Monthly Archives: November 2020

Early Deaths No Comparison with Coronavirus

Posted on November 28, 2020 by admin

Around the middle of March this year, Americans and other residents of our planet Earth were told to “shutter down.” Something known as the Coronavirus or more commonly called COVID-19 had invaded. Soon the disease became a pandemic. The only … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving in Texas

Posted on November 21, 2020 by admin

Did you know that Texas is the only state that often celebrated Thanksgiving twice in the same year and on separate days? You know how ornery Texans can be, and for many years if Thanksgiving fell on the fourth and … Continue reading →

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Horsehead Crossing

Posted on November 14, 2020 by admin

My favorite attorney in early Greenville, Alfred Thomas Howell, wrote to his brother in March 1854. Alfred had recently met a couple of speculators taking herds of cattle from different points in the East Texas to California and were trying … Continue reading →

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