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: Tales from an old trail driver
A few years back, I was working on a story about modern day cowboys in Texas. I had a chance…
DIANE ADAMS: The riddle of Brownwood’s silver cannonballs
In last week’s column about the Spanish presence in Brown County, I quoted Jay Longley’s remembrance about a Spanish cannonball…
DIANE ADAMS: Traces of Spanish Explorers in Brown County
“To seek El Dorado, the conquistadors for a hundred years and more marched and countermarched from one extremity of half…
DIANE ADAMS: The wind in the grass
There are a few places my husband and I go to hear the sounds of wind in the grass and…
DIANE ADAMS: The Blanket Meteorite
Strange lights in the sky are popping up in news reports across the country. It’s almost an atavistic instinct to…
DIANE ADAMS: Comanche Firerock of Santa Anna
When my son was younger, he roamed with a pack of neighborhood boys in the summer, looking for things to…
DIANE ADAMS: Byrd’s Store and Indian Trading Post
My friend and fellow history buff, Don King, who shares my interest in old travel routes, sent me some information…
DIANE ADAMS: Early trails in Brown County
“In the fall of 1872, I went to Brown County, where I was hired by Bob Terrell. He was trading…
DIANE ADAMS: Election corrections
After watching the most emotional and perhaps the most influential election of my lifetime last week, I learned all sorts…
DIANE ADAMS: The last train to Brownwood
Reader Cary Wright from Lake Brownwood sent me a thought-provoking email last week. Mentioned were some details about the history…
DIANE ADAMS: The road to Belle Plain’s ghostly ruins
Belle Plain Street, which runs through a northwest section of Brownwood, out towards Grosvenor, is not the most well-traveled route…
DIANE ADAMS: The terror of Mukewater and other tales
The community known as Mukewater, about 4 miles west of Bangs, can’t exactly be described as a ghost town, as…
DIANE ADAMS: The ghost town of Winchell
Near the steep, muddy banks of the Colorado River, halfway between Brownwood and Brady, are the remnants of a once…
DIANE ADAMS: Prohibition and arguments
One thing that the proliferation of the internet into our daily lives has shown for sure is that people will…
DIANE ADAMS: Old tree lore
Before the days of air conditioning and largely indoor living, old trees were an integral part of our lives. They…