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: A little charm at Festival Park
The closing of Riverside Park for extended construction has left us in a bit of a state of confusion. It’s…
DIANE ADAMS: The inner life of misty days
Cold, rainy mornings covered by mist are a rarity out here. Things that are rare generally become more valuable, so…
DIANE ADAMS: Traveling photographer M.C. Ragsdale
For those of us who are local history junkies, much of the evidence that backs stories of the older days…
DIANE ADAMS: Mustangs on the Jim Ned
Along Jim Ned Creek, in the fall of 1882, an 18-year-old cowboy called W.K. Shipman planned to catch a blood…
DIANE ADAMS: Water wizards and the 1936 flood
We had a pretty good rain here on Tuesday, enough to bring the water up in back of the house.…
DIANE ADAMS: Weather predictions and an old persimmon
I’ve given up listening to most of the long-term weather predictions. The vaunted El Niño, which was supposed to make…
DIANE ADAMS: Where are the bells?
Growing up in a small town deep in the Allegheny Mountains of Virginia, we didn’t have much at Christmas. The…
DIANE ADAMS: Let the kids play
Last weekend, my teenage son and his friend went to the park. They wanted to hike the trails and take…
DIANE ADAMS: The first Christmas under the mountain
I had a table down at the Santa Anna Christmas Under the Mountain event, talking about the new red light…
DIANE ADAMS: The mysterious prophet of Bangs
In the days of the great ‘sawdust trail’, a circuit of itinerant preachers traveled through southern towns, using buildings and…
DIANE ADAMS: Thanksgiving 100 years ago
I looked up the Thanksgiving issue of the Brownwood Bulletin from 100 years ago, just to see what it was…
DIANE ADAMS: Light at Riverside Park
At the far end of Riverside Park is a walking trail. It loops down by the bayou, then around through…
DIANE ADAMS: Resurrecting Professor Garner of Brownwood
A few weeks ago I did some work on the strange story of Brownwood’s magnetic healer, Professor E B Garner.…
DIANE ADAMS: Latter rain on the San Saba
After a rain, especially a long awaited, badly needed rain, it’s fun to drive out and see the rivers. One…
DIANE ADAMS: The ghost town of Fry, Texas
There is a lost town nearby, a place where broken sidewalks lead to nowhere, and the crumbling foundations of buildings…