Monthly Archives: July 2014

Confederate Veterans Reunion

One hundred years old Greenville was inundated with thousands of older gentlemen, the vast majority of whom were Confederate veterans of the Civil War. For the second year in a row, the city hosted the Texas Confederate Veteran Reunion. Most … Continue reading

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Confusion along the Red River

In October 1963, Ambassador Fletcher Warren wrote a series of articles for the Wolfe City Sun entitled “A History of Northern Hunt County.” In it he described the land around the Wolfe City area and much of the rest of … Continue reading

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How Did Cooper Get Its Name?

Delta County has a unique landscape and history. Surrounded on two sides by the North Sulphur River and the Middle Sulphur River, the county was not created until 1870, much later than adjacent counties. It was carved out of land … Continue reading

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Hero or Terrorist?

On Sunday, June 28, 1914, in the small city of Sarajevo, Bosnia, a nineteen-year-old Bosnian Serb fired at Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. The assassination was successful. Both the Crown Prince and his wife Sophie died within moments. The … Continue reading

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