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Greyhound Bus Station

Greyhound Bus Station

East Texas History Featured
The Greyhound Bus Station was built in 1946 at 201 South Jefferson and East Alabama, where one of Guaranty Bank...
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October 1993: Fall roundup gets foggy start

October 1993: Fall roundup gets foggy start

Business Featured
By Hudson Old, Journal publisher By just after noon on the first day of the fall roundup, the boss and...
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Jackson Oil Fina Station

Jackson Oil Fina Station

East Texas History Featured
Above photo is from the Lynch Harper collection, when this frame was shot, the rent for operators leasing full-service locations...
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History carved in stone at Greenhill Graveyard

History carved in stone at Greenhill Graveyard

East Texas History Featured
From East Texas Journal, October 1993 By Hudson Old, Journal publisher Greenhill, Texas - Minutes of the Presbyterian session at...
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Billy Craig Service Center

Billy Craig Service Center

East Texas History Featured
A service station corner since the 40’s, by 1981 when Lynch Harper shot the top photo, an expanded Billy Craig’s...
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Hear-say evidence nails Civil War prisoner’s descendant

Hear-say evidence nails Civil War prisoner’s descendant

East Texas History Featured
HICKORY HILL – What evidence we got here wouldn't hold up in court, but it'll do fine for a story...
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Joe Dalby Motors

Joe Dalby Motors

Featured Mount Pleasant
Joe Dalby Motors was built in 1946 at 601 West 16th Street and Mulberry Street, where Huey's Coffee is now....
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Local heritage displayed at former depot

Local heritage displayed at former depot

Featured Pittsburg
From East Texas Journal, September 1992 By Vernon C. Holcomb, Special to the Journal Pittsburg, Texas – The Lonesome wail...
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Crystal Ice Plant

Crystal Ice Plant

Featured Mount Pleasant
Burnett's Crystal Ice Plant was built in 1939 on the Southwest corner of North Madison Ave. and 5th Street where...
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Gooch Springs treasure unearthed

Gooch Springs treasure unearthed

East Texas History Featured
From East Texas Journal, July 1992 A SILVER PIECE of eight was the first link amateur archeologist and Baptist minister...
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Football paved the way for 1950’s MP team mates

Football paved the way for 1950’s MP team mates

Featured Mount Pleasant
one of two Tangerine Bowl championship plaques Billy collected playing for East Texas State.
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Emcee puts his Bo Rester spin on Chamber Banquet

Emcee puts his Bo Rester spin on Chamber Banquet

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“We’ll write what we want her to say, but I want you to put the Bo Rester spin on it,”...
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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.

East Texas History Featured
Epilogue          
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One-time lawman made last-ditchattempt to escape electric chair

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

East Texas History Featured
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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