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The Texas Hamburger: History of a Lone Star Icon: Rick Vanderpool

The book “The Texas Hamburger – History of a Lone Star Icon,” by Rick Vanderpool, is out. A picture of mine is included in the book, and yes, I feel very good about that. The picture is of a very popular old hamburger joint in Cleburne Texas. Description From The Publisher Texans are passionate about this signature sandwich, and photographer/writer [...]

A Day in Lampasas Texas

Last weekend I went to Lampasas Texas. The main purpose of the trip was to swim in the pool at Hancock Springs, but there was enough time left over to explore. Hancock Springs Hancock Springs has been a popular destination for swimming at least since the 1880′s. Back in the 19th Century people came here [...]

Texas Hill Country Furniture and Mercantile

Home of the “Star of Texas Rocker” There are so many pages on the Web that feature a picture of the Star of Texas Rocker but not much more. I just figured there wasn’t anything else here to see. What a surprise it was to find an interesting business next to the rocker. The main building is [...]