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Mexia’s Cindy Walker Days Celebrates a Trailblazing Country Music Hall of Fame Songwriter

July 19, 2023 | By Gene Fowler

“I’m just a Texan at heart,” drawled the “Queen of Western Song Writers” to a live audience at Fort Worth’s Amon Carter Stadium in 1951.

Amid Drought, the Texas Peach Crop Is Arriving Later—and Sweeter—Than Usual

August 2, 2022 | By John Lumpkin

Better late than never. That sums up the Texas peach crop in 2022. After a slow start this summer, succulent freestones are hitting the shelves of family-owned fruit stands throughout the state in ample supplies that may last through September.

Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: Texas Rangers Find Illegal Moonshine Stills

November 26, 2020 | By Traces of Texas

Texas Rangers with illegal moonshine stills found near Mexia. Freddie Pryor found this undated photo among his grandmother’s things after she died.

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