Laura Wilson’s book Watt Matthews of Lambshead has the best opening sentence of any Texas book Lonn Taylor knows of - That Sentence? “Watt Matthews is 90 years old and still in charge.”

On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn talks of the unlikely friendship that came of photographer from New England and a West Texas rancher.

Laura Wilson’s book Watt Matthews of Lambshead has the best opening sentence of any Texas book Lonn Taylor knows of - That Sentence? “Watt Matthews is 90 years old and still in charge.” On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn talks of the unlikely friendship that came of photographer from New England and a West Texas rancher.

A New Englander and West Texas Rancher as Kindred Spirits

The Rambling Boy: Stories About Texas is a weekly look at regional history, hosted by Lonn Taylor of Fort Davis. Taylor was a writer and historian who moved to the Big Bend after retiring from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. in 2002.

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A New Englander and West Texas Rancher as Kindred Spirits

A New Englander and West Texas Rancher as Kindred Spirits