Rambling Boy
The Rambling Boy: Stories About Texas is a weekly look at regional history, hosted by Lonn Taylor of Fort Davis.
Taylor was a writer and historian who moved to the Big Bend after retiring from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. in 2002.
Latest Episodes
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In this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn takes a look at the well known and not-so-well-known candidates of the upcoming elections. -
Near the 180th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto, Lonn talks about not the battle but the immediate aftermath and a memento that, after a long…
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On this edition of the Rambling Boy, Lonn talks about his experience seeing Conjunto music legend Santiago Jimenez Jr at the historical Carnitas Uruapan…
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On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn recalls the day he married Dedie and the memorable antics of the wedding party on their special day.
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On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn discusses stories and happenings from The Texas Frontier and the Butterfield Overland Mail, 1858–1861, a new…
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On this edition of the Rambling Boy, Lonn attends an historical marker dedication and commends the work done by Delia Granado to set the record straight.
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On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn gives ten reasons for telling the story of Marfa's Hispanic community. -
On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn reflects on funerals after attending a memorial service for Joaquin Jackson, a former Texas Ranger, author and…
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Deep in his collection of historic documents, collector Marty Davis finds a receipt paid to one Jacob Brodbeck. The receipt is for a quarter-share in the… -
Why, in 1892, did an Irish immigrant name a Marfa hotel after the patron saint of England? Lonn Taylor tells us the answer -- and the the history of the…
