Category Archives: North Texas History

Bankhead Highway

Posted on June 21, 2014 by admin

Have you ever driven on the Bankhead Highway? Probably you have but just weren’t aware of it. The Bankhead Highway was the second transcontinental road in the United States; the first completely paved from East Coast to West Coast and … Continue reading →

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Movies and Opera Houses

Posted on June 5, 2014 by admin

Shortly after the arrival of the railroads in 1880, two Greenville merchants turned the upper floors of their stores into Opera Houses.  On the west side of the square was the Rainey.  Alexander “Sandy” Cameron ran the Cameron Opera House … Continue reading →

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Where’s the Rainmaker?

Posted on June 3, 2014 by admin

This post is a companion to the most recent posting about cloud seeding. Virgil Seay was born in Chickasaw Nation of Indian Territory during the drought of 1891-1895.  Around 1900 the family moved back to Montague County, Texas where his … Continue reading →

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Home Demonstration Clubs

Posted on May 7, 2014 by admin

This week marks the centennial of the Smith-Lever Act that brought great delight to farm women around the country for many years. The Act, signed by President Woodrow Wilson on May 8, 1914, created financing for Home Demonstration Clubs, which … Continue reading →

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More About R.F. Spearman

Posted on April 30, 2014 by admin

Over the last 170 years, there have been some very interesting people who lived here in Greenville. The vast majority is unknown today, which is definitely a shame. One of the men who was well known throughout Texas and much … Continue reading →

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Claims for Confiscation of Cotton

Posted on April 20, 2014 by admin

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram of April 7, 1914 noted “R. F. Spearman of Greenville had been chosen special counsel for the Department of Justice to represent the government in claims arising in Texas during and after the Civil War for … Continue reading →

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Calhoun College

Posted on April 9, 2014 by admin

I wonder how many towns throughout the United States have a College Street but no college?  College Street in Sulphur Springs is on the north side of the courthouse, but where and what was the college when the courthouse was … Continue reading →

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History for Students

Posted on April 7, 2014 by admin

Last month I had the honor of judging the Regional contest for National History Day, a group I consider important in the development of future leaders in our country.  The National History Day website states that “National History Day makes … Continue reading →

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Fall Color

Posted on December 7, 2013 by admin

This has been such a beautiful fall with all the trees in bright, brilliant colors.  We have a yard of cedars, oaks, and cedar elms.  Of course, the cedars are evergreen but they produce masses of lovely blue gray berries … Continue reading →

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Italian Renaissance Architecture

Posted on November 26, 2013 by admin

North Texans are not very different from anyone else.  If you are reading this blog, you are probably interested in the history of your town, or the town where you grew up, or the ancestral hometown.  I have lived in … Continue reading →

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