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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

Featured Mount Pleasant
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

Featured Mount Pleasant
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

Business East Texas History Featured Mount Pleasant
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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Center Point

Center Point

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By Hudson Old Eastern Camp County, 1948 – It wasn’t that business at Albert Hamilton’s syrup mill wasn’t what it...
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