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Cowboy Heaven
Story and photo by Michael Pearce
Norman Caudill already has seen what he hopes cowboy heaven will be like. He grew up in it, amid the part of Palo Pinto country where Possum Kingdom Lake…
Fishing PK
Story by Michael Pearce | Photos courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife
Possum Kingdom Lake became the talk of Texas bass fishing in February, when anglers landed three largemouth bass weighing more than 13 pounds each. For reference, each of the…
From his cowboy boots down to his hometown roots
Story and photo by Michael Pearce
For two hours, Possum Kingdom Lake fishing guide T.J. Ranft stared at slack lines in the water. His high-tech fish finders were telling him that a big school of…
PK becoming a live music mecca
Story by Steve Nussbaum
On any given Friday or Saturday night, there’s a variety of restaurants and bars at PK offering live music. Over the past year several new venues have opened up,…
Palo Pinto General Hospital and Emergency Services District No. 1 team up to save lives at Possum Kingdom Lake Story by Steve Nussbaum | Photo by Erika Carter
Sometimes it seems as though large organizations and government entities can take forever to accomplish a common goal. Thankfully, this was not the case when the Possum Kingdom Lake…
The ‘PK Chainsaw Massacre’: Not what you might thinkStory by Steve Nussbaum
The “PK Chainsaw Massacre” is not a ghost tale told around the campfires at Camp Grady Spruce. It’s actually the name given to one man’s mission that began after…
Possum Kingdom Air Tours
Story by Michael Pearce | Photo courtesy of Jeremy Down
No matter how you look at it, Possum Kingdom Lake is one of the prettiest places in Texas. The tall cliffs at Hell’s Gate, the long stretches of clear…
Local PK Real Estate Agents
Partners in the office and in the arena
Story by Steve Nussbaum | Photos contributed by Dee Dee Jordan and Mindy Holloway
When local real estate agents Mindy Holloway and DeeDee Jordan were asked the question, “What’s more competitive, the real estate business or barrel racing?” they both laughed and answered,…
From PK to Beijing, the Olympic spirit’s alive and well at PK
Story by Steve Nussbaum | Photos contributed by Valerie Gribble
This past February, the Winter Olympics in Beijing took on a bit more meaning for a local family. Viewers in the PK area who tuned in to watch the…
Garland Bend
Seven generations and 150 years on this special, ancestral land
Story and photo by Michael Pearce
Family lore says Washington Lafayette Garland came to the steep, jagged landscape above the bend in the Brazos River that bears the family name back in 1873, settling into…