Diane Adams
Diane Adams is a local journalist interested county history. Please send tips and ideas for stories to Diane through our contact page here.
DIANE ADAMS: FM 1467 – A pioneer route along Blanket Creek
“Farm to Market Road 1467 between Blanket and Zephyr is nine and one-tenth miles long. Part of this road was…
DIANE ADAMS: Grandpa wore his suit to dinner
Did your grandpa wear a suit for dinner? I have a book of vintage photos from Brown County. In most…
DIANE ADAMS: Chisum and L.L. Shield store in Trickham
“In the 1860’s, John Chisum built a very large log house, facing west, with a big rock chimney at one…
DIANE ADAMS: The Farren family and KEAN radio
There was a lot of response to last week’s column on the Farren Twins, a local group of musicians that…
DIANE ADAMS: The Farren Twins and other gifts
I met up with my friend Cindy Wood the other day. She had some gifts for me. Some people are…
DIANE ADAMS: The old Anderson place
Last week’s column about driving to May in 1894 mentioned a home called the Anderson place, which existed along Old…
DIANE ADAMS: Slow rhythms and a drive to May in 1894
There’s a slow rhythm to a small Texas town on a Saturday morning. The lazy waves of neighbors and friends…
DIANE ADAMS: Notes on the Williams Massacre
“In the fall of 1873, the Indians made one of the worst raids into our country that had ever been…
DIANE ADAMS: Pecan Bayou and the flood of 1900
A lot of rain has fallen so far this week. Some flooding is happening, but the sort of flooding we…
DIANE ADAMS: When the Bangs bank was robbed
Next week marks 55 years since the Bangs bank was robbed, leading to the eventual conviction of a group of…
DIANE ADAMS: Blackwell Crossing
Unusual natural formations or landmarks often collect a lot of history. People are drawn to certain places, whether for utility…
DIANE ADAMS: Roadside pullovers and Lednicky Park
When automobile travel was a new thrill and tourist courts were all the rage, roadside parks sprang up along every…
DIANE ADAMS: Comanche leader Coffey speaking in Santa Anna
Mark Twain once said that history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes. An echo of this sort of rhythmic…
DIANE ADAMS: The Uranium Trail explosion
“The halt and the lame came by the hundreds Monday to the ranch of Jesse F. Reese to cover themselves…
DIANE ADAMS: German POW graves at Jordan Springs
Reader James Davis takes a particular interest in Brown County history as a descendant of two pioneering families in the…