’Xecutive Priv’lujIn our January 2025 issue, the Texanist advised on the appropriate protocol for two vehicles attempting to navigate a one-lane low-water crossing from opposite ends. A reader responded to the column with the following letter about a standoff of sorts that happened decades ago in Gillespie County, between Frederick Grote, a local rancher, and Lyndon B. Johnson, a local politician of note. Glen Grote, Frederick’s son, was present on the day in question but was too young to remember all the details given below. But, as Glen said, he certainly remembers that there was no love lost between his dad and Mr. Johnson. Before the turnoff from U.S. 290 that led to Lyndon B. Johnson’s Texas White House got a new, two-lane bridge, there was…
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