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: Ghosts on Salt Mountain
In the brushy hills five miles northwest of Blanket, Salt Mountain stands silently against a gathering sunset. This lonely rise…
DIANE ADAMS: Kids in the early days
*** “G.L. Brown was born in Brown County near Brownwood in 1861. His earliest associations were with ranch life, and…
DIANE ADAMS: The last buffalo in Brown County
I stumbled on this map the other day that shows the areas and approximate dates for where the last buffalo…
DIANE ADAMS: When a magnetic healer came to Brownwood
“Day of Miracles Not Obsolete”, reads a headline in the Daily Bulletin from November 6 of 1907. The “world’s greatest…
DIANE ADAMS: A sense of wonder
I was chatting with a friend the other day about how kids have this innate sense of wonder about the…
DIANE ADAMS: Old Camp Collier
About 4 miles to the northwest of Brookesmith, a frontier post called Camp Collier was once located. Camp Collier was…
DIANE ADAMS: Road rage and the better part of valor
My son has his learner’s permit, and we’re teaching him to drive, like it or not. He pays a lot…
DIANE ADAMS: Small farmers and blue moons
A full moon in August carries a sense of promise, especially a blue one. Sitting here watching it rise, I…
DIANE ADAMS: Pecans in Brown County
I’m partial to pecan trees. In part this is because of their cautious nature–they are philosophers. In the early spring,…
DIANE ADAMS: Picturing Chief Muguara
Penateka Comanche Chief Muguara (also known as Mukewarrah or Mukewaka) is an arresting figure to me not only because he…
DIANE ADAMS: Watermelon summers
The story is told that Texas Ranger John Banister, while traveling by wagon along the road from Brownwood to San…
DIANE ADAMS: Mountain lions and the Goldthwaite jaguar
About this time last year, during another period of intense heat and drought, I saw a large, tawny animal coming…
DIANE ADAMS: School daze
Pictured is Zephyr’s first school The careless days of summer freedom are coming to an end for students, and the…
DIANE ADAMS: Tales from a Texas horse trader
“They made a bumper crop of cotton back on the Panhandle one year. They needed a place to store all…
DIANE ADAMS: How water witchers helped save Bangs
I have a fascination with water witching because I think it proves some of my more mystical theories to doubters.…