Category Archives: North Texas History

Dr. Robert Sayle’s Mysterious Patients

Posted on February 29, 2016 by admin

Did the Younger Gang stay in Greenville for a time with relatives following the Civil War? That’s a debate that arose a few days ago on Facebook. It is known that an ancestor of the late Bob Younger owned the … Continue reading →

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More About Gumbo and Other Rip-Rap

Posted on February 21, 2016 by admin

Oops! I made a couple of mistakes in a recent blog post. Sometimes I do that with oral history. It wasn’t critical; I just didn’t ask enough questions. If you recall I wrote about the Gumbo Pits found in Hunt … Continue reading →

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Physical Aspects of the New Deal in Texas

Posted on February 18, 2016 by admin

The East Texas Historical Association holds two conferences each year. The fall meeting is always held in Nacogdoches, self-proclaimed oldest city in the state. The spring meeting is held in other sites throughout East Texas. Both are always a lot … Continue reading →

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A New Pot of Gumbo

Posted on February 16, 2016 by admin

My family loves gumbo. When eating out at seafood restaurants, at least one of us will try the gumbo to see how it measures up to previous servings. Making gumbo at home is a task that needs time, patience, but … Continue reading →

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Another A.J.

Posted on October 1, 2015 by admin

Someone reminded me recently that I wrote an article about a gentleman whose initials were A. J. back in the summer. I said then I knew of two other men with the initials A. J., but not all of them … Continue reading →

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Prohibition Elections and Blind Tigers

Posted on September 30, 2015 by admin

In early September, I presented one of my favorite topics at the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum Lunch Break Special. It is Blind Tigers, a simple title that often confuses people. We didn’t have any Blind Tigers around here, they say. … Continue reading →

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Billy Sunday

Posted on September 27, 2015 by admin

If I were to tell you that a century ago a group of fine Greenville ladies boarded a special train for Fort Worth in order to hear Rev. Billy Sunday preach, would you find that odd?  The week of September … Continue reading →

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Our Ancestors Vacationed?

Posted on August 20, 2015 by admin

The Texas & Pacific Railway paid for a series of ads that ran in the Commerce Journal during March 1914. Railroads frequently offered excursion rates to events such as the State Fair of Texas, a Confederate Veterans Reunion in Nashville, … Continue reading →

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Mothers For Progress

Posted on May 12, 2015 by admin

We recently celebrated Mothers’ Day throughout our nation. I would like to honor all mothers in Texas for the fruitful labors they undertook and accomplished in the early 20th century. Even though they had few legal rights, many women set out … Continue reading →

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Doolittle’s Raiders, Men of Valor

Posted on April 26, 2015 by admin

This month much has been written about a fairly unknown event in World War II. Nineteen weeks after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, a squadron of sixteen B-25 bombers raided Tokyo. Led by then Lt. Col. James Doolittle, the event … Continue reading →

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