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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

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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What makes your heart go out ? and the reason behind Harold Logan’s mission in his home town

What makes your heart go out ? and the reason behind Harold Logan’s mission in his home town

East Texas History Featured Mount Pleasant
  By HUDSON OLD Journal Publisher Reprinted from the East Texas Journal April 1995 Edition Among the mysteries of paradise...
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Historian Traces Elvis to Mt. Pleasant performance in December, 1954

Historian Traces Elvis to Mt. Pleasant performance in December, 1954

East Texas History Entertainment Featured Mount Pleasant
Reissued story from East Texas Journal December, 2015. In a 1996 Journal interview tracked down in 2006 by a dogged...
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1854 news account describes family as ‘passionate, domineering and dangerous’

1854 news account describes family as ‘passionate, domineering and dangerous’

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HAGANSPORT – As the crow flies, this is the closest town to the place just downstream of the confluence of...
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At the Bynum place where Rita Durrum rides, Country life takes unconventional turn

At the Bynum place where Rita Durrum rides, Country life takes unconventional turn

Entertainment Featured Mount Pleasant
For a horse with mental issues, in the family of Essential Oil products is one of a molecular structure so...
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Horsemen Gather at cavalryman’s family’s reunion

Horsemen Gather at cavalryman’s family’s reunion

East Texas History Entertainment Featured Mount Pleasant
By Hudson old Journal publisher He was Jose Wales and John Wayne rolled into one, said Roger Mauzey,  a descendent...
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Radio patriarch’s ghost echoes through broadcast

Radio patriarch’s ghost echoes through broadcast

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By HUDSON OLD Journal Publisher Turn on, tune in, drop by. It’s not too late to get your name on...
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King family found momentary respite from war in 19th century Titus County

King family found momentary respite from war in 19th century Titus County

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John Henry King remembered the soldiers passing by his home at Boggy Creek in eastern Titus County on their way...
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Judge thanks city for fire protection deal

Judge thanks city for fire protection deal

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Titus County Judge Brian Lee came to say thanks when the Mt. Pleasant City Council unanimously approved a 10-year agreement...
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