Monthly Archives: June 2020

Commerce’s Early Flyboy

Posted on June 27, 2020 by admin

Economic depressions such as the one we are experiencing now have a tendency to cause mental and emotional depression as well. The depression of the 1930s was a real whopper. Big businesses tended to find ways to help destitute people … Continue reading →

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Texas Historical Commission Sites Include Caddo Mounds, Lovely Homes

Posted on June 20, 2020 by admin

Have you ever wondered what the Texas Historical Commission is? It is the Texas state entity that protects and explains our long and colorful history. Among other responsibilities the Texas Historical Commission preserves and operates 31 State Historical Sites throughout … Continue reading →

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Can’t Have One Without the Other

Posted on June 13, 2020 by admin

Texas is well-known for its Blackland Prairies, a swath of black, gummy, clay that runs like a tornado from counties adjacent to the Red River southwesterly to beyond Austin. When early settlers from Mississippi and Alabama saw the rich Eco-Region, … Continue reading →

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Lynching, Riots and Protests

Posted on June 6, 2020 by admin

What a year we have had already and it’s not even halfway over! Three events that are unbelievable have come to visit us and alter so much of our lives. We started the year with political division, an issue that … Continue reading →

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Medicine from Native Americans

Posted on June 1, 2020 by admin

Last week I wrote about natural plants that Native Americans used for diseases and wounds. This week I will focus on plants Native Americans shared with the earliest colonists. Much information was transmitted by each group to the others. Cherokee … Continue reading →

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