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John Matthew (J.M.) Cape II (1924-2013), grandson of early San Marcos settler John Matthew Cape, was born in his family home on the banks of the San Marcos River. He joined the family cotton business, working for 43 years as a cottonseed broker. Cape discusses growing up in San Marcos, his family’s business, the history of cotton in Texas including farms, mills, and gins, the current state of cotton oil production, and some of the changes he’s witnessed in the city and the surrounding areas.

Cover story on Darrell McCall.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Keith Adams, Brad Arnt, Bob Baker, Lynn Barclay, Bill Black, Johnny Bush, Los Caminantes, Ray Campi, Johnny Cash, Denny Ezba, Kinky Friedman, Barbarita Garcia, Jay Garcia, Pete Gonzalez, Alan Grimm, Carlos Guzman, Darrell Harkins, George Jones, Sylvia Leal, Sammy Lee, Bubba Littrell, Augie Meyers, Scotty Moore, Los Muchachos, Willie Nelson, Juan Olivares, Olga Olivia, La Patria, Leon Payne, San Pedro, Elvis Presley, Ray Price, Horace Stone Rainey, Juan Ramos, Paul Ray, Jim Reeves, Doug Sahm, Ruben Sanchez, Al Stricklin, John Stuckey, Greezy Wheels, Curly Williams, Hank Williams, Faron Young, Geno Zavala.

A publication for the faculty and staff of Southwest Texas State University

Cover story on Dale Watson