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Fun Field Trip in Hunt County
We all need something to do this summer, something we can do in small groups or even alone, and something with beauty and intrigue. What I propose is relatively cheap as long as gas for the car is, can be … Continue reading
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Brigham Cemetery
Located on a slight rise off the highway between Campbell and Commerce, Brigham Cemetery is surrounded by lovely old-growth trees and filled with dappled sunlight. It overlooks an early, early trail into Hunt County. Entry to the cemetery is through … Continue reading
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American Colonies: Conquistadores and Indigenous People
In 1492 Queen Isabella and Prince Ferdinand of Spain commissioned Christopher Columbus, from Genoa to sail westward across the Atlantic Ocean. The goal was to find a route to India for European trade. Neither he nor anyone else ever located … Continue reading
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Pandemic influenza Then and Now
History has an unusual way of repeating itself. The whole world has been involved in a dilemma called Covid-19 for months. No one knows how much longer we will be quarantined in our homes, how many loved ones will suffer … Continue reading
Why Truett Majors?
Several years ago, I was asked why Majors Field was not named in honor of two young men from Celeste who died at Pearl Harbor in the early morning of December 7, 1941. At the time I had no idea, … Continue reading
Commerce’s Early Flyboy
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
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
Can’t Have One Without the Other
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
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
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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