Texas Cache Voice

10/28/2025

Wow! Think about it!

In San Diego, California, archaeologists made a discovery that could rewrite the entire timeline of human history in the Americas. A 130,000-year-old mastodon skeleton, unearthed at a construction site, revealed unmistakable signs of human activity, long before modern science believed people had set foot on this continent.

The bones, found fractured and crushed in deliberate patterns, showed evidence of being struck by stone tools. Nearby, researchers uncovered heavy cobblestones bearing impact marks, used, it seems, to smash open mastodon bones for marrow extraction. This discovery predates the earliest accepted evidence of human presence in North America by more than 100,000 years.

If confirmed, the finding challenges everything we know about migration, suggesting that early human relatives, possibly Homo erectus or Neanderthal-like species, crossed into the Americas far earlier than Homo sapiens were thought capable of long-distance travel. The level of precision and intent seen in the bone fractures leaves little room for natural explanations.

For decades, the Cerutti Mastodon Site, as it’s now known, has sparked fierce debate among scientists. But whether it rewrites history or simply deepens the mystery, it reminds us of one truth: the story of humanity is far older and more complex than we’ve dared to imagine.

10/28/2025

Been gone for a while...so glad to be back! Love you guys!

10/28/2025

Been to Atlanta, Texas often!

The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day:

About 11 miles southeast of Atlanta, Texas on TX-77 you can stand in three states at once. The tiny Ark-La-Tex tripoint stone (shown here slowly being swallowed by a tree) marks where Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana meet—an oddly modest marker for a neat geographic curiosity. Thanks to Traces of Texas reader Sandra Williams for sending in this nifty photo of it.

While I have you, if you’ve wondered why Atlanta, Texas High School teams are the Rabbits (Rabbs), the district credits early-1920s coach Ed Rabb—the nickname stuck and became one of Texas’s more memorable mascots. I learned this just the other day.

10/28/2025

I'd love to see this in person!

The Ancient Puebloans (A.D. 850–1300) created the petroglyphs on Maze Rock. Arizona's Vermilion Cliffs National Monument.

10/28/2025

Humm...

He came back from war to ashes—Texas, 1866. Levi Yates had fought for a cause that died before he made it home, only to find the fields burned, the house stripped bare, and his father’s body laid shallow under a marker of stone. The deed to the land was gone too—signed away under the name of Colonel Harmon, a man who’d traded blood for property and called it law. Levi buried his father proper that night and swore he’d balance the books himself.

For two long years, the frontier whispered his name like a curse. From San Marcos to the Red River, men in Harmon’s pay vanished—some shot in the dark, some found beside campfires gone cold. Folks said he never spoke, just left a single mark carved into wood or bone: *Y.* Each kill was careful, clean, deliberate—vengeance carried out with the patience of a man who’d already lost everything. The colonel slept behind armed guards, but even they started looking over their shoulders.

When Levi finally came, he didn’t fire a shot. He walked through the colonel’s front door, laid one brass bullet on the desk, and beside it, a note written in a steady hand: “Owed, paid.” By dawn, Harmon was dead, the rifle missing, and the trail already swallowed by the plains. The lawmen hunted hard but never found him. Some say he rode west into Mexico, others say he still drifts the backroads, a ghost settling debts that never made it to paper.

10/28/2025

Rising from a frozen lake in Siberia stands a fortress no one can explain. 🏯❄️

Called Por-Bazhyn — meaning “Clay House” — this massive, walled complex sits on a remote island in Lake Tere-Khol, near the Mongolian border. Built around 777 AD during the Uyghur Khaganate, it covers more than 7 acres and is surrounded by 33-foot-high walls.

Its design blends Uyghur and Tang-Dynasty Chinese architecture, with courtyards, gateways, and multi-level buildings arranged in a perfect grid. But here’s the mystery — no artifacts, tools, or signs of life have ever been found.

Some believe earthquakes and fire destroyed it before it was ever used; others think it was abandoned by choice. Either way, this fortress-island remains one of the most puzzling ruins in all of Asia.

📍 Por-Bazhy n – Lake Tere-Khol, Siberia, Russia

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10/28/2025

Interesting...

This head stone is in the middle of nowhere Wood county. Mr Coleman died 153 years ago. He was 45 years old. Probably considered an old man in those days. When he was born, Texas was part of Mexico. Probably some the most historic years in Texas history. This guy lived in a wild time.

10/28/2025

Mighty fine San Sabas!