If you’re flying into or out of Austin, Dallas, or Oklahoma City today, you may see some Southwest peeps alongside some cheerleaders and mascots from various universities.  Why, you ask?  The sun is setting on summer, and football season is firing up.  It’s back to school time, and we’re handing out free laundry bags to students who are making the trek home for the Labor Day weekend

So far in these weekly series looking back at Southwest Airline’s history, we have devoted a lot of space to Dallas Love Field.  That’s understandable because our Headquarters is here and this was our original Crew and Maintenance base.  Most of the photos were taken here because of that.  However, we have two other cities—Houston and San Antonio—that complete the “Texas Triangle

This guest post is from Lindsay Pollard-Post, a Research Specialist with the PETA foundation. 

Birds, turtles, and fish aren’t the only animal victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Countless cats’ and dogs’ lives were also turned upside down when Gulf-area residents lost their jobs or left the area and surrendered their animal companions to shelters.