abilenet July 26th, 2008
As a child growing up in the Abilene area, I saw my share of locally generated commercials on the television. One series of commercials that has never left my mind were those with “Charles Long of Middlebrook Ford in Anson,” as was always stated at the end of the commercial. I remember Mr. Long with his Levi pants and western-styled shirt claiming the virtues of purchasing your next vehicle from him. Continue Reading »abilenet March 6th, 2008
While researching the episode “Trouble in Buffalo Gap” on this website, I found a reference to Floyd Earl on another web page. I was interested in how Floyd ended up in a story on a website that allows authors to share their stories over the internet so I went in search of this author. Her name is Mary Milstead and she wrote a short-story titled “Ruined” in which the main character takes to spending time at the grave site of Floyd Earl, meditating on her own life. After nearly six months of searching, I was finally able to track down the author, Mary Milstead, and have a conversation with her through email about how she ended up having Floyd Earl in her story and whether or not there was a family connection between her and Mr. Earl. Unfortunately, I have to report that the inclusion of Floyd Earl in her story is purely coincidental. While Mary has family in the Buffalo Gap, Texas area, she merely picked the name Floyd Earl from the cemetery list of Buffalo Gap because she liked the way it sounded. I don’t mind saying that was a real bummer for me. Be that as it may, I found Mary’s story, “Ruined,” to be a well written story and a pleasure to read. As the story does include a real-life historical character from Taylor County’s rich historical heritage, I would encourage you to read this story and some of the Ms. Milstead’s other works. You can link to the story “Ruined” at the this web site and can see all her stories at her personal blog.abilenet December 14th, 2007
This episode is a recreation of a Time magazine article published September 12, 1960, titled, “Trouble in Buffalo Gap.” Join us for this lighthearted look at the life of the Marshall of Buffalo Gap during this time.
