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A Piece of Lonesome Dove Lore is on Display at the Wittliff Collections

November 26, 2020 | By Clayton Maxwell

Behold the town of Lonesome Dove in its idea phase, before it became the set for the eponymous 1989 miniseries based on the book by Larry McMurtry.

Lonesome Dove Revisited

February 10, 2016 | By Kathryn Jones

The six-hour miniseries Lonesome Dove first aired in February 1989 while I was taking an evening painting class in Fort Worth.

Drawn to the Scene

April 12, 2015 | By Michael Corcoran

During Austin’s counterculture heyday, from the opening of the Vulcan Gas Company in 1967 to the closing of the Armadillo World Headquarters in 1980, a concert wasn’t a reality until it was advertised with a mind-blowing poster.

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