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September 2019

Vol. 66, No. 9

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Features

Eat Your Way Through the Taco Capital of Texas at These 7 Taquerias

Visit the Bootmaking Masters in the Birthplace of the Cowboy Boot

Go Behind the Scenes at the Equine Mecca of Texas

Departments

Editor’s Note

Editor’s Note: Exploring Texas’ Cultural Crossroads

My Hometown

My Hometown: A True-Blue Rangerette Explains Why There’s More to Kilgore Than Oil and the Drill Team

Open Road

On the Magic of a Hotel Bar

Getaway

Getaway: A Weekend in Lubbock

Speaking of Texas

Six Years After Moving to Mexico, Lauded Chicana Writer Sandra Cisneros Looks Back on Her 29 Years in San Antonio

Drive / Stay

Slither Into the Outback Oasis Motel for a Lesson in the Snakes of West Texas

Drive / Made in Texas

El Paso Has a Fascinating Connection With a Small Himalayan Country

Drive / Detour

Love ’Em or Hate ’Em, Wind Turbines Have Altered the Landscape Across Vast Swaths of Texas

Drive / Family

It’s a Brave New World at These Forward-Thinking Libraries

Plates

Russian Banya in Carrollton Is the Only Spa-Restaurant of Its Kind in Texas

Plates

How Pioneer Foods Shaped Texas’ Cuisine

Texana

Milton Brown, Bob Wills, and the Fort Worth Origins of One of Texas’ Most Beloved Musical Styles

Daytripper

The Daytripper’s Top 5 in Jacksonville

Sightseer

Spanish Moss and Tranquility in Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge

Vintage

Remembering a Classic Game of the Old Longhorn-Aggie Thanksgiving Football Rivalry

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