Wadel-Connally Hardware Company
By Sam Ferguson, Production Manager, East Texas Journal Burnet Wadel, born in 1863 at Summit, Miss., lived in Mt. Pleasant
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Cattleman recalled German POW camp
Above photo, Cattleman Fred Barker set up his morning headquarters at Linda Stinson’s Dairy Bar in Mt. Vernon. From East
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Hogue Pottery
By Sam Ferguson, Production Manager, East Texas Journal Hogue Pottery – The last Hogue Pottery was built in Mt. Pleasant
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There’s No Business, Like Show Business
From East Texas Journal, July 2023 Hollywood veteran Jack Canson skews heavily Silver Fox these days. It’s a role he’s
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Town gears up for arrival of the #819 Cotton Belt Star
From East Texas Journal, November 1993 By Hudson Old, Journal publisher Pittsburg, Texas – #819 Cotton Belt Star – It
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Miss Dorothy’s School of Music was Gray Rock’s last enterprise
Above photo, Miss Dorothy Long’s pooch, Annie could sing. Anybody who spent time at Miss Dorothy’s School of music learned
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Greyhound Bus Station
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
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
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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