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Big Spring, TX High School 1937 Steers Football Team Photo

2012-01-22T15:18:00.002-06:00

Big Spring, TX High School 1937 Steers Football Team

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On the team and in the photograph: Lusk, Douglass Rayburn, Derwood Dearing, Clyde Smith, Nance, Cunningham, Homer Adams, Howard Hart, Harold Bethell, Charles Settles, Weldon Bigony, Bostick, Robert Winslow, Wheat, Bill Fletcher, John Owens, Raymond Williams, Odell Womack, Ollie Deel, D. R. Gartman, Gerald Anderson

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Clyde, TX High School 1953 Girls Basketball Team Photo

2011-12-21T21:58:00.001-06:00

Clyde, TX High School 1953 Girls Basketball Team

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On the team (and probably in the photograph): Shirley Shipman, Carolyn Johnson, Nita Black, Kathleen Crane, Marilyn McKelvy, Della Collins, Jeannie Riley, Betty Wright

The names of the coach, the manager and the other four players are unknown.

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El Campo, TX High School 1968 Ricebirds Football Team Photo

2011-12-21T21:50:00.001-06:00

El Campo, TX High School 1968 Ricebirds Football Team

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On the team and in the photograph: Coach Hays, Kenny Springs, Jimmy Triska, Alan Olson, Herman Mauch, Charles Mader, Billy Humphrey, Glenn Mount, Dan Dipple, James Lee, Mark Wright, Coach Kieth, Coach Kana, Bob Roye, John Rocha, Tom Krenek, Steve Franklin, Charles Christensen, Jack Swanson, Bob Roy, Phillip Miller, Donnie Kainer, Dan Ellwood, Lowell Howard, Jackie Heard, Dan Kyle, David Veselka, John Fothergill, Leo Baylor, Larry Bullock, Lawrence Roddy, Robert Bubela, C. J. Kulcak, Lawrence Robertson, Bill Smolensky, Joe Roye

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Katy Community Cemetery Gets Historic Texas Cemetery Designation

2011-06-24T13:54:00.002-05:00

Katy Community Cemetery Receives Historic Designation

from katymagazine.com

The Texas Historical Commission (THC) recently designated Katy Community Cemetery (also known as Antioch Community Cemetery) as a Historic Texas Cemetery. The distinction means the cemetery has been legally recorded through the THC’s Historic Texas Cemetery Program, an important step ensuring its preservation.

This designation is reserved for cemeteries that are at least 50 years old and documented through the Historic Texas Cemeteries process to record their historic association and significance.

Katy Community Cemetery aka Antioch Community Cemetery belongs to the Antioch Baptist Church and is located near the intersection of I-10 and FM1463. In 1929 the church purchased this acre of land from Adam Stockdick for $37.50 for use as the Katy Community Cemetery. It has been in constant use since 1929 and is responsible for the location of I-10 west, which was slated to be constructed north of the present highway. The highway was moved south because of the Katy Community Cemetery.

The City of Katy plans a special recognition at the June 27 meeting of City Council and will install a historic marker at the site in the near future.

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New Texas Class Rosters and Alumni Lists

2011-06-23T15:27:00.001-05:00

New Texas class rosters and alumni lists at old-yearbooks.com

Bonham, TX High School 1939 Pep Squad Photo

2011-05-23T18:31:00.002-05:00

Bonham, TX High School 1939 Pep Squad

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In the photograph: Mary Katherine Miller, Jean Saunders, Kathryn Looney, Eureta Williams, Margaret Neely, Leta Bell Smith, Wilma Barton, Miss Patillo - sponsor, Beatrice Puckett, Joyce Fender, Jean Russell, Laurine Donaldson, Katherine Randles, Thelma Shockley, Eleanor McCrary, Mary Ann Pilliod, Oletha Bell, Virginia Stansbury, Gwendolyn Farmer, Wana Williams, Sarah Puckett, Glenna Mann, Betty Jo Brakebill, Bennie Johnson, Georgia Lee Sparkman, Josephine Keene, Nell Smith, Barbara Williams, Helen Finley, Helen Helton, Billie Jo Shepherd, Christine Wilson, Bettyejane Smith, Joyce Laird, Betty Jean Watson

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Clyde, TX High School 1954 Basketball Team Photo

2011-05-23T18:30:00.001-05:00

Clyde, TX High School 1954 Basketball Team

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In the photograph: Jimmy Hicks and Fred Kniffen

The names of the rest of the players - and the coach - are unknown.

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Tyler, TX High School 1940 Basketball Team Photo

2011-05-22T19:56:00.000-05:00

Tyler, TX High School 1940 Basketball Team

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In the photograph: Curtis Goldman - manager, Walton Roberts, Doyle Cabaniss, Royce Jackson, Earl Lawyer, Edward Hancock, J. M. Hanna, Edward Spivey, Windy Walker, Hudson Collins, Billy Rogers, Gilbert Johnson, James Leroy Fortner, Jake Edwards - coach

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Wichita Falls, TX High School 1933 Girls Basketball Team Photo

2010-11-30T13:34:00.000-06:00

Wichita Falls, TX High School 1933 Girls Basketball Team

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On the team (and probably in the photograph):

Irma Cline, Corrine Perkins, Edna Leath, Rachel Bogue, Myrl Hammond, Christine Grozier, Arline Cook, Myrl McBee, Treva Swinney, Glenn Corbell, Ruth Miller

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New Texas Class Rosters

2010-09-16T00:20:00.002-05:00

New Texas Class Rosters and Alumni Lists at http://www.old-yearbooks.com

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Crush, TX Staged Train Collision Kills 3 - 114 Years Ago Today

2010-09-16T00:04:00.000-05:00

The Crush at Crush - Crust, TX (West, TX) Staged Train Collision. 114 Years Ago Today - 3 killed when boilers explode - Sept 15, 1896

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Lueders, TX Grade School 1955 Football Team Photo

2010-07-03T23:14:00.000-05:00

Lueders, TX Grade School 1955 Football Team

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In the photograph: Wayne Fuqua, Leonard Dodgen, Lonnie Hokanson, Joe Newell, Danny Zips, Jimmy Owens, Bill Culver, Johnny Lambert, Coach Hayton, Joe Higgs, Ray Reves, William Jamar, Bob Wylie, John Nichols, Gerald Latimer, Jackie Culpepper, Richard Wills, Jackie Cox, Jimmie Youngquist, Rex Garvin, Jerry Smelley, Junior Reves, Stanley Oman, Mack Keesee

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Georgetown, Texas Seventh Graders 1930 Photo

2010-02-05T22:16:00.004-06:00

Georgetown, Texas Seventh Graders 1930

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The future Georgetown High School Class of 1934. These students would have been born about 1917-1918. Class roster - in alphabetical order

Ainsworth, Ford
Beaver, Hazel
Birklebach, Alma
Bishop, Benton
Cardwell, Billy
Case, Will Dean
Chastain, Virginia
Cloud, Lester
Davis, Helen
Eanes, Elizabeth
Edwards, Iva Lee
Evans, Helen
Fahrenthold, Francis
Forsvall, Bernice
Gustafson, Harold
Gustafson, Mildred

Hardcastle, Howard
Hill, Dan
Holybee, Walter
Jenkins, J. B.
Johnson, Lambert
Kelly, Charlie
King, Oscar
Lehmberg, Alexandria
Logan, J. D.
Logan, R. E.
Marshall, Oscar
May, Doris Evelyn
Meyer, Gregory
Munson, Leland
Nichols, Lucille
Palm, Allene

Percy, Harry
Perry, J. L.
Peterson, Annabell
Peterson, Ruben
Purcell, Pauline
Purl, Thomas
Risinger, Oliver
Robbins, Alta Belle
Rogers, Ralph
Sellers, Frank
Shell, Thomas
Standlee, Frances Ray
Towns, Wilbur
Vinther, Edwin
Waite, Margaret
Whitted, Dorothy

Hutto, Texas School Students 1923 Photo

2010-02-05T22:13:00.004-06:00

Hutto, Texas School Students 1923 Photo

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The names of the students are unknown. Perhaps you might recognize some of them.

Lubbock, Texas High School 1939 Football Team Photo

2009-12-20T13:29:00.002-06:00

Lubbock, Texas High School 1939 Football Team

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In the photograph: J. D. Wynn, Henry Lawson, Franklin Butler, Max Walthall, Francis Bearden, Jimmy Williamson, Troy Davidson, Robert McKinnon, Jack Lovin, Clifton Hill, Howard Alford, Paul Sparkman, Joe Tyson, James Barker, Fred Redwine, R. E. Jones, Coach Walter Nichols, J. A. Blackwell, Ed Crites, Carl Sanders, Pete Cawthon, James Merriman, J. D. Milner, Pritchett Hart, Leete Jackson, Coach J. G. Keys, Floyd Ward, Ray McBrayer, Arlie Chism, Robert Parks, Pat Farris, L. A. Storrs, Dan Gregory, Milner Thorne

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Tyler, Texas High School 1939 Football Team Photo

2009-12-20T12:48:00.004-06:00

Tyler, Texas High School 1939 Football Team

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In the photograph: Walton Roberts, Henry Lee Conaway, Billy Jack Brooks, Charles Hammett, Derwood Mumford, Billy Flanagan, Harry Cook, Charles Finlayson, Milton Pearson, Wayne Burnett, Bobby Hendricks, Dick Allen, Jim Rozell, Lester Owen, Jerry Stirman, Gilbert Johnson, Homer Adams, Kenneth Nelson, Charles Tunnell, Dale Byrd, Jack Johnston, Donald Alfred, Bill Reynolds, Billy Bryant, Bruce Gables, John Lipstate, Eddie Richardson, James Dennis, Raymond Towns, Carl McGinney, J. D. Kay, Bob Breedlove, Happy Ellis, Arleigh Stanley, James Newman, O. L. Fielder, Clifford Long, Lowell Ellis, Banard Frazier, Ray Jackson, Cecil Moore, Weldon Hokem, Billy Stallings, George McCullough, Bryant Davis, Max Culbertson.

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Bonham, Texas High School 1938 Football Team Photo

2009-12-20T11:38:00.003-06:00

Bonham, Texas High School 1938 Football Team

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In the photograph: J. O. Tate, Conley Williams, Ural Darling, Bobby Phillips, Billy McConnell, George Tarpley, Clyde Hall, J. B. Parsons, Coach Orick, Coach Morris, Leslie White, Roy Brakebill, James Bragg, R. G. Smith, Lem Tittsworth, R. D. McRae, Edwin Walker, Olen Bethel, Coach May, Harold English, Arba Orenduff, Lloyd Bono, John W. Smith, Bill Burnett, Douglas Heneger, Bacon Jones.

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Abilene Christian College, Abilene, Texas 1933 Football Team Photo

2009-12-20T09:27:00.002-06:00

Abilene Christian College, Abilene, Texas 1933 Football Team

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In the photograph: Landon Hill, Jack Carter, Tommy Campbell, Landiss, Bert Ezzell, Roberson, Bill Maxwell, Perry Mason, Velton Raymer, Don Nelson, Dawkins, Sammy Bryan, Buford Baldwin, Virgile Keyes, Wyatt, Louis Cockrell, Hayden Pyeatt, John McKinzie, Velton Moser, Johnny Connel, Wilford Cooper, Jake Gray - captain, John Ross, Andy Anderson, Charles Holmes, R. V. Hardegree, McKinnis - Manager, Coach A. B. "Bugs" Morris, "Little Bugs" - Mascot

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Waco, Texas High School 1938 Football Team Photo

2009-11-28T17:50:00.003-06:00

Waco, Texas High School 1938 Football Team

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In the photograph: Gordon Monroe, Bruce Alford, Ben Lucas, Howard Smith, Jimmy Vogel, Harry Shytles, Eugene York, John Pyles, Morris Lindsey, Coach Paul L. Tyson, Alvin Makovy, Ernest Sprowl, Francis Pulattie, Lewis Bates, Edwin Dulak, Ben Holliday, Lloyd Myers, Britt Villines, Harry Gardner, Elwood Blankenship, Neff Davis, J. D. Rutherford - water boy, Bland Schwarting, Bob Burke, James Alexander, Orville Post, Leverett Bowen, Buddy Gatewood, Jack West, Leo Blanton, Roger Cannon, Joel Bonner, Robert McCollum, Jimmy Bland

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Paris, Texas High School 1921 Girls Basketball Team Photo

2009-11-28T01:45:00.002-06:00

Paris, Texas High School 1921 Girls Basketball Team

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In the photograph: Mabel Peyton, Frances Crook, Rebekah Lamkin, Adelle Pollard, Ruth Staples, Alice Whitten, Margaret Nix, Aileen Park, Ruth Bassano, Bess Jetton, Grace Jones

The name of the coach and the other player (possibly the manager) are unknown. Perhaps you might recognize them.

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Aspermont, TX High School Class of 1937

2009-11-07T01:01:00.000-06:00

Aspermont, TX High School Class of 1937

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Ringgold, TX High School Seniors, Sophmores and Freshmen 1920

2009-11-07T00:20:00.002-06:00

Ringgold, TX High School Seniors, Sophmores and Freshmen 1920

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New Braunfels, Texas High School 1924 Girls Basketball Team Photo

2009-11-01T01:42:00.002-05:00

New Braunfels, Texas High School 1924 Girls Basketball Team

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On the team (and probably in the photograph): Mildred Gode, Elvira Fischer, Mildred Reinarz, Orilla Keienburg, Anona Warnecke, Besssie Nowotny, Lily Shindler, Erna Proske, Elsie Mergle, and Elsie Wagenfuehr.

The Coach was McGlasson - the Home Economics teacher

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Central High School, Fort Worth, Texas Track Team 1929 Photo

2009-10-13T00:20:00.003-05:00

Central High School, Fort Worth, Texas Track Team 1929

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In the photograph: Cohen, John Hill, Jim Tripplehorn, Hatler, M. Tripplehorn, Layton Johns, Ernest Brown, Don Scrivner, Lee Bassinger, Howard Stevenson, Bob Jordan, Coach Berry, Wayne Frey, Clyde Miller, McLellan, Robert Chappel, Dolson, Sewell, Wynn, R. McLellan

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University of Texas Scottish Rite Dorm House Council 1937 Photo

2009-10-13T00:18:00.001-05:00

University of Texas Scottish Rite Dorm House Council 1937

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On the council (and probably in the photograph): Naomi Childers - President, Len Mewhinney, Margaret Thompson, Marguerite McGuire, Lela Haines, Virginia Moore, Elizabeth Bellows, Jean Scales, Zulema Prowse, Lois Davis, Katherine Settegast.

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Waxahachie, Texas High School 1952 Football Team Photo

2009-09-26T00:28:00.005-05:00

Waxahachie, Texas High School 1952 Football Team

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On the team (and probably in the photograph):

Dale Archer, Wayne Bateman, W. H. Briggs, Edward Burleson, Jimmy Cooper, Roy Freeman, LaVerne Hanna, Bill Hightower, Frank Hooper, Roger Jordan, Tommy Ledbetter, Leland Marshall, Bill McWhorter, Randy Parsons, Joe Robles, Doyle Saunders, Bobby Sawyer, David Stanley, Wayne Turner, William Wileman, Alden Wilson.

Tommy Roberts and Morgan Robnett - managers

The names of the rest of the players are unknown. Perhaps you'll recognize them.

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Wichita Falls, TX High School 1932 Football Team Photo

2009-09-25T02:16:00.002-05:00

Wichita Falls, TX High School 1932 Football Team

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In the photograph: Coach W. J. Morris, Burns McKinney, Charles Rice, J. L. Creecy, R. D. Foster, Ed Greenwood - captain, Coach Ted Jefferies, Robert Brandon, Robert Decker, Philip Allen, F. Heath, Williams, Coach Charles Lindsey, Farris Johnson, W. J. Hawthorne, James Hill, Jasper McBride, Vernon McDaniel, H. Hill, Byrd, Charles Hurd, W. D. Tollett, Rogers, Robinson, Stevenson, Lee Roy McBride, Cleo Creecy, Weldon Beck, J. Z. Powell, A. G. Fletcher, Durkin - manager, Cleveland Pierson, Jack Randolph, Willard Smith, Dimock, Lundien, Norwood

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Rice University, Houston, Texas 1928 Baseball Team Photo

2009-08-15T13:21:00.002-05:00

Rice University, Houston, Texas 1928 Baseball Team Photo

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In the photograph: Charley Schwartz - coach, Frank Austin, Dick Dickinson, Rodgers, Morgan, Henry Grant, Knippel, Carroll, Roy Barnes, Rodgers, McKinney, Lawrence DaCamara, Herbert Furman, Smith, Henry Martin Beissner, Cecil Keith, Cliff Tolle, Danny Allnoch, Philip Ables

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Big Spring, Texas 1935 Football Team Player Photos

2009-07-16T00:02:00.008-05:00

Big Spring, Texas 1935 Football Team Player Photos

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Individual photos of the players on the winning 1935 team.

Players: Woodrow Harris, Woodrow Coots, J. W. Coots, Steve Baker, Robert Hildreth, Sam Flowers (shown above), Sleepy Jones, Arthur Kasch, Nelson Henninger, Olie Cordill, Paul Coburn, Louie Madison, Ray McCullough, James Stiff, Jimmie Ford, Leonard Morgan, Grovelle Malone, Jack Wilson, Cliff Trainer, Connelly Lockhart, Douglas Rayburn, Woods, Whisenhut, Philips, Grey and manager W. T. Bolt.

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North Dallas High School, Dallas, TX 1931 Football Team Photo

2009-02-23T00:05:00.001-06:00

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In the photograph: Howell Adair, Jimmie Barker, Granville Berry, Henry Boll, Henry Bollman, Marion Moseley, Theodore Moore, Woody Echols, Billy Gilker, Fred Graham, J. C. Hale, Horace Moody, Russell Martin, Lawrence Harrison, William Roby, Galen Rice, Sam Palermo, John Osburn, Kola LoBello, L. A. McShan, Peavy McWilliams, Louis Marshall, Jim Whitehurst, Jack Walker, Jack Stewart, Charles Scott, Fred Scott. Coach - Guy Allen.

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Central High School, Fort Worth, Texas 1928 Football Team Photo

2008-12-28T00:42:00.003-06:00

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In the photograph: Montgomery, Murphy, Reinke, Wiborg, Wynn, Dinkins, Sullivan, Johnson, Chipps, J. Tripplehorn, Coach Myers, M. Tripplehorn, Wortham, O'Neal, Myerson, Miller, Creed, Brown, Witherspoon, Mercer, Stevenson, Wheeler, Coach Winkleman, Homer Bass, Warden, Nobert, Clynch, Shaw, George Ankele, Jordan, Bassinger, Burton, Williams, Rose, Hess

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Texas Woman's College, Denton, Texas Glee Club 1930

2008-12-23T20:25:00.000-06:00

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In the photograph: Mary Smith Monk, Estalene Vaughn, Kathleen Norman, Dorothy Kramer, Mary Louise Owen, Edwina Miller, Frances Denny, Mary Frances Whiteside, Evelyn Hinson, Jewel Jean Kirkpatrick, Mary Helen Harden, Oma Ellen Cahill, Zelma Harkins, Edith Dorsey, Mildred Bullock, Effie Smith, Susan Boaz, Lucille Eddleman, Mildred Phelan, Martha Faulkner, Lucy Hudgins, Yetive Wells, Pearl Stockton, Katherine Kinney.

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Blessing, Texas High School 1947 Football Team Photo

2008-12-04T23:33:00.001-06:00

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In the photograph: Victor Watzlavik, Richard Mozley , Halley Anderson, Frankie Trojcak, Herbert Buchanan, Edward Lezak, Walter Hale, Sidney Pecha, Buster Guynes, Marion Lezak, Leo Neuszer, Travis Richardson, Norman E. Strandtman - Coach, Dan Duffy, Tony Fabrygel

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Ladies Aid Society, Grace Lutheran Church, Fort Worth Photo

2008-12-01T17:50:00.004-06:00

Ladies Aid Society, Grace Lutheran Church, Fort Worth, Texas

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Photo from a 1910s-1920s postcard.

The names of the ladies are unknown. Perhaps you'll recognize some of them.

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Unknown Group at Switzer Canyon, Mangum, Texas

2008-12-01T17:38:00.006-06:00

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Photo from a 1900s-1910s postcard.

The names of the people are unknown. Perhaps you might recognize them.

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Paducah, Texas High School 1955 Football Team

2008-11-27T23:53:00.001-06:00

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In the photograph: Bearden, H. White, Arnold, Johnston, Townley, Maxey, Carr, Rekita, Boren, Wilson, Richards, Goodgame, Bradfor, Galleon, S. Shavor, J. Biddy, Burruss, Buckley, Yarbrough, Campbell, Ford, Bratton, Martin, Rodgers, Shavor, Smith, White, Smith, McClendon, Troutman, Bullock, Biddy, Thaxton, Ballard, Truelock, Hutchinson, Higdon

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Texas Train Wrecks, Fires & Other Disasters

2008-10-06T18:09:00.002-05:00

Texas Train Wrecks, Fires and other disasters recently added at gendisasters.com

Addicks, TX Train - Auto Wreck, Dec 1931

Alto, TX Tornado, May 1893

Amarillo, TX Caught Hand in Sausage Grinder, Jan 1907

Arthur City, TX Tornado, Apr 1927

Big Foot, TX Tornado, Apr 1927

Brownwood, TX Delaware Station Train Wreck, Jan 1907

Brownwood, TX Tornado, Jan 1907

Cass County, TX Tornado, Jan 1907

Clarksville, TX Dynamite Explosion, jan 1907

Cleburne, TX Sleepwalker Drowns in East Buffalo Creek, Sept 1910

Cumby, TX Fatal Coal Oil Explosion, Dec 1930

Dallas, TX Auto Wreck, Jul 1935

Dallas, TX Columbian Club fire, Jul 1930

Dallas, TX downtown block fire, Apr 1930

Dallas, TX Falls from Porch, Mar 1933

Dallas, TX Tent Home Fire, Mar 1933

Dallas, TX Two House Fires, Mar 1891

Dew, Texas Auto Wreck, Jul 1930

Estelline, TX Store and W. O. W. Hall Fire, Jun 1914

Fort Worth, TX Auto Wreck, Mar 1933

Gainesville, TX Auto Wreck, Mar 1931

Greenville, TX Wholesale Grocery Fire, Dec 1931

Gripple Springs, TX Tornado, May 1907

Henderson, TX Oilfield Fire, Mar 1933

Hermleigh, TX Train Crashes Through Bridge, Apr 1926

Humble, TX Huge Oil Field Fire, July 1905

Irving, TX Johnson Poultry Co Fire, Dec 1954

Lindale, TX House Fire, Apr 1926

Llano, TX Courthouse Fire, Jan 1892

Llano, TX Courthouse Fire, Sept 1932

Lubbock, TX Storm & Lightning Strike, Apr 1926

Lufkin, TX Fatal Truck - Cow Wreck, Dec 1954

Malone, TX Train Wreck, Jun 1906

Marlin, TX Tenement House Fire, Jan 1892

Melissa, TX Tornado, Apr 1921

Mexia, TX Cafe & Opera House Fire, May 1908

Mexia, TX Tornado, Apr 1904

Milano, TX Singer Johnny Horton Dies In Auto Accident, Nov 1960

Normangee, TX Freight Train Wreck, Apr 1952

Port Arthur, TX Tornado, Sept 1897

Robert Lee, TX Coke County Courthouse Fire, Feb 1891

Rock Springs, TX Tornado, Apr 1927

Rotan, TX House Fire, Dec 1949

San Antonio, TX Elks Ballroom fire, Dec 1930

San Marcos, TX Converse Gin & Mill Fire, Jan 1892

Sanger, TX Auto Plunges Down Embankment, Apr 1926

Snyder, TX Flood, Apr 1926

Spade, TX Girls Drown in Storm, Apr 1926

Valley View, TX Tornado, Apr 1893

Waco, TX Stephenson Mattress Factory Fire, Jan 1892

Waldman, TX Tornado, Apr 1912

Wichita Falls, TX fatal fall from train platform, Jul 1911

Wills Point, TX Tornado, May 1907

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Abilene High School, Abilene, Texas Football Team 1927

2008-08-04T16:35:00.003-05:00

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The players:

Aultman Smith - Captain, All State Donald Burger - tackle, All State Oscar Senter Perry Barber Goodson Sellars - half Truett Barber - guard Jack Christian Hale Kincaid - half Lee Yurle Andrus - end Lynn Faires - tackle Dan Salkeld - end, All State Clayton Lusby - end Maurice Bray - tackle Rupert Black - tackle Esco Walter - quarter, All State Henry Hanna - half John Daniel S. L. Phelps - half

Dewey A. Mayhew, head coach, his first year at Abilene High.

Dublin Texas Sixth Grade Class 1908 Photo

2008-07-15T00:17:00.002-05:00

Dublin Texas Sixth Grade Class 1908

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The names of the students are unknown. Perhaps you'll recognize some of them.

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Clairemont, TX Kent County Courthouse Fire, Apr 1955

2008-07-07T11:09:00.002-05:00

Clairemont, TX Kent County Courthouse Fire, Apr 1955

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Photos and articles about the courthouse fire.

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Republic of Texas Poll Lists for 1846

2008-07-06T02:19:00.002-05:00

On line at World Vital Records - and free until July 12

Republic of Texas Poll Lists for 1846

The Poll List gives the names and counties of residence of approximately 18,000 Texas taxpayers. (A "poll" tax of one dollar was levied on every white male resident over the age of twenty-one and on women who were heads of household.) By 1846, when Texas became the thirty-sixth state in the Union, there were sixty-seven county governments already organized as functioning units of the state, yet no authorized census of the state was undertaken until 1850. This 1846 poll list, compiled from the original tax rolls housed in the Texas State Archives, is actually the nearest thing we have to a complete census of the period.

Speer Football Team, Mount Pleasant, TX 1913-1914

2008-06-26T21:22:00.004-05:00

Speer Football Team, Mount Pleasant, TX 1913-1914

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The names of the players and the coach are unknown. Perhaps you might recognize one of them.

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Texas Train Wrecks, Fires, Explosions and other disasters

2008-06-19T14:40:00.000-05:00

Texas Disasters added to the database at http://www.gendisasters.com
Events That Touched Our Ancestors Lives:

Dumas, TX Oil Tank Farm Explosion, July 1956
Weatherford, TX Fire, Jul 1909
Dallas, TX Simmons Bedding Plant Fire, May 1943
Burkburnett, TX Drowned While Bathing in Tank, Jun 1925
Dallas, TX Three Hurt in Auto Wreck, Jun 1925
Fort Worth, TX Broadway Baptist Church Ceiling Falls During Wedding, Oct 1912
Brownwood, TX McDermott House Restaurant Fire, Jul 1909
San Antonio, TX Ice Plant Explosion, May 1985
Bandera, TX Flooding Ravages Texas Hill Country, Aug 1978
Fort Worth, TX Southern Hotel Blaze, Jan 1909
Wichita Falls, TX Tornado Devastates Texas, Apr 1979
Ballinger, TX house fire, Jun 1925
Fort Worth, TX Auto - Bicycle Wreck, Nov 1912
Ambia, TX Area Tornado, Apr 1902
Brownwood, TX East Broadway Street Fire, May 1909
Bangs, TX Fire, Apr 1909
Blossom, TX oil lamp fire, Jul 1909
Brownwood, TX hotel fire Sept. 1909
Galveston, TX fishing sloop wrecked in hurricane, Jul 1909
Dallas, TX Commerce Street Fire, Nov 1912
Brownwood, TX Cook Stove Fire, Feb 1909
San Antonio, TX Alamo Oil and Refining Co Plant Fire, Nov 1912
Brownwood, TX Electric Light Plant Fire, Apr 1909
Terrell, TX Wind Storm, May 1896
Crockett, TX Spidle Variety Store Fire, Apr 1949
Port Arthur, TX Barge Collides With Bridge, Sep 1970
Knox City, TX Fire, Nov 1912
Calvert, TX Storm, Feb 1894
Ennis, TX Train Accident, Oct 1912
Sherman, TX tornado May 1896

Junior High School, Fort Worth, Texas 1926 Football Team Photo

2008-06-18T10:01:00.001-05:00

Junior High School, Fort Worth, Texas 1926 Football Team

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Team Roster: Homer Bass, Bob Erisman, James Sullivan, Tom Carpenter, Winston Bransford, Charles Beard, George Ankele, Maurice Meyerson, Clyde Miller, Robert Jordan, Ernest Brown, Lawrence May, Wilson Carpenter, Otis Stell. Coach Meyers

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More Texas Old Photos..

2008-02-29T12:47:00.001-06:00

New Texas Photos added at http://www.familyoldphotos.com

Jones County Court House, Anson, Texas
Halamicek Pharmacy, El Campo, Texas 1940s
Men on the Train, El Campo, Texas May 1911
W. J. Hefner Home, El Campo, Texas early 1900s
Wilburn Joseph Wilkinson
Silsbee High School Graduating Class 1923
Jesse George
Bryan James George WW I
Everett George WW I
James Carl Lee Long
Marion Wesley Hope
Blum, TX School Agricultural Club 1927
Parmer County Court House, Falwell, Texas 1925
Farwell, Texas Schoolhouse 1925
Daisy and Violet - Texas Siamese Twins
Howell Richard "Rich" Moss
Clyde High School, Clyde, Texas 1926 Football Team
Rollo & Clarence Gilmore

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Clyde High School, Clyde, Texas 1926 Football Team Photo

2008-01-14T17:17:00.000-06:00

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In the photograph: Herman Thorne, Cecil Greene, Hayden Pyeatt, Carl Pee, Clark Taylor, Novice Pool, Harold Pyeatt, Joe Eager, Pedie Baulch, Joe Miller - coach, Johnny Connel, Homer Shanks Jr, L. D. Boyd, Cecil Collins, Weldon Harris, R. B. Campbell, Fred Kniffen, Harry Steen.

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Barnyard Opra, Dublin, Texas abt 1933

2008-01-01T23:32:00.000-06:00

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J. T. Ely of DeLeon Texas is in the photograph. The rest are unknown.

Perhaps you'll recognize some of them.

New Texas Old Photos.... online

2007-12-25T18:30:00.000-06:00

New Texas Old Photos .... online

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George Jones and family
Iris Audrey Farque Redus
Jefferson Franklin Lewis
Hattie Bell Duke Tomlin
Hattie Bell Duke
Clifton Leroy Tomlin 1907
Hattie, Roy, Clarke and Clifton Tomlin
Oliver & Dixie Leinart
Unknown Baby, Cisco, Texas (at right)
Jones County Court House and Street Scene, Anson, Texas 1950s
Opera Block, Anson, Texas 1909
Jones County Court House, Anson, Texas early 1900s
Street Scene, Anson, Texas 1910s
Women of the Shooks Chapel Church, Shooks Chapel, TX
Birds Eye View, Robert Lee, Texas
Harden Alexander Bundrant and Nancy Jane Hancock Bundrant
Robert Singleton Hilburn
Charles H. McDonald
McDonald Family
Aunt Rollie and Uncle Henry and Family
Ruby etal in Red River Co
Albert Tucker Crowder
George Washington Angle
Barry Payne Smothers & Family
Robert Pollard & Family
Rose & Kydie Pollard, H.C. Smothers and cousins 1901-02
Kydie Rose Pollard, 1886
Elizabeth Clark McGrew
Public School, Smithville, TX early 1900s
High School, Tulia, TX early 1900s
Gussie Merle Vick Ozment and Eula Mae Varner
Beulah Gillespie Vick Ozment and Gracy
Muriel Estelle Weaver Lee
Jim and Molly Steel Family 1920
Steele Children 1922
Joseph Lafayette Steele
Howell Family, Shafter, Texas 1930s
Main Street, Shafter, Texas 1930s
Lucille Rodocker, Waco, Texas 1932
Noah and Sybil McQueen
Joe B. McQueen and another man
Henry Franklin Whitaker
Evans Elray Whitaker
Robert Emmitt Tackett
Tackitt Family 1952
Mary Irene Tackitt and Robert Emmitt Tackett
Jasper Hardie Hall and his buddies
Catherine Whitmore
Hollis Peery & Eddith Brown 1901
Blessing, Texas Train Station 1900s
High School, Alice, Texas early 1900s
Brownwood, TX High School 1909

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94-Year-Old Brenham Funeral Home Gets Historic Marker

2007-12-14T19:52:00.000-06:00

From KHOU TV Houston --

The Hogan Funeral Home, a Brenham landmark for the last 94 years, became part of Texas history. . .The marker, awarded by the Texas Historical Commission, tells part of the story of how Brenham’s first African American owned funeral home opened its doors to Buffalo Soldiers and other blacks. . .
The Hogans are a family with generations of service, passed from founder C.H. Hogan to his son Booker T, who died in 1986. Since then, Booker T’s 92-year-old widow and other family members have kept the tradition alive, earning them the first and only state recognition of the contributions of African American’s in Brenham.

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El Paso Herald Post and San Antonio Daily Express - on line

2007-12-14T18:10:00.000-06:00

Texas Genealogy research is getting a little easier. Two more Texas newspapers are now online at ancestry.com - The El Paso Herald Post and the San Antonio Express. Created from microfilm, the newspapers are searchable or you can browse through each issue page-by-page

El Paso Herald Post, 1931-1977

San Antonio Daily Express, 1874-1899

Other Texas Newspapers online

Texas Train Wrecks, Fires and other disasters

2007-12-04T03:43:00.000-06:00

Texas Train Wrecks, Fires, and other disasters - just added at http://www.gendisasters.com/

Bridgeport, TX Two Air Force Plane Collide, Mar 1958
Grapevine, TX Jet Crash Claims 130 Lives, Aug 1985
Emery, TX Tornado, May 1907
Denison, TX Train Wreck, Nov 1891
Matagorda Bay, TX Flyers Plunge To Death In Bay, Nov 1928
Houston, TX Trolley Wire Accident, Oct 1891
Greenville, TX Saloon and Barn Fires, Nov 1891
Lone Oak, TX Cotton Gin Fire, Nov 1891
Palestine, TX Cotton Bale Fire, Nov 1891
Baird, TX Road Work Accident, Nov 1891
Bastrop, TX Store Fire, Nov 1891
Lovelady, TX Playing With Matches Accident, Nov 1891
Gilmer, TX Sawmill Fire, Nov 1891
Shoals, TX House Fire, Oct 1891
Texarkana, TX Boarding House Fire, Dec 1908
Brownsville, TX Train Engine Explosion, Dec 1908
Vernon, TX Fire, Dec 1908
De Kalb, TX Rick Nelson Dies In Airplane Crash, Dec 1985
Langtry, TX Quarry Explosion, Feb 1925
Electra, TX Wichita River Drowning, May 1930
Temple, TX Little Elm Creek Drowning, May 1930
Houston, TX White Oak Bayou Drowning, May 1930
Pittsburg, TX Tornado, May 1930
Port Arthur, TX Automobile Accidents, May 1930
San Antonio, TX Falls Four Stories from Telephone Bldg, May 1930
Carthage, TX Train Accident, May 1930
Galveston, TX Hurricane, Sept 1900
Rice, TX Tornado, Apr 1908
Houston, TX Gulf Hotel Destroyed By Fire, Sep 1943
Fort Worth, TX Flood, Apr 1908

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Texas Tornadoes, Fires, Train Wrecks on line..

2007-11-14T13:05:00.000-06:00

New Texas Disaster Articles ..... Just added at http://www.gendisasters.com
Events That Touched Our Ancestor's Lives....

Amarillo, TX Convalescent Home Fire, Dec 1950
Chico, TX House Fire, Jan 1894
Childress, TX Fire Jan 1894
Comanche, TX Explosion and Fire, Jan 1900
Corsicana, TX Grocery Store Fire, Jan 1894
Corsicana, TX Oil Well Fire, May 1923
Dallas, TX Gun Store Fire, Mar 1882
DeKalb, TX Cunningham House Fire, Jan 1894
Dublin, TX McCormick & Russell Store Fire, Mar 1909
Fannin, TX Goff Gin Fire, Aug 1902
Galveston, TX Fire, Dec 1869
Hearne, TX Fire Jul 1873
Hillsboro, TX Fire Dec 1893
Hillsboro, TX Kirksey House Fire, Jan 1894
Houston, TX House Fire, Dec 1978
Humble, TX Oil Tank Fire, Jul 1905
Lampasas, TX Fire, Apr 1921
Longview, TX House Fires, Jul 1898
Orange, TX Electric Light Plant Fire, Jul 1898
Paris, TX Fire, 1915
San Angelo, TX Landon Hotel Fire, Aug 1902
Sulphur Springs, TX Tenant House Fire, Jul 1898
Temple, TX House Fire, Jul 1898
Texarkana, TX Fire Apr 1895
Arlington, TX Interurban Train - Automobile Wreck, Oct 1912
Beaumont, TX Train - Automobile Wreck, Jul 1954
Hempstead, TX Train Wreck, Nov 1884
Humble, TX Train Wreck, Dec 1922
Mexia, TX Train Wreck, Oct 1927
Sanderson, TX Train Wreck, Mar 1902
Austin, TX Auto Accident Jun 1947
Beaumont, TX Train - Automobile Wreck, Jul 1954
Durant, OK Auto Accident Jul 1925
Mesquite, TX Auto Wreck, Jun 1947
Borger, TX Oil Well Explosion, Apr 1927
Center, TX Gas Explosion, Dec 1935
Cisco, TX Torpedo Company Explosion, Jul 1919
Comanche, TX Explosion and Fire, Jan 1900
Dallas, TX House Explosion, Jul 1911
Iowa Park, TX Boiler Explosion, May 1923
Kilgore, TX Sawmill Boiler Explosion, Mar 1892
Mart, TX Explosion, Jul 1894
New London, TX School Explosion, Mar 1937
San Antonio, TX Engine Blows Up In Shop, Mar 1912
San Antonio, TX Gasoline Stove Explosion, Jul 1898
Texas City, TX Explosion, Apr 1947
Galveston, TX Hurricane, Aug 1915
Galveston, TX Hurricane, Sept 1900
Hurricane Carla Hits Texas Coast, Sept 1961
Indianola, TX Hurricane, Sept 1875
Briggs, TX Tornado, Apr 1906
Canton, TX Tornado, Apr 1919
Central Texas Tornado - Putnam, Star Mountain, Holliday Station - May 1904
Cisco, TX Tornado, Apr 1893
Colorado City, TX Tornado, May 1923
Dallas, TX Tornado, Apr 1957
Emory, TX Tornado, Mar 1894
Falls Creek, TX Tornado, May 1890
Glenrose, TX Tornado, May 1902
Goliad, TX Tornado, May 1902
Hebron, TX Tornado Apr 1927
Irving, TX Tornado, Apr 1927
Lamar, TX area Tornado, May 1905
Marshall, TX Tornado, Apr 1927
Port Arthur, TX Tornado Sept 1897
Shiner, TX Tornado, Jan 1891
Silverton, TX Tornado, May 1957
Troy, TX Tornado May 1893

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More Freestone County Cemetery Transcriptions

2007-08-22T20:47:00.000-05:00

Two more Freestone County Cemetery Transcriptions added to the TXGenWeb section of the USGenWeb archives:

Wortham Cemetery
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/freestone/cemeteries/wortham.txt

Salem Cemetery near Teague
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/freestone/cemeteries/salem.txt

Jasper in the 1920s

2007-08-22T12:25:00.000-05:00

Stone descendant recalls old days in young Jasper

What will be the Jasper Historical Museum at 165 N. Main was once the Stone family pharmacy in the 1920's.

Mary Sanders is the daughter of Clarence Ryall Stone, the pharmacist, and the granddaughter of Thomas Edwin Stone, "an old horse and buggy country doctor," Sanders said. She never met the elder Stone, who is buried at the old Ryall cemetery off U.S. Highway 63.

Country doctors did not make a great deal of money a hundred years ago, but old Doc Stone did well enough to send both sons to Georgetown University in Texas, where Clarence and Joel Edwin Stone became pharmacists.

Read full article from the Jasper Newsboy

The Great Family Search Genealogy Conference, Plano, Sept 22

2007-08-22T11:58:00.000-05:00

The Great Family Search Genealogy Conference will be held Saturday September 22nd, at 2700 Round Rock Trail in Plano, Texas.

The keynote speaker for this year's event is David Rencher. Mr. Rencher is the Director, Records and Information Division, of the Genealogical Society of Utah. In addition to Mr. Rencher, there will be a variety of classes on family history research including Internet. The conference is FREE to the public and is being sponsored by the Family History Centers of Carrollton, Denton, Plano & Richardson.

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Humble Family Bible Transcription

2007-08-20T20:53:00.000-05:00

Transcription of the Bible that belonged to the Humble Family of Williamson County, Texas was added to the TXGenWeb archives:

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/williamson/bibles/humble.txt

Freestone County Cemetery Transcriptions

2007-08-20T20:33:00.000-05:00

Freestone County Cemetery Transcriptions added to the TXGenWeb section of the USGenWeb archives:

Longbotham Cemetery (a.k.a. Robert Longbotham Cemetery)http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/freestone/cemeteries/longbot.txt

Woodland Cemetery near Kirvin, Freestone Co., TX
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/freestone/cemeteries/woodland.txt

Galleries Replace Cellblocks at the Old Collin County Prision

2007-08-05T15:07:00.000-05:00

Galleries replace cellblocks at Old Collin County Prison - from the McKinney Courier Gazette:

The Old Collin County Prison on Kentucky Street might have once been a place where people were locked up.But those days are gone as the free flow of ideas and artistic expression are now featured on works of art in all shapes and sizes in the three galleries that now call the prison home.

Galleria d’ArteGalleria d’Arte is located on the first floor of the prison at 115 S. Kentucky St., and is home to McKinney resident Carrie Cameron Garner’s artwork. Gallery d’Arte used to be located at the southeast corner of Kentucky Street and Louisiana Street, but had to move as Spoons restaurant is moving into the space and will open at the end of August.
Garner and the rest of the galleries moved into the prison at the beginning of June and have had a steady flow of curious visitors anxious to see what vivid ways the artists have used to express themselves. Garner, who owns Galleria d’Arte, along with the other gallery owners rent space from Stephanie McAndrew, who owns the prison.

Read full article from the McKinney Courier-Gazette

Drive Through the History of Allen, Texas

2007-07-12T19:20:00.000-05:00

Driving tour highlights city's historic spots, aims to promote and preserve heritage

It's time for a road trip. But this one doesn't involve any packing. Just load the family in the minivan.

The driving tour was developed as a way to highlight historic sites in Allen. Volunteers spent two years sorting through hundreds of photos, traveling through old and newly developed areas and researching the history of prospective sites. The city of Allen came through with a grant from the Texas Historical Commission to finance the project and print the brochures.

Read full article from the DallasNews.com

Seven Star Cemetery in Temple, no longer abandoned

2007-07-10T19:58:00.000-05:00

Once abandoned and overgrown with grass, the Seven Star Cemetery now has folks who care.

TEMPLE, Texas — For years the Seven Star Cemetery was ignored, unclaimed by anyone until a small group of people decided to take responsibility for a place that holds forgotten souls and lost history.

Bishop J.A. Tolbert, a pastor at Eagles Wings Ministries in Temple, has been working with the Central Texas Juneteenth Committee to save the narrow stretch of land that lies along 14th Street.

Before he began, the plot of land was overgrown with tall grass, abandoned for years. Now cut and clean, the Seven Star Cemetery showcases graves that whisper stories from history that otherwise would have been lost.

Read full article from the Houston Chronicles' chron.com

Simmons University, Abilene, Texas Basketball Team, 1930

2007-07-02T14:57:00.000-05:00

Simmons University was the forerunner to Hardin-Simmons University

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In the photograph: Harold Matthews, Fred Houghton, Johnnie Green, Bob McCollum, L. M. Scroggins, Ed. Powell, John D. Harrison, Curtis Hamilton, Jack Scott. Leslie Cranfill, coach.

The names of the other players are unknown. You may recognize some of them.

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Port Isabel Light House on Podcast

2007-06-29T09:58:00.000-05:00

Port Isabel Lighthouse featured on Passport to Texas Podcast from Texas Parks and Wildlife.

For most of its 155 year history, the Port Isabel Lighthouse like a lonely sentry, kept silent watch over ships that ventured into the shallow gulf waters of the lower Laguna Madre. One of sixteen lighthouses serving the state, this renovated structure is evocative of a bygone era; one that continues to capture the imagination of visitors.

The Port Isabel Lighthouse was constructed in 1852, near sites of Civil War Battle of Palmito Ranch (1865) and Mexican War Battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma. The Port Isabel Lighthouse State Historic Site in Port Isabel, Cameron County was opened to the public in 1952.

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Photo of Port Isabel Lighthouse from an early 1900s postcard, photo courtesy of TexasOldPhotos.com

Grayson County Land Owner Atlas Maps

2007-06-29T02:01:00.000-05:00

The 20th Century Platt Books of Grayson County, Texas published in 1908 are online now, part of an extensive map collection featuring 1200 U. S. County Land Ownership Atlases maps ranging from 1864-1918, across 34 states that were just added at ancestry.com. The Grayson County map is the only one in the collection from Texas.

Central High School, Houston, Texas 1925 Girls Basketball Team Photo

2007-05-16T21:53:00.000-05:00

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In the photograph: Elizabeth Ringo, Etta Mae Cade, Celia (or Cecilia) Salerno, Helen Tomlin, Cornelia Langston, Mildred Archer, Phyllis Howard, Inez Reynolds, Celia Lesky, Fay Carter, Mrs. M. A. Hurst - coach, Carle Danna, Sarah Greenfield, Margaret Williams, Ila Rae McKinney, Eugenis Payne, Doris Holdren, Genevieve Miller, Hattie Mae McKinney - manager, Ruby Roggen, Florence Karnaky.

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Historic... yes. Designated... someday.

2007-05-08T18:36:00.000-05:00

Arlington African-American Cemetery Tries for a Third Time for the Historic Texas Cemetery Designation

Sometimes, you just have to keep on trying....

The cemetery dates to the mid-1800s ...... African-American cemetery has been rejected twice for the same recognition: once because the state didn't differentiate between the [cemetery and the closely-located Middleton Tate Johnson Plantation Cemetery] and another time because the application was incomplete....

Read full article from the Star Telegram

Will the Real Billy the Kid....

2007-05-01T23:20:00.000-05:00

Who was the Real Billy the Kid - and Who is Buried in Hamilton?

STEPHENVILLE, Texas -- After more than half a century, the question of whether a Texas man was really famed outlaw Billy the Kid finally may be answered.

Lincoln County, N.M., sheriff's Deputy Steve Sederwall has asked Hamilton, Texas, City Council members for permission to exhume the body of Ollie "Brushy Bill" Roberts.

Roberts died of an apparent heart attack at age 90 in 1950 in Hico, Texas. He's buried in Hamilton.

Roberts and at least one other man have claimed to be Billy the Kid.

Those stories presuppose that the Lincoln County sheriff killed the wrong man in Fort Sumner, N.M., on July 14 of 1881 -- and lied about it.

The Hamilton City Council has tabled the matter and is asking Sederwall for more information.

Article from KOAT.com

US - Mexico Border Records on line

2007-05-01T11:26:00.000-05:00

From an Ancestry.com press release --

Ancestry.com Launches U.S. - Mexico Border Crossings Collection From 1903 -1957

More Than 3.5 Million Border Crossing Records From Mexico to the United States; Features 24 Land Ports of Entry From California to Texas

PROVO, Utah, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- To celebrate Cinco de Mayo, Ancestry.com, the world's largest online resource for family history, today announced the release of the first and only online collection of border crossing records for individuals who crossed the U.S. - Mexico border between 1903 and 1957. This new collection, which includes more than 3.5 million names, is the latest addition to Ancestry.com's Immigration Records Collection, which also includes the largest online collection of U.S. ship passenger list records featuring more than 100 million names from 1820 to 1960.

These border crossing records primarily document early 20th-century Mexican immigration to the United States. During the first 30 years of the 1900s, more than 1 million Mexicans immigrated to the United States as a result of the Mexican Revolution in 1910, job opportunities during WWI and U.S. agricultural advances.

"There are unique and untold stories waiting to be discovered about the American southwest and Mexico," said Megan Smolenyak, Chief Family Historian for Ancestry.com. "This collection represents a significant opportunity for
Mexican-Americans to discover their family's footsteps to the United States and for everyone to celebrate Mexican contributions to American culture..."

These records contain insightful clues into a family's past, such as names and birthdates of travelers, names of friends or family in Mexico or the United States, as well as some signatures. This collection will be an especially useful tool for individuals whose ancestors arrived from Mexico between 1908 and 1957, as the most complete records were kept during this time period. Many of these border crossing records also include passport-type photos that were attached to the original documents. Ancestry.com transcribed the names in the collection from more than 3 million documents. The records were culled from 24 land ports of entry from California to Texas.
Among the ports: Brownsville, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, El Paso, Laredo, Presidio, Rio Grande City, Roma, Los Ebanos, Fort Hancock, Fabens, Rio Grande City,Yseleta, Progreso/Thayer, and San Antonio (immigrants arriving by air).

View the border crossing records at ancestry.com

Confederate Soldier's Grave Honored at Smith Cemetery, Lewisville

2007-04-25T00:34:00.000-05:00

Confederate soldier’s grave is marked in ceremony at Smith Cemetery, Lewisville, Denton County

Members of the Lacy Holcombe Pickens Chapter 2615 held a grave marking ceremony, with a new marker at the grave of Capt. Henry Hardin Smith, who served in the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Smith was born Jan. 23, 1817 and died Dec. 1, 1887. He is buried in the Smith Cemetery, which had been so named several years before his death after the family of Thomas Morgan and Elizabeth A. Smith.

The site had been used as a burial ground since 1862 when the Smith’s 20-year-old son, James J. Smith, died was buried on the family farm. His is the earliest marked grave in the Smith Cemetery.

Read full article from the Lewisville Star

1824 Texas Flag On Display at Houston Bank

2007-04-13T16:14:00.000-05:00

A piece of Texas history with strong Houston area ties will be in display for the next couple of weeks. The original flag that belonged to Mexican General Santa Anna will be on display at the Sterling Bank’s Memorial Banking Center at 840 Gessner until May 4.

The flag was captured at the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836 and hasn’t been back to the Houston are until now. The flag was actually discovered a few years ago in an Alabama family’s attic.

Read entire article from KHOU TV, Houston

Fannin County Historic Commission to dedicate two Historic Texas Cemeteries

2007-04-13T16:01:00.000-05:00

New Salem Cemetery and the Shiloh Cemetery both will have Historic Texas Cemetery Marker dedications on Sunday April 22, 2007. Descendants of those buried in the cemeteries will be recognized.

The earliest burial in the New Salem Cemetery was Phillip Greenleaf Williams in 1848. Many of the early settlers in the immediate area are buried in the cemetery. The cemetery is located about 7 ½ miles north of Honey Grove off FM 100 and then about 1 ½ miles east on County Road 2800.
The first known burial in the Shiloh Cemetery is that of John Gwaltney, whose gravesite dates from the early 1860s. Tradition holds that John M. Gross deeded land for this community cemetery sometime before 1871. Today, Shiloh Cemetery is the final resting place for generations of area residents. The cemetery is located about 7 miles north of Honey Grove off FM 100 and then about 2 miles west on County Road 2730.

Read entire article from North Texas eNews

Cisco High School, Cisco, Texas 1919 Football Team Photo

2007-03-28T17:29:00.000-05:00

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In the photograph: Coaches J. J. Godbey and A. G. Walker. Players Emmett Price, Eugene Ames, Odwin Cate, Frank Turner.

The rest of the players are unknown. You might recognize some of them.

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Wichita Falls Junior College, Wichita Falls, Texas 1924 Football Team

2007-03-27T10:34:00.000-05:00

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In the photograph:

Thurman, Weeth, Cantwell, Downing, Morton, Beauty, West, Clary, Hirschi, Whitelaw, Coburn, Zetsche, Mosley - coach, Caskey, Keevil, Timmons, Cox, Crites

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Sam Houston Normal College, Huntsville, Texas 1922 Football Team Photo

2007-03-15T22:36:00.000-05:00

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Sam Houston Normal College (now Sam Houston State Univerity) Football Squad: Everett McKay - captain, Clam Mayes, Robert Samuels, Jake Alley, Carl Anderson, Boyd Mayes - quarterback, T. J. Hightower, E. D. Bolton, G. B. McAdams, Joe Kirk, T. L. Duffy, Robert Needham, Paul Elrod, Farrington Malone, Herbert Sandel, Shelton Scarborough, O. C. Webb, I. B. Redding, Wade Bolton.

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Del Rio: Property owner uproots, hides state historical marker

2007-01-26T11:23:00.000-06:00

Home for sale: 2 brdm, 1 bath, 1 historical marker

Perry Denison cares deeply about the history and traditions of Del Rio, as evidenced by his family’s 43-year stewardship of what may be the oldest standing structure in Val Verde County still retaining a semblance of historic integrity.
But now, Denison believes a commemorative plaque threatens to cost him a minor fortune. Denison, a San Antonio medical equipment repairman, owns the Taylor-Rivers House, 100 Hudson Drive, in the heart of south Del Rio’s historic residential neighborhoods.
In 1983, a handsome, cast-metal marker was planted in the side yard of the unassuming, stuccoed home at the intersection of Nicholson Road and Hudson Drive.
Now the plaque has been taken down and stashed away in darkness, considered by Denison as a liability to his effort to sell the property for an “asking price” of $95,000.

Read full story from swtexaslive.com

Keeping Jasper County History Alive

2007-01-24T12:07:00.000-06:00

Family Records, Old Newspapers, and Local History Kept Safe at the Jasper County Jail

Bertie Bryant, Jimmie Tanner and their cohorts at the Jasper County Historical Commission (JCHC) have the distinction of talking their way into jail, and they're proud of it. Up until a few years ago, members of the commission kept the important county archives in their own homes, but then the Texas Historical Commission started requiring that records be kept in a central location with public access.

About the same time, Jasper County built the new jail adjacent to the sheriff's office and decommissioned the old jail on the courthouse square.The old jail then got a second life protecting the records of the Jasper County Historical Commission....

Read full article from the Jaspernewsboy.com

Texas Woodmen of the World Delegates 1915

2007-01-22T01:14:00.000-06:00

Texas, New Mexico and Arizona Delegates to the Woodmen of the World Convention in St. Paul, MN in July 1915.

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In the photograph: W. A. Fraser, front row with two little girls in front of him; John Stephens of El Campo (unsure which one is John).

The rest are unknown. You might recognize some of these folks.

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Will the Real Home of the Hamburger Please Stand Up....

2007-01-15T15:31:00.000-06:00

Everyone needs a claim to fame. In Athens, Texas is the hamburger, for in the late 1880s the very first hamburger was served at Fletcher Davis' Luncheonette. Or maybe not.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. --A burger battle is brewing between a Texas state legislator and the owners of Louis' Lunch, a restaurant established in 1895, where it has been claimed that the hamburger was invented.

However, with the new session of the Texas legislature now under way, Republican State Rep. Betty Brown has proposed a resolution declaring Athens, Texas, is the original home of the hamburger.

Brown, an Athens resident, says that a long ago resident of the town, Fletcher Davis, had a luncheonette in the late 1880s and sold the first burgers there.

A magazine article also suggests that Davis not only created the hamburger, but sold it from a booth at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904.

Those claims are not sitting well with Ken Lassen Sr., 89, the third-generation owner of Louis' Lunch where he says his grandfather came up with the first hamburger

Lassen said it happened in 1900 when a man rushed into Louis' and asked for something he could eat on the run. Louis Lassen, Ken Lassen's grandfather, grabbed a broiled beef patty and put it between two slices of bread.

So the battle of the burger wars continues...

Read the full article at boston.com

Clyde High School, Clyde, Texas 1921 Basketball Team Photo

2007-01-15T00:28:00.000-06:00

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In the photograph: Alfred Brown, Cliff Berry, Truett Hollingshead, Loyd Campbell, Roguy Tabor - coach, Clifford Bouchette, Alva Osborne, Gideon Tyler, Wallace McNeal

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Cross Plains: A Year After the Fire

2006-12-24T15:03:00.000-06:00

December 27, 2006 Tells a Tale of Survival

Driving up Main Street through the business district, the Christmas lights twinkle and shine and the store window sport holiday scenes and greetings. Some say the Higginbotham's store windows are the prettiest they've ever been. It's hard to tell that one year ago two days after Christmas half of Cross Plains was charred blackened ruins, the aftermath of a devistating wildfire that took two lives and destroyed 116 homes and the United Methodist Church. It's hard to tell - until you reach the high school and look across main street to lot after lot of vacant land, land that for decades was filled with homes and families.

Now dotted with new homes, construction, and FEMA trailers, Cross Plains has made an amazing comeback in a short period of time. This, despite the predictions of one Dallas paper that too much was gone of Cross Plains for the town to rebuild and bounce back. Some folks left, some moved a few miles out to the country, many have rebuilt or are rebuilding.

Gone, too, from Cross Plains are the old delipatated buildings - gas stations and business of times past left to disrepair and ruin. When cleaning up the aftermath of the fire, Callahan County's men in orange were dispatched to tear down and remove the town's building eyesores, as well.

Cross Plains has risen from the ashes. And while December 27, 2005, will be remembered as Cross Plains' darkest hour, December 27, 2006 tells a tell of survival, as residents gather for a Victory Celebration and Hamburger Supper.

Read what today's Abilene-Reporter News says about Cross Plains one year later

Alpine: Hub of the Big Bend region

2006-12-16T11:47:00.000-06:00

If highways are spokes connecting the rim of destinations in the Big Bend Region of West Texas, then Alpine is the hub of the wheel.

From Del Rio, two hundred miles of great highway take travelers to Alpine. And from there travelers can easily travel south to Big Bend National Park (80 miles), north to Fort Davis (26 miles), west to Marfa (26 miles), or east to Marathon (31 miles). But its geography may not be the chief asset of Alpine.

Now, with a population hovering at 6,500, Alpine is growing, but no one seems interested in too much growth and a loss of small town, friendly identity. Still, according to the Handbook of Texas, “Alpine is listed as one of the fifty safest and most economical places for retirement in the United States.”

Climate plays a big role in Alpine’s popularity, aptly named for the cooler temperatures there at 4,481 feet above mean sea level. (Del Rio International Airport is 1,002 feet above MSL.) “We have more than 400 motel and hotel rooms,” Austin enthused, adding that the lodging accommodations range from modern to historic.

Read the full story from swtexaslive.com

Read the Handbook of Texas Online Article on Alpine

Texas Wreaths Across America observation honors veterans

2006-12-16T11:42:00.000-06:00

Ceremony held at Houston National Cemetery

TEXAS -- With honor and reverence for U.S. veterans, Capt. Eric Thompson of the Texas Wing's Thunderbird Composite Squadron opened the Wreaths Across America ceremony Dec. 14 at Houston National Cemetery with a moment of silence. The day started amid dense fog, but about an hour before the ceremony began the fog lifted and revealed a beautiful mild, sunny day. Five wreaths were laid by active duty and retired military personnel from each branch of the military.
A sixth wreath, representing prisoners of war and the missing in action, was Col. Robert Eldridge, Texas Wing commander, addresses the audience at Wreaths Across America at Houston National Cemetery. laid by former U.S. Marine Corps. Sgt. Ron Ridgeway. who was held in Viet Nam as POW or five years. He endured torture, loss of comrades and loneliness.

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San Felipe High School, Del Rio, Texas 1940 Football Team

2006-12-12T15:37:00.000-06:00

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In the photo: Andres Sanchez, Manuel Castano, Efrain Longoria, Severo Fuentes, Jesus Cardenas - captain, Leopoldo Gloria, Petronilo Guajardo, Victor Contreras, Joe Martinez - coach, Cesar Padilla, Manuel Aguilar, Arturo Aguilar, Oscar Sigala, Felix Soto, Oscar Coronado, Ramon Mendez, Armando Fernandez, Marco Pena, Cipriano Sarzoza, Wenceslao Castellanos and Inocente Martinez.

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Beaumont to Honor Big Bopper with Historical Marker

2006-09-15T05:39:00.000-05:00

Memorializing Chantilly Lace at Forest Lawn

BEAUMONT - Nearly 48 years after his death in rock 'n' roll's first major tragedy, pop star J.P. Richardson - known better as The Big Bopper - will have something more than a headstone to mark his place in Beaumont's history.

Next week, the day before a Port Arthur concert pays tribute to the Beaumont radio deejay who struck gold with the 1959 hit, "Chantilly Lace," a historical marker will be installed at Forest Lawn Cemetery.

But the plaque won't be at Richardson's grave. It will be erected nearby at a specially chosen site where the remains of The Bopper (and possibly his widow Teetsie) will be moved later.

Richardson was only 28 on the snowy night in Clear Lake, Iowa, when a small plane carrying The Bopper, and rockers Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens crashed minutes after take-off. The Feb. 3, 1959, tragedy was later immortalized by singer Don McLean as "the day the music died" in his pop dirge "American Pie."

Read full story in the Beaumont Enterprise

Hurricane Alicia, now only a footnote

2006-08-18T12:56:00.000-05:00

Twenty three years ago today Hurricane Alicia crashed through the Texas Coastline. Folks in Galveston, Seabrook, and Baytown remember it well.

21 people lost their lives. Another 3000 were injured or became ill. The Red Cross sheltered or fed 63,000 people. Over 2000 homes were destroyed and another 3,000 suffered major damage. Over 18,000 families suffered some kind of loss. The price tag for the costliest hurricane in Texas History: over $2 billion.

In Baytown, Alicia brought the end to the Brownwood subdivision, which had been slowly subsiding into the bay.

In downtown Houston, shards of glass became deadly missiles when hundreds of window panes were broken out of skyscrapers by gravel blown from nearby rooftops. The windows were designed to withstand hurricane winds but not impact
from debris. The result was huge piles of broken glass in the streets below.

On Galveston's West Beach, Alicia moved the public beach boundary back an average of 150'. The storm surge scoured up to 5' of sand from the beach and left several homes in front of the natural vegetation line and technically on the public beach.

Hubbard, Texas 125 Years Old

2006-08-12T08:40:00.000-05:00

Hill County Town of Hubbard turns 125

The town was once called Slap Out.

Central Texans who have passed through the Hill County town of Hubbard are probably unaware that it was once named for a store whose owner apparently had trouble keeping his shelves stocked.

The community’s moniker stuck until 1881 when a rail depot was opened and the town was officially founded as Hubbard, according to the Handbook of Texas Online. The town was named for former Texas governor Richard B. Hubbard, who was present at the depot dedication.

On Saturday, the 1,500-resident city celebrates its 125th birthday with a daylong party at the city park.

Read full article from the Waco Tribune

Early 1900s street view of Hubbard, Texas from Texas Old Photos

Azle Cemetery Vandals Caught

2006-08-12T08:13:00.000-05:00

Teens Arrested for Destruction in Ash Creek Cemetery

Five teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of vandalizing more than 70 graves -- and causing an estimated $100,000 in damages -- at Azle's Ash Creek Cemetery, police said.
"It was damage for damage's sake," Azle police Chief Steve Myers said of the crime spree Wednesday night. "They pushed over headstones, broke others, threw the broken pieces at other headstones and destroyed stone vases meant for flowers."
The cemetery is the oldest in Azle, with graves dating back to the 1870s. The man the town is named after, Azle Stewart, is buried there.

Read full article from the Star Telegram

Angelina County: Looking to Go Wet

2006-08-12T08:04:00.000-05:00

Great Grandpa Would be Rolling Over in His Grave

Across South, Push Is On to Make Dry Areas Wet

The issue is now playing out in Lufkin, an old railroad town in the heart of the Texas Bible Belt 115 miles northeast of Houston. On a recent Monday night, 175 citizens gathered at the town’s civic center to voice their opposition to a referendum proposal, scheduled for a vote in November, that would allow sales of beer and wine in stores and drinks in restaurants all across Angelina County. Lufkin is the county’s largest town, with 35,000 people.

Read full article from the New York Times

Palo Duro Canyon - an Awesome Place

2006-08-09T10:04:00.000-05:00

Palo Duro Canyon is one awesome hole on the ground

Leon Hale visits Palo Duro Canyon.

PALO DURO CANYON — My guess is that a great many Texans don't know that this great hole in the ground exists.

My guess is that he's right.

Read the article from today's Houston Chronicle.

Visit Leon Hale's blog at: http://blogs.chron.com/leonhale

Cross Plains: Rising from the Ashes

2006-08-07T11:47:00.000-05:00

It's been seven months since a wildfire devastated the small Central Texas town of Cross Plains, killing two elderly women, destroying 117 homes, levelling the United Methodist Church, and changing life in this town of 1000 people.

After a million dollars in donations, volunteers from various Texas churches, work crews from the prisons near Abilene, much hard work, determination and prayer, Cross Plains has made a comeback.

Read the story in today's Houston Chronicle.

And, two different stories in from yesterday's Fort Worth Star Telegram that are being picked up in newspapers from California to North Dakota to Pennsylvania.
On Solid Foundation, Up from the Ashes

The second article features an interview with our friend and Cross Plains Volunteer Fire Chief Bob Harrell.

On a side note, among the list of churches taking turns furnishing lunch for the workers at the First Baptist Church in Cross Plains is the Cottonwood Baptist Church, from the community of Cottonwood, about 100 people, a few miles north of Cross Plains. The Cottonwood Volunteer Fire Control Group was one of the first responders to the Dec 27, 2005 Cross Plains fire.

More about Cottonwood at cottonwoodtexas.com

History of Fort Davis & the Davis Mountians

2006-08-01T22:09:00.000-05:00

They used to be the Apache Mountains...

A Look at the History of the Davis Mountains from mywesttexas.com, part of a continuing series about the "Triangle" area of Alpine, Fort Davis and Marfa

They were not called the Davis Mountains until after Fort Davis was established in 1854. They were the Apache Mountains then because that's who owned them.

War chiefs Victorio, Juh, Mangas Coloradas, Nicolas and Nana roamed them and enough Comanches were raiding Mexico for this part of deep West Texas to be on Great Comanche Trail.

To put it in modern terms, conditions were unfavorable for economic development. Built on 500 acres in a box canyon near Limpia Creek, soldiers were needed to protect stagecoaches, wagon trains, railroad surveyors and eventually settlers.

Read the full article from mywesttexas.com
Photograph of Mitre Peak near Ft. Davis from Texas Old Photos

A Birds Eye View of Texas

2006-08-01T21:54:00.000-05:00

Take a look at Texarkana in 1888, Dallas in 1892, Cuero in 1881 or any of the other sixty birds eye views of Texas cities on line at The Amon Carter Museum website, Texas Bird's-Eye Views.

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Texas Bird’s-Eye Views is a Web site dedicated to the study and appreciation of the Texas city views in the museum’s collection, along with a number of additional Texas views from private lenders and outside institutions. From the website:

Bird’s-eye views, many of which are more than three feet wide, appear as something between a panoramic view and a map, as though they were drawn by the artist while he was suspended in a hot-air balloon. In fact, they were drawn by hand using, most often, two-point perspective to produce a three-dimensional rendering. The city views are surprisingly accurate (even to the point of documenting the presence of a tree in the middle of Gonzales Street in Cuero) and represent a much neglected source for understanding the history of Texas.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation representing BNSF Railway Company supplied a grant for the project.

Historic Bridges to be Replaced

2006-08-01T21:41:00.000-05:00

Washington County to Replace Two 100-year-old Railroad Bridges

Two railroad overpasses that are more than 100 years old - one at North Berlin Road (Railroad Milepost 128.6) and the other two miles away on Old Gay Hill Road (Railroad Milepost 130.6) - are about to begin “a fast track” to being replaced by modern bridges ...
County Judge Dorothy Morgan and Precinct Three Commissioner Kirk Hanath, in
whose precinct both historic overpasses reside, both appeared ready “to virtually jump with joy” as four resolutions clearing the way for this complex project to proceed all passed by unanimous court votes.

Read full article from the Brenham Banner

Remembering a 40 Year Old Tragedy

2006-08-01T21:02:00.000-05:00

A Sad Thing to Remember....

August 1, 1966, the Beatles were on the radio, Ed Sullivan on TV, and at the University of Texas in Austin students were making their way to their Monday morning classes. Charles Whitman, a student at the university, made his way to the 28th floor observation deck of the univerity's bell tower, a perfect vantage point for what was to follow.

In ninety minutes, Whitman wiped out the lives of 17 people, injured another 30 or so by-standers and changed the lives of countless parents, friends and students forever.

40 years ago today. The UT Massacre shocked and appalled people across the country. It was the nation's worst mass shooting at the time.

Matagorda Cemetery: Another Marker for History

2006-07-26T13:41:00.000-05:00

Matagorda Cemetery, Matagorda listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Matagorda Cemetery — founded in 1830 and one of Texas’ oldest — has been placed on the prestigious National Register of Historic Places.
Local historical group officials expect two other Matagorda County sites will soon share the notable recognition — the Hensley-Guzman House, built in 1905, and the World War II-era Bay City U.S.O. Building, today’s Bay City Service Center. The 7.2-acre cemetery, at the northeast edge of Matagorda, was first used soon after the town was founded in 1829.The cemetery, which received a Texas Historical Marker in 1970, shows the town’s remarkable, with grave stone inscriptions telling about frontier hardships.

The marker’s text said those buried include: victims of 1862 yellow fever epidemic; soldiers of the Texas Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War; also Karankawa Indian victims. Early Texas leaders buried at the cemetery include Texas Secretary of Navy, Samuel Rhoads Fisher — a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence — Texas’ first Lt. Governor, Albert Clinton Horton, and George Morse Collinsworth, who commanded the Texans at the capture of Goliad in 1835.

The National Register of Historic Places is a service of the National Parks System. Visit their website

Read full article from the Bay City Tribune

Is there a Jasper County Clerk in your Ancestry?

2006-07-26T13:29:00.000-05:00

Jasper County Needs Photos of Past County Clerks

Jasper County needs photos of former County Clerks to hang in County Clerk's office.

Photos needed: Hannibal Good (1856-1870), W.H. Truett (1871-1874), A.J. Rigsby (1881-1894), A.L. Mays (1909-1916) and N.B. Hart (1939-1948.)

Efforts to place framed photographs of past Jasper County Clerks in the Jasper County Courthouse clerk's office are underway, according to current County Clerk Debbie Newman.

Newman said that if anyone has a photograph of those individuals that they are willing to share, the picture can be scanned and returned to the owner. Pictures can be mailed to Jasper County Clerk, P.O. Box 2070 or 121 N. Austin, Room 103, Jasper, TX 75951 or call (409)384-2632 for instructions.

Read full article from the Jasper Newsboy

Genealogy Conference at Angelina College, Lufkin

2006-07-20T23:04:00.000-05:00

Finding Your Roots in East Texas...

The tenth annual Genealogy Conference starts this weekend at Angelina College. Hundreds of people will attend a variety of workshops to learn the latest techniques for tracing their family tree.
There are many ways to research your roots, including county records, a genealogy center or public library. Research can take weeks, months or years depending on how far back in time you want to go.
The two-day event kicks off Friday morning with seminars on going digital and using maps in genealogy. The conference will be held in the Community Services building.

Read full article from KTRE Lufkin-Nacogdoches

St. Mary's Church School San Antonio - Seventh Grade Boys 1931

2006-07-20T13:25:00.000-05:00

At Texas Old Photos

St. Mary's Church School, San Antonio - Seventh Grade Boys 1931

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In the photo: Paul Moore, Francis Martinez, Allen Butler, Pat O'Hagan, Thomas Hanley, John Nigro, John Dailey, Alfred Hudson, John Paul Warnken, John Kleeman, James Carter, Clarence Hummel, Alan Sturrock, Edward Little, Joseph V. Cummings, Andrew Cadena, Dexter Hanley, J. P. Ruth, Horace Boykin, Eugene Epps.

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Williamson Creek Cemetery, South Austin

2006-07-19T16:02:00.000-05:00

153-year-old cemetery is rejuvenated

Young Latter-day Saints volunteers pitch in to restore Williamson Creek Cemetery, a historic African-American graveyard in South Austin.

350 youth volunteers of 20 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints congregations from Austin and San Antonio revitalized the 153-year-old African American cemetery on Little Texas Lane, near Stassney Lane and Interstate 35

About 260 slaves are buried at the cemetery. The first was James P. Eagle, who died in 1863, said Tony Jones, president of the cemetery association. Jones is a descendant of Alfred Overton, a slave freed by the Emancipation Proclamation who died in 1913.

The other 540 people buried there are slave descendants, one of whom was buried last year.

Read full story from the Austin American-Statesman

Texas Ranger James Elijah Keese Honored in Bandera

2006-07-19T15:42:00.000-05:00

Remembering an Early Texas Ranger: James Elijah Keese 1832-1896

Although his body has been buried for nine decades, the memory of James Elijah Keese was resurrected last week. More than 200 descendants and friends gathered for a dedication ceremony honoring his duties as a Texas Ranger.

Born in 1832 in Lawrenceburg, Tenn., Keese was one of six children to Thomas Jefferson and Eleanor Campbell Keese. The family found its way to the Republic of Texas in 1842.

Keese joined the Texas Rangers in 1851, at the age of 18. He was stationed at Fort Merrill in Nueces County. In 1864, he and two brothers, Oliver H.P. and Thomas Harrison, joined the 2nd Frontier District of Brown County as Confederate soldiers. Their company's duties entailed protecting the settlements from Indians and Union forces.
With his wife, Eleanor Lavina Lewis, Keese moved to Bandera County in December of 1871. Together, they raised 10 children - some of whom remained in the county
to raise their own families.

Read full article from the Bandera Bulletin

Odessa: 125 Years of Train Service

2006-06-28T14:07:00.000-05:00

Odessa Celebrates 125th Anniversary of the Laying of the Railroad Tracks

With the invention of cars and diesel engines, the steam locomotive of the 19th century is virtually extinct. But several Odessa organizations are pausing to remember the train industry and all it has meant — and still means — for West Texas.

The Odessa Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Heritage of Odessa Foundation, the Ector County Historical Commission and Main Street Odessa have scheduled a commemoration of the 125th anniversary of the laying of tracks on the land that is now Odessa.

Read full story from the Odessa American Online.

Odessa Depot photo from Texas Old Photos