Learn the way @Texas Ranches

History

At Texas Ranches, we celebrate Texas stories and voices—old and new, established and challenging. One of our favorites is that of John Graves, a true Texan whose love of the land and reverence for its natural rhythms echo through every page of his classic Goodbye to a River. Part memoir, part history, part quiet meditation, the book recounts a solo canoe trip down the Brazos River as Graves reflects on vanishing wild places, fading traditions, and what it means to be shaped by the land you love. It’s a timeless reminder that in Texas, the story of the river is the story of us. That afternoon I got only to Eagle Creek, still probing courageously against weather’s ire. Rounded gray stone cliffs stand beside the creek mouth; in the river itself massive, split-away, rhombic blocks twist and slow the green current of a long pool.