Feature
Western Exposure
The photographs of Erwin E. Smith, cowboy photographer
By Charles Lohrmann

Feature
Out for the Count
Annual Christmas Bird Count provides thrills for birders, valuable data for Audubon conservation efforts
By Melissa Gaskill

Letters to the Editor

Currents
Great Operators
Some of the stuff we looked into while you were reading last month’s issue
By Texas Co-op Power Staff

Energy News
Recharging Your Body and Your Ride
Bluebonnet EC helps install vehicle charging stations at resort hotel
By Texas Co-op Power Staff

Texas USA
Sentries to a Mystery
Scant remains hint at Fort Phantom Hill’s days as a frontier post
By Suzanne Halko

Observations
Confessions of a Head Busboy
A street gang cut me some slack because of how I settled the silverware standoff
By Clay Coppedge

Texas History
Deer Camp Folk Medicine
A 19th-century rabies cure required a madstone, sometimes found in a deer’s stomach
By Gene Fowler

TCP Kitchen
Trolling for Options
Scale back on your usual holiday fare and turn to the sea for a change
By Anna Ginsberg

November 2014 Photo Contest
Focus on Texas: Trains, Planes & Automobiles
You’ve arrived at a place where motion pictures take on a whole new meaning
By Grace Arsiaga

Hit the Road
Relics and Regaling in Brady
This antique store is like a museum where everything is for sale, though the history lessons are free
By Sheryl Smith-Rodgers