Did you know that the Marfa Lights are not the only mystery unexplained by history and science in the Big Bend area? Chances are you are already familiar about the strange lights that have been seen around Marfa since the late 1800s. What about the Big Bend Tablet? For some reason, this story is known [...]
Did you know that the Sul Ross Library did not receive its own building until 1969? Before then, it was found in two separate places. When Sul Ross Normal College opened its doors in 1920, the entire school was in one building, what is now known as Briscoe Administration Building, then known simply as the [...]
Photograph by James Evans Hallie Crawford Stillwell was born in Waco, Texas on October 20, 1897 to Scots-Irish-English parents Guy and Nancy Crawford. She was the third of six children. Her father described her as “always searching out new pastures”, which would describe her life very well. In 1910 the family moved to Alpine, Texas [...]
