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Native Americans and Settlers in Wise County

Posted on January 30, 2019 by admin

One time I bought a fairly large collection of “Frontier Times” published by J. Marvin Hunter (1880-1957). They were printed on cheap paper, have few illustrations or advertisements. Mostly, they contained stories old-timers remembered experiencing or remembered hearing. Like all … Continue reading →

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Pompey Industrial Club

Posted on January 27, 2019 by admin

Looking through old Greenville newspapers from 1906 I found a couple of articles that caught my attention. They came from the community of Pompey, a local spelling of Pompeii, the town in Italy destroyed in 79 A.D. when buried by … Continue reading →

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Why So Many Names

Posted on January 23, 2019 by admin

Recently a gentleman who follows my daily Facebook page asked a very good question. Why does the college located in Commerce, Texas, have so many different names in its past? And the answer is fairly simple unless you are a … Continue reading →

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Remembering Hal C. Horton, Jr.

Posted on January 20, 2019 by admin

I visited with Pud Kearns last week. As we talked she reminisced about her uncle, Hal Horton, Jr., who died recently at the age of 102. Hal was a descendant of James R. and Mary Merrill Horton. The couple arrived … Continue reading →

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How Texas Got Durham Stock

Posted on January 16, 2019 by admin

Several years ago, I purchased a small collection of Frontier Times, a monthly magazine of “Frontier History, Border Tragedy, Pioneer Achievement”. J. Marvin Hunter published the issues from his office in Bandera, Texas. While some of the tales are just … Continue reading →

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The Last of the Doughboys

Posted on January 13, 2019 by admin

This title is both symbolic and a promise, maybe. After five years of trying to write a history of very early Greenville and satisfy my obsession with the “whys” of World War I, I am ready to settle down enough … Continue reading →

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Gunpowder Justice

Posted on January 9, 2019 by admin

Former Regents Professor of History at my alma mater Midwestern State University collected some cool tales for an anthology he published in 2005. Tales of Texoma: Episodes in the History of the Red River Border is full of great stories … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Resolutions

Posted on January 2, 2019 by admin

This year I am not going to make any New Years’ Resolution. I don’t need to, I didn’t accomplish the ones from last year. Or even the year before that. You see, they are always the same. For most of … Continue reading →

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Boxing Day

Posted on December 26, 2018 by admin

Today is Boxing Day. What in the world is that you ask! Is it time to clean out all the empty Christmas gifts and add them to recyclable trash bins? What about breaking the boxes apart and sliding down a … Continue reading →

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Quirky Phrases from the Past

Posted on December 23, 2018 by admin

Has an older person ever told you something and you had no idea what it the world that person was talking about? It happened to me more than once. Let me share a few that you might have heard. One … Continue reading →

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