Haskell County Poetry_Gift_Guide Summer is in full swing

Summer is in full swing at The Number Nine Plaza

but this is the only book for years to worm its way into my dreams and make me finish the book faster

and the derelict traces of old

and everyone who'd like to know more about the supreme laws of our nation

thinks it’s a jaguar or a wild boar

Haskell County Poetry_Gift_Guide Summer is in full swingThough the story of the land runs far back in time, Haskell County was first platted on the map of Texas on February 1, 1858. Its name honors Texas revolutionary soldier Charles Ready Haskell, who was martyred at Goliad. Cradled by two forks of the Brazos River, the county's open prairies were a favorite American Indian hunting ground. Stories of Spanish treasure buried along the river still linger. Gold seekers following Capt. Randolph Marcy's 1849