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: Remembering Chief Sanaco

A little over ten miles north from where the San Saba and Colorado Rivers converge, a meeting once took place…

After publishing a column a few weeks ago on the Hunter Stagecoach stop, I was contacted by the owner of…

Last week, I noticed some odd looking, pinkish stalks that sprang up in the yard very quickly. I took my…

The fascinating case of a missing archeological discovery in Brown County has taken up my entire day, and I’m no…

Sometimes a road might actually be the oldest historical object around, but old roads don’t often get much credit for…

While the world heats up outside, both in the August sun and politically, I find the study of local history…

“When you go driving, whether on business or pleasure bent, you should have the best rig obtainable. That’s ours,” reads…

Stories of buried treasure and lost mines have consumed a certain type of personality for untold thousands of years. You…

Along County Road 176, a few miles outside of Bangs, there is a largely hidden and slightly strange historical marker.…

I don’t know why some moments become lifelong memories, while other, maybe more important ones, are completely forgotten. I remember…

I wonder how often we pass by the remains of ancient civilizations, maybe even on our own land, without noticing…

Wild West shows are a thing of the past, but the storied history of these sometimes outrageous performances by characters…

I found this story while I was researching a different topic, and it struck me on several levels. First how…

Last week I was privileged to visit Fiveash Cemetery out near Trickham with a great, great-grandson of the Fiveash family.…

I saw online that the property where the Hot Wells swimming pool used to be is now for sale. I…