Author and former Hays Free Press editor, Wes Ferguson, presented his second book, “The Blanco River,” at the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center Saturday. The book covers topics of history, geology and property rights in regards to the river. Other contributors spoke, as well, including photograp...

uthor Wes Ferguson and sponsoring editor Andrew Sansom will celebrate the launch of a new book, “The Blanco River,” on Saturday, April 8, in Kyle. The public is invited to the free event, which begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center at 508 Center Street. Author and former e...

By Kim Hilsenbeck Wes Ferguson’s childhood near Longview, Texas, did not include swimming, tubing, fishing, wading or rope swinging into the Sabine River. It was the opposite, in fact. He and most everyone else in his tiny east Texas town of Liberty City avoided the Sabine like the plague. “Dirty, p...

Local author Wes Ferguson, former editor of the Hays Free Press , is working on a new book about Texas rivers. This time, he is tackling the Blanco River which runs through Hays County. Beginning in May, Ferguson will traverse the length of the Blanco, learning it’s secrets and talking with those wh...