Marilyn Bennett, a sixth-generation Texan, is a freelance writer living in Helena, Montana, where she was named the first Writer-in-Residence at the Rodney Street Laundry and Jailhouse Sandwich Shop and Soup Kitchen. A descendent of Texas pioneers, Bennett grewup in Amarillo and graduated from Texas A&M University and Southern Methodist University.

• 1.The Spanish Saints Come Marching In 2.An Island Bachelor Comes to San Antonio 3.Bury the Tomahawk 4.No Bridge Over Troubled Waters 5.How the Chili Queens established San Antonio as the Birthplace of Chili 6.Fencing a Million 7.Life and Death on the Plazas 8.Rough Riding 9.Fit for a Queen 10.Fiesta: Did Someone Say Party? 11.La Villita: The Little Town that Could12.Defenders of the Alamo: Revolutionaries, Ghosts, Saints, Rangers and a Daughter of the Republic of Texas13.Past Lives of San Antonio: Ghosts of Alamo Plaza 14.Rodeo Charro Style 15.Flooding Waters: Jazz in San Antonio16.When San Antonio Towered over America17.In the Air at Fort Sam Houston18.Trails to Rails19.Purple in King William's Namesake20.When a Congressman Rolls into the River21.McNay: The Best Little Art House in Texas22.Fairmount: Moving a City23.The Dueling Deaths of Davy Crockett24.Waiting for a Fight25.A Garden from Stone26.Rest Stop for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid27.Vigilantes Take Bob Augustine into their Own Hands28.Family Law29.The Case of the Ferrari Clerk30.Alamo Bowl