Editor’s Notes
H
ere we go with
the Big Bend’s
most beautiful
time – fall after the rains.
The hills and mountains
have been green all sum-
mer thanks to a long rainy
season, creeks are running,
and nature is taking time to
show off before winter sets
in. And you can wear a
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Enjoy this issue of Cenizo as you’re enjoying the
cooler temperatures and the shortening of the
days.
Not all of the Far West Texas landscape is stark
and monochromatic – take a look at an Alpine
garden that’s a perfect English cottage garden –
and it’s all done with native plants. Native plant
guru Patty Manning shows us how.
A new slant on rock art from the folks at
SHUMLA in Comstock may have you looking at
ancient cave art in a new way. Del Rio writer Bill
Sontag enlarges on this study of pictographs in
the Lower Pecos.
Imperial may be the “smoked turkey capital of
Texas,” but a whole new kind of turkey farming
is happening in Alpine. Sandra Harper tells us
about raising heritage turkeys – birds that please
the eye as well as the palate.
Day of the Dead means the annual clean-up
and reunion at the Terlingua Cemetery. Have you
ever wondered about that plot of rocky soil? Read
Danielle Gallo’s story on who’s buried in the
Terlingua Cemetery and wonder no more.
Poems that bring the Big Bend to life by three
area poets will stir you.
And if you’re one of the folks who think “we
wuz robbed” when Presidio County split and
moved the county seat to Marfa, read all the gos-
sipy details in Bob Miles’ story.
Photojournalists often seem to take pictures of
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just the facts, but there’s an artistic side, too, as
Barbara Richerson shows us in the photo essay.
Thinking of a road trip? Travel with brothers
Bill and John Stough as they discover that you can
go home again – sort of.
Jim Glendinning introduces us to three area
musicians who are not only important parts of
the varied Big Bend musical scene but who make
big contributions to their communities.
Some details on the rainy season and its impor-
tance in the Trans-Pecos. Cathy Hoyt takes us
underground and into the mountains to reveal
what goes on when the rains come.
Life along the Rio Grande has always been
edgy. And at the Johnson Ranch in the 1930s the
landing strip brought the famous, the infamous
and many who would be World War II military
heroes. Historian Glenn Willeford gives the
details.
Pull up a chair and tell a tale with Folkways’
Marie French. This one’s about how the Rio
Grande came to be. If you don’t like it, you can
make up your own!
And finally see what all you know about Big
Bend Bugs with Charlie Angell’s Trivia quiz.
As always, our thanks to our advertisers who
know that advertising is half of what they do.
Their financial support of Cenizo is an investment
in our community. Telling our unique story in -
creases tourism, supports writers and artists, re -
minds us of our place in history and preserves
that history for the future.
Hope your Trans-Pecos autumn and the holi-
days are beautiful. See you in the New Year!
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