Blaine Brown, deputy for the Orion crew and service module at Lockheed Martin, talks about NASA’s next step in space exploration at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Fly us to the moon
Buckled up
Western belt buckles belonging to Will Wright, chief creative officer at the Galveston Historical Foundation, and his family are a testament to his family’s love of riding and Western sports. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Collection highlights the histories and personalities of a horse-loving family
Stomping the competition
Winemakers Gladys and Raymond Haak show off some of the championship belt buckles their winery has won over the years. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Santa Fe winery takes home a championship buckle from rodeo
‘Quintessential Galveston’
Frank Maceo sits on a beach chair in his workshop on Galveston’s East End. Maceo makes colorful, classic beach chairs for anyone who orders from him. Photo by Kelsey Walling
Islander works to carve out a business by making beach chairs
‘I wanna catch the big fish’
Omar Mancillas, far right, looks up after catching a bull shark while onlookers take photos and admire the catch at Galveston Fishing Pier in Galveston. Once Mancillas realized what he caught, most of the anglers on the pier helped him reel it in. After pictures and admiration, Mancillas released the shark back into the Gulf. Photo by Kelsey Walling
Island piers attract amateur and obsessed anglers
‘The heavy lifting’
Artist Boat has created a patchwork of connected parcels on the West End of Galveston to create its Coastal Heritage Preserve. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Island group acquires prime land to ward off development
A saltwater solution
Saltwater-Recon President and CEO Urs Schmid, left, and longtime friend and company Vice President Broc Adams stand above one of their cameras mounted at Float Pool & Patio Bar in Galveston. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Webcam business gives anglers views of bay and Gulf conditions
A rodeo champ
Harold Cash, who rode bareback on the rodeo circuit, is considered a rodeo icon and is in the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum’s Hall of Fame. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Hall of Famer doesn’t take his career or legacy lightly
An odd duck at the library
Eleanor Barton, from left, museum curator at Rosenberg Library, Kevin Kinney and Sean McConnell, both archivists with the library’s Special Collections, handle the rare book “Of Birds and Texas,” which contains detailed paintings of more than 40 Texas birds and landscapes by Fort Worth brothers Stuart and Scott Gentling. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
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A fried favorite
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