole" truth

Jan 13 • Mike Cox

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"Man Killers at Close Range"

A 125-year-old nonfiction article on Old West outlaws

Jan 6 • Mike Cox

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December 2025

Recalling a Close Shave

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

Dec 10, 2025 • 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, 2025 • 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, 2025 • 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, 2025

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