This year, Flour Bluff lost one of its best, Leota “Lee” Gaines. She will always hold a special ...
Category: Personal History
Tales from the Little Town That Almost Was: Constable Ronnie PolstonTales from the Little Town That Almost Was: Constable Ronnie Polston
Recently, Jason McCahan won the Republican primary for the office of Nueces County Constable Pct. 2. He now faces Democrat, ...
Tales from the Little Town That Almost Was: The Torres Family, Part IVTales from the Little Town That Almost Was: The Torres Family, Part IV
[spacer height=”20px”] To preserve the rich history of Flour Bluff, The Paper Trail News, will run historical pieces and ...
Tales from the Little Town That Almost Was: Barnstormin’ Bernie, Part ITales from the Little Town That Almost Was: Barnstormin’ Bernie, Part I
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] Oh, how we love it when the Blue Angels roar into town like ...
Tales from the Little Town That Almost Was: Don Crofton, Part ITales from the Little Town That Almost Was: Don Crofton, Part I
To preserve the rich history of Flour Bluff, The Texas Shoreline News, will run historical pieces and personal accounts about ...
Tales from the Little Town That Almost Was: The Life and Times of Ralph and Rachel Krause (Part 2)Tales from the Little Town That Almost Was: The Life and Times of Ralph and Rachel Krause (Part 2)
To preserve the rich history of Flour Bluff, The Texas Shoreline News, will run historical pieces and ...
The Railroad Track and the DrunkThe Railroad Track and the Drunk
It was summer. My sister Margie, our cousin Rosie, and I were at my granny’s house in Healdton, ...
Tales from the Little Town That Almost Was: Life and Times of Butch Roper, Part ITales from the Little Town That Almost Was: Life and Times of Butch Roper, Part I
The Life and Times of James “Butch” Roper: Part I James “Butch” Roper, born October 16, 1940, ...
Cutting Jeanie Lou’s HairCutting Jeanie Lou’s Hair
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] Jeanie Lou lived down the street from us. She and my older sister Margie ...
Tales from Flour Bluff, the Little Town That Almost Was: Life and Times of Lacy Smith, Part ITales from Flour Bluff, the Little Town That Almost Was: Life and Times of Lacy Smith, Part I
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] In a little shack at the end of a cotton field outside of Weslaco, Texas, ...