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Laura McCoy’s tour from Budapest to Berlin

Laura McCoy’s tour from Budapest to Berlin

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Note: Photos from this tour have been edited using only the tools found on an i-phone. Capturing lines of classic...
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Native Texas Tourist, Tom Sloan MD.

Native Texas Tourist, Tom Sloan MD.

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One-time lawman made last-ditchattempt to escape electric chair

One-time lawman made last-ditchattempt to escape electric chair

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Within a month of the September 24, 1923 murder of Ottis Ballard, one-time Titus County Sunday school teacher and lawman...
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Coming July 4th – Fireworks – The Moving Wall – Talco Historical Museum Photos

Coming July 4th – Fireworks – The Moving Wall – Talco Historical Museum Photos

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Talco Texas- Talco Volunteer Fire department will be having their anual 4th of July Independence Day Fireworks Show, at the...
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Homegrown opera star booked for East Texas return

Homegrown opera star booked for East Texas return

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MARSHALL, Texas – Beverly Jane Peatross, who took her middle name with her when she left Texas for California, is...
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Flower power fuels repurposed 70’s majorette

Flower power fuels repurposed 70’s majorette

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By HUDSON OLDJournal Publisher Opening with a halftime show featuring the twirling and dancing majorette line leading the MP Going...
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War brought munitions plant to lake shore

War brought munitions plant to lake shore

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MARSHALL – The last time Russian agents were in town – that we know of – began sometime after December...
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Pioneer reels in Southern Belle

Pioneer reels in Southern Belle

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By Hudson OldJournal Publisher As if her birth affected the cosmos, stars poured like rain from the sky the night...
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Mt. Pleasant & Titus County History Featuring Melvin Bridges

Mt. Pleasant & Titus County History Featuring Melvin Bridges

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Special to the Journal Synopsis by Donna K. White from an interview with Melvin Francis Bridges in 1979 I visited...
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One-time paratrooper comes of age in move to MP

One-time paratrooper comes of age in move to MP

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Picture above: Parks Director Ricky Harris’s team at Oaklawn Park, where their work is the backdrop for the new Pilgrim’s...
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County pulls back as Chief overplays city’s hand

County pulls back as Chief overplays city’s hand

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MT. PLEASANT -- On his first morning off the county payroll, city Fire Chief Larry McRae said city facilities will...
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There’s no business like show business

There’s no business like show business

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Hollywood veteran Jack Canson skews heavily Silver Fox these days. It’s a role he’s been preparing for his entire life....
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Personal code pitted farmer against lawman

Personal code pitted farmer against lawman

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By HUDSON OLDJournal Publisher MT PLEASANT, TEXAS—When the lawmen were the outlaws, they were hard to beat. But that’s how...
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The Bandit Truck & Legendary Concepts

The Bandit Truck & Legendary Concepts

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By Allen Herald Special to the Journal Just north of Downtown Mt. Pleasant, there lies an unassuming white and red...
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Archives provide a history of hospitality, Hotel Stephens and fine dining at the corner of West 1st and Madison

Archives provide a history of hospitality, Hotel Stephens and fine dining at the corner of West 1st and Madison

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Above picture, on August 28, 1982 when Lynch Harper shot this, Billy Craig sold Fina Gas refined at Mt. Pleasant’s...
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