Articles within this archive have appeared in past print issues of Texas Cache Magazine from 1994-Present. Look for the PDF at the bottom of each article and click/tap to expand it and flip through the pages. Archived articles in PDF format may also be downloaded for free and are made to be printed on 8.5" x 11"paper. Please share them with full credit to the author/photographer and Texas Cache Magazine.

Prehistoric Knife Gallery (1999)

15 April 1999

This gallery of miscellaneous prehistoric knife blades was originally published in Texas Cache Volume 5 #3 in April 1999 by Bob McWilliams. Types featured are: Corner-tang, Base-tang, Covington, Friday, Covey, Harahey, Kinney, Crescent, Motley, Marshall, Mid-backed tang, Caddo, San Saba, Butted fist axes, (a.k.a. Kerrville knives).

ARTICLE RETRACTION: West TX Atlatl Cache (1999)

15 January 1999

ARTICLE RETRACTION SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: “West Texas Atlatl Cache” was written and published as the cover story in Texas Cache Volume 5 #2 in 1999 with reports of two atlatls found in a West Texas cave between 1991 and 1999 along with perishable relics and Paleoindian projectile points. Since then information has come to…

Comanche Memories (1996)

31 July 1996

This account of Comanche memories as told to Texas Cache founder Bob McWilliams appeared in Volume 2 #4 from 1996. Leonard “Black Moon” and Eva Portillo Riddles recounted that Comanche were not flint knappers, and told Bob the story of “The Last Buffalo Hunt,” a turn-of-the-century spectacle in either Vernon or Quanah. Keyword search terms:…

Petroglyphs of the Eldorado Divide (1996)

1 February 1996

“Petroglyphs of the Eldorado Divide” by Texas Cache founder Bob McWilliams was originally published in Volume 3 #1 in 1996. Bob wrote of visiting a site in Sutton County with natural tinaja waterholes surrounded by mysterious carvings in the limestone bedrock. Keyword search terms: petroglyphs, petrograph, rock art, Eldorado Divide, Sonora, Sutton County, Bob McWilliams,…

Gentry Creek Cache (1995)

31 July 1995

“The Gentry Creek Cache” was written by Texas Cache founder Bob McWilliams and originally published in Volume 2 #1 in 1995. Bob wrote about Tommy Hobbs, Bobby and David Adams excavating a heavily occupied site in 1989 near Gentry Creek just north of Junction in Kimble County. Keyword search terms: gentry creek junction kimble county,…

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