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ARTS is the acronym for the Authors Round Table Society, a highly productive group of Texoma authors. Two and a half years ago, three Texoma authors, John Moody, Alan Martin, and James Peercy were searching...
by Kendall Davis on 6/14/2018
Texomaland Gallery of Attractions
We Texomans and our guests love our boating, skiing, swimming, fishing, and fireside cookouts while watching the sun go down. However, the towns and parks around Lake Texoma...
by Kendall Davis on 5/24/2018
Durant, Oklahoma, Who Knew?
The name Durant, of French in origin, goes back to the 13th century. Frenchmen transported the Durant surname to North America as early as the 17th century and used the spelling of...
by Kendall Davis on 4/26/2018
Coffee Station
*Texomans best know Holland Coffee as a historical figure of Preston Bend in Grayson County. Before we called it Preston Bend, locals called it Washita Bend. We can deduce from many accounts...
by Kendall Davis on 3/22/2018
In 1905 on April 5th, the biggest star on earth was swooping around our nation like a 1970s rock star. That was the day that President Teddy Roosevelt visited Denison, and Sherman, Texas.
Thirty-five thousand...
by Kendall Davis on 3/8/2018
“Flying Machine Thompson” and His Steel Eagle
Before Kingston, Oklahoma, was named Kingston, people called the town Helen. At some time there was both a Helen, and a Kingston, Oklahoma. A man...
by Kendall Davis on 9/27/2017
James Russell Washington—Sycamore Creek Ranch—His Legacy
James Russell Washington (Russ) built the house that sits on Sycamore Creek Ranch near Dexter, Texas, in 1867. Russ hauled the lumber for...
by Kendall Davis on 9/14/2017
Who Cares?
That when Oklahoma Territory opened up her vast prairie lands to homesteading, many of her archaeological sites were neglected until legislation was drafted and made into fedral law concerning the...
by Kendall Davis on 5/25/2017
Part I
Excerpt From: Lines Written on an Indian’s Face
“Tis only an Indian face, but on it is pictured the tragedy of a race. Like a ghost of yesterday it looks out over the hurrying throng with...
by Kendall Davis on 5/11/2017
If Texomans and Texomaland tourists have not discovered one of its newest entertainment treasures by now, I am positive that this article will help them find this super fun, pot of gold at the end of our...
by Kendall Davis on 4/27/2017
George Monroe Dallas Hodges was born in McNairy County, Tennessee on January 20, 1846. In 1881, two outlaws shot and killed Constable G. M. Dallas Hodges, Precinct 7, Grayson County, Texas, in the line of duty...
by Kendall Davis on 4/13/2017
Over on the west side of Gainesville, Texas, sits a zoo, the Frank Buck Zoo. Think twice if you think you have to fight traffic and drive to the city for a great zoo experience. The Frank Buck Zoo packs a...
by Kendall Davis on 3/30/2017
When you look back in deep reflection on your life, and think about how this situation or that event changed your life, do you ever wonder if it was coincidence or serendipity? You may begin looking at the...
by Kendall Davis on 11/24/2016
I don’t always have ideas on subjects to write about for LakeTexoma.com (especially when I wait to the last minute). I just start typing in Google and something always comes to me. This time, I typed...
by Kendall Davis on 9/15/2016
Durant, OK --- Get ready for big Smoke and Thunder as the Flash Fire Jet Truck makes its debut performance at Take to the Skies AirFest in Durant, Oklahoma, Saturday April 16th. Also new this year is the...
by Debby Standefer on 4/1/2016
Durant, OK --- Get ready for big Smoke and Thunder as the Flash Fire Jet Truck makes its debut performance at Take to the Skies AirFest in Durant, Oklahoma, Saturday April 16th.
The Flash Fire Jet Truck has a...
by Debby Standefer on 3/15/2016
Bluegrass, Country, and Gospel tunes will fill the air at Frontier Village on September 12, 2015. The Chuck Haggard Memorial Music Show is an annual favorite and the proceeds help maintain some of the oldest...
by BJ Kirkpatrick on 9/8/2015
Grayson County Master Naturalists Accept Applications for Fall Classes
What are you doing with your free time this fall? Master Naturalists are monitoring bluebird boxes or counting birds, restoring pocket...
by Ginger Mynatt on 7/18/2014
As I drive home thru the hills surrounding Lake Texoma, I see cars, boats and jet skis parked in driveways that are normally empty and lights on in homes that are normally dark during the week. Thousands...
by BJ Kirkpatrick on 7/2/2014
On May 31st, Loose Wheels, Texas, will host the 3rd annual Run for the Hills charity race to benefit the Grayson County Area Fire Departments. This 5K mud and obstacle race, the first of its kind in...
by on 3/17/2014