August 12, 2010 - Monica Thomasson was a self-proclaimed city girl, but she always knew she wanted to be a part of the farm life. Three years ago, Thomasson, her husband and their three children moved to the town of Rusk in Cherokee County from Houston to do just that. They decided they would like to be a self-sustained operation -- raising their own eggs, dairy and meat.

August 12, 2010 - Jamey Gage's roots run deep in the Central Texas soil. His family helped settle the area in the 1820s and has spent much of its time since then engaged in one form of agriculture or another. Gage has taken the passion for growing things to eat and turned it into B-5 Farms, which is named after the family's old cattle brand that dates back to the 1880s.

August, 12, 2010 - Ron Gill's views on heavy metal music and the chemistry of heavy metals isn't a matter of record, but his views on heavy metals as they related to ranching are. Gill believes that too many people in the cattle business die of "heavy metal disease."

August 12, 2010 - It's not hard to figure that Gen. George Armstrong Custer's time in Texas was controversial and paradoxical. His entire military career was that way, starting when he graduated last in his class at West Point in 1861, until the bitter end at Little Big Horn in 1875. Custer stirred controversy and debate in his own time, and historians have continued the debate to the present day. Brilliant or buffoon? Martyr or imbecile? The debate continues.