Category Archives: North Texas History

Come Join Us in the Hunt County Historical Commission

Posted on December 4, 2018 by admin

While it is a few days before we begin thinking about New Year’s Resolutions, I have one I suggest you consider. Come join us in the Hunt County Historical Commission. Having been a member since 1981, I can testify it … Continue reading →

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November Necessity

Posted on November 26, 2018 by admin

Much of Texas is covered with open prairies interspersed with rivers, streams, and creeks. These waterways are filled with trees, brush, and vines, are known as thickets. Many Texans know the thickets as hiding places for outlaws, deserters, and refuge … Continue reading →

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World War I in the Movies

Posted on November 4, 2018 by admin

When I began my World War I project I read somewhere that after the war, audiences could view the conflict in the comfort of their local movie theater. Then I later read that those weren’t really accurate films, but ones … Continue reading →

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Dreaded Spanish Flu

Posted on October 17, 2018 by admin

During the Civil War, both armies battled with disease as well as enemy fire. The numbers who died from non-combat causes was about 50%. Some fifty-five years later one disease infected over 500 million people or about one-third of the … Continue reading →

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Dancing in the Courthouse

Posted on October 14, 2018 by admin

Imagine going to a dance at the Courthouse, a dance that lasted for two or three days and nights. A dance held in a space with no furniture, only a bare floor and a few cane-backed chairs or wooden benches. … Continue reading →

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Railroad Picnic

Posted on October 7, 2018 by admin

The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, better known as the Katy, arrived in Greenville in October 1880. Not only did it help develop Greenville as a market center, it became the final link in a network of transportation in Northeast … Continue reading →

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Revisiting Cherry Hill

Posted on October 3, 2018 by admin

Two years ago, I wrote about Hunt County’s only Confederate Brigadier General who arrived here when he was ninety years old. Since that time, I have acquired more information about General Waul and his Cherry Hill farm. Waul was born … Continue reading →

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Protecting Historic Cemeteries

Posted on September 30, 2018 by admin

Driving down a country road, you see an old cemetery and wonder who those people were and how long ago did they live there. Historic cemeteries, and they are all historic, are some of the most valuable resources in Texas. … Continue reading →

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Horses, Mules or Automobiles

Posted on September 19, 2018 by admin

The ad in the Cooper Review in September 1918 read, “Wanted: good young buggy horse for use this season. Must be free goer and safe to hitch any place.” The year 1918 was one of confusion, war in Europe, limited … Continue reading →

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Fleeing to Texas

Posted on September 12, 2018 by admin

When the Civil War was over, veterans of both the Union Army and the Confederate Army found total chaos as they returned home. Yes, there were men in the South who joined the Union Army. They and their families suffered … Continue reading →

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