Texas Brags was a series of illustrated booklets that covered Texas-based topics between 1944 and 1972. Think of it as a lighthearted version of the Texas Almanac.

In this edition of the Rambling Boy, Lonn Taylor digs into the history of the Texas Brags booklets and the history of it's founder -- John Hayward Randolph. The latter proved to be pretty difficult but was aided by an old Marfa resident.

Texas Brags was a series of illustrated booklets that covered Texas-based topics between 1944 and 1972. Think of it as a lighthearted version of the Texas Almanac. In this edition of the Rambling Boy, Lonn Taylor digs into the history of the Texas Brags booklets and the history of it's founder -- John Hayward Randolph. The latter proved to be pretty difficult but was aided by an old Marfa resident.

Texas Brags was a series of illustrated booklets that covered Texas-based topics between 1944 and 1972. Think of it as&nbsp;a lighthearted version of the Texas Almanac.

In this edition of the Rambling Boy, Lonn Taylor digs into the history of the Texas Brags booklets and the history of it's founder -- John Hayward Randolph. The latter proved to be pretty difficult but was aided by an old Marfa resident.

John Randolph: The man behind Texas Brags

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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John Randolph: The man behind Texas Brags

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