De Leon, The Heart of Texas: Suggested Websites
For more information on De Leon, The Heart of Texas, visit these very informative sites:
- The Official Site of De Leon, Texas offers information on attractions, local businesses and schools, accommodations, and upcoming events.
- Be sure to visit the De Leon Free Press, the local newspaper.
- The exhaustively researched De Leon Handbook is a veritable treasure trove of De Leon history, photographs, and other information on all things De Leon.
- The Handbook of Texas has a good summary of De Leon history, along with a suggested reading list.
- Texas Tripper has an excellent description of De Leon’s Peach and Melon Festival.
- Former Lt. Gov of Texas Ben Barnes is profiled in Texas Monthly. Ben Barnes is also profiled by The Texas Blue.
- To learn more about writer Aaron Latham, visit his official site for more biographical information (including a funny story about his wife Leslie Stahl) and upcoming news about his novels.
- For more information on songwriter and country DJ Slim Willet, check out his biographies on the Abilene Reporter-News and All Music.
- You can find a complete biography of W.B. Nowlin on the Sogospel News site. W.B. Nowlin is also an honoree in the Texas Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
- The New York Times published a obituary about the correspondent and Pulitzer Prize winning author William S. White. You can also read The Taft Story, William S.White’s most famous work, on the Questia site.