The inaugural Texas Domino World Championship in 1978 was a 3-day celebration of “42,” the Texas-made trick-taking domino game that had been a statewide obsession since the 1890s. Players packed the tables in Big Spring, partners reading each other like old trail maps, bidding high, shooting the moon, and chasing the first-ever world title in the game Texans treat like a birthright. Three days of slapping tiles and tight competition launched a tradition built around one thing: the pure, rowdy jo

Convoy from 1978 is a rowdy, CB radio-fueled action film directed by Sam Peckinpah and inspired by the hit song from C.W. McCall. Kris Kristofferson stars as “Rubber Duck,” a maverick trucker who leads a coast-to-coast convoy in protest of corrupt law enforcement. Packed with big rigs, bar fights, and diesel-fueled rebellion, it turned a novelty song into a full-blown outlaw statement on wheels. #americana | Truck Stop Chic