Monthly Archives: January 2021

Walking Tour Revisited

Three weeks ago, I took us on a walk of downtown Greenville with some of the western part of the city included. No one reminded me that I had some wrong information, but I went back over the route last week. … Continue reading

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Georgia Walden’s Northeast Corner

Throughout the first part of the twentieth century, educated women wrote brief articles about local people, events, and issues. These were women who loved to read, wrote prolifically, and were well acquainted with neighbors. I should know; my grandmother was … Continue reading

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Pesky Animals

In the 1920s progressive Texans supported by the Federal Agricultural Department and Texas State Health Department began a campaign to eradicate rats from the state. In December 1927, Hunt County joined other Texans in a four-week campaign to kill rats. … Continue reading

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Tour of Downtown and North Greenville

In 1991, Hunt County celebrated its 145th birthday. As a member of the Hunt County Historical commission, I was one who contributed maps of certain parts of the county they believed to have been significant in 1846 and still be … Continue reading

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