The Rambling Boy: Stories About Texas is a weekly look at regional history, hosted by Lonn Taylor of Fort Davis. Taylor is a writer and historian who moved to the Big Bend after retiring from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. in 2002. The show is broadcast Monday at 10:06 and 7:06 on KRTS Marfa and KXWT West Texas Public Radio.
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Jul071 week agoOne of the fastest-growing businesses in Marfa is Airbnb. On this episode of the Rambling Boy, Lonn explores the history of the short-term rental website, as well as some of the more interesting sp...
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Jul032 weeks agoOn the eve of this year's Independence Day, Lonn talks about another thing that happened on this date: the deaths of both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, on July 4, 1826. The former presidents, wh...
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Jun263 weeks agoOn this episode of the Rambling Boy, Lonn reacts to a letter written by Graydon Hicks, the Fort Davis Superintendent of Schools, and gives his hot take on public school funding. He also shares a st...
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Jun194 weeks agoOn this episode of the Rambling Boy, Lonn reflects on Marfa's recent Agave Festival. Inspired by the documentary film Agave is Life, the three-day event included lectures, music, and food all relat...
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Jun091 month agoIndian Emily - Real or made up for a good story? Sure there's a restaurant named after the hero whose final warning helped garrison of soldiers in Ft. Davis stave off an attack by nearby Apache, a...
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Jun051 month agoOn this episode of The Rambling Boy, Lonn Taylor tells the story of Luther Evans, a man from Sayersville, a rural community in Bastrop County, who overcame poverty and adversity by the sheer force ...
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May192 months agoOn this edition of The Rambling Boy, a topic that every far-west Texan seems to have an opinion on - the Marfa Lights. Is there an actual answer to the phenomenon? Natural occurance, headlights, a...
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May122 months agoOn this edition of the Rambling Boy, Lonn speaks of fan and friend Teel Sale. Teel is a retired professor of art at the University of North Texas who now lives in Ennis, Texas, with her husband, R...
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May052 months agoOn this edition of the Rambling Boy, Lonn ponders the reason for the spread of Mexican cuisine throughout the United States - From Arkansas to Wyoming, and everywhere in-between Lonn explores this...
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Apr283 months agoOn this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn gives makes a case for the importance of the National Endowment of the Arts, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and other federal funding agencies. ...