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Monthly Archives: March 2019
Texas Cattle
I am having an absolute Writer’s Block right this minute. The deadline is only hours away. I feel like those Parisians just before the guillotine dropped. My mind keeps going to a presentation I will make next Thursday in Lafayette, … Continue reading
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A New Decade
If local newspapers are any indication of public interest, it seems that 1919 was finished with World War I and ready to tackle a new decade. The Paris Peace Treaty, for all of President Woodrow Wilson’s efforts, was more about … Continue reading
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Early Signs of Spring
St. Patrick’s Day was beautiful in north Texas this spring. Everything is beginning to turn green, trees are budding out and the sun shone brightly. No gloomy skies and drizzly rain. Neither my husband nor I have Irish ancestors. His … Continue reading
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Ruby Allmond, the National Champion Woman Fiddler
The Fannin County Historical Commission has become one of the most active commissions in Northeast Texas. During the month of March this year, members posted brief articles for Women’s History Day. Here’s an interesting piece I wrote several years ago … Continue reading
What If’s and the Truth
Over the past few months, I encountered several statements about topics I research that are not in line with each other. For example, since the early 1900s there has been a myth that the first District Court was held under … Continue reading
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Dismantling Prohibition
Last fall a friend of mine offered me two challenges. Without hesitation I avidly took on both. The first one is a presentation at the New Deal Conference in Fort Worth on June 8. The other is a biography of … Continue reading
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Chug Holes Galore
Even more than a hundred years ago, citizens were complaining about roads in this part of Texas, and probably in other areas that received winter snows and rain. Our blackland soil, often referred to as gumbo, is not receptive to … Continue reading