Rambling Boy

Dwight David Eisenhower was the first United States President to be born in Texas, but he didn't know until he was a grown man.

Dwight David Eisenhower was the first United States President to be born in Texas, but he didn't know until he was a grown man.

On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn explains how the president, who though he was born in Kansas, was actually from Denison.

On this edition of The Rambling Boy, just in time for Texas Independence Day, Lonn discusses the lives of Sam Houston's sons.

On this edition of The Rambling Boy, just in time for Texas Independence Day, Lonn discusses the lives of Sam Houston's sons.

On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn teams up with Marfa Public Radio's Sally Beauvais in an attempt to answer some of the very tough questions that have been submitted to Marfa Public Radio's West Texas Wonders project, where you ask questions and we provide answers.

On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn teams up with Marfa Public Radio's Sally Beauvais in an attempt to answer some of the very tough questions that have been submitted to Marfa Public Radio's West Texas Wonders project, where you ask questions and we provide answers.

Susan Kirr of Marfa is curious why several of the old houses on Sacramento Street have two front doors.

Austin Fay of Marfa wants to know when the last bighorn sheep was seen in the Big Bend.

David A. Dunn of Oakland, Mississippi asks how the Toe Nail Trail, which runs from Christoval to Fort McKavett, got its name.

Trisha Runyan of Presidio says she grew up with stories of buried treasure dropped from wago...

On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn take s a look at a book called a The Lost Words.

On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn take s a look at a book called a The Lost Words.

Written by two Englishmen. Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris, The Lost Words has been described as a "book of spells" and an "act of creative dissent" that seeks to conjure back the near-lost magic and strangeness of the nature that surrounds us.

The book began as a response to the removal of everyday nature words - among them "acorn", "bluebell", "kingfisher" and "wren" - from a widely used children’s dictionary, because those words were not being used enough by children to merit inclusion.

On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn explores the history of immigrants and American feelings towards said immigrants.

On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn explores the history of immigrants and American feelings towards said immigrants.