Crystal Ice Plant
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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Mount Pleasant
Football paved the way for 1950’s MP team mates
one of two Tangerine Bowl championship plaques Billy collected playing for East Texas State.
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One-time paratrooper comes of age in move to MP
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
MT. PLEASANT — On his first morning off the county payroll, city Fire Chief Larry McRae said city facilities will
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Archives provide a history of hospitality, Hotel Stephens and fine dining at the corner of West 1st and Madison
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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What makes your heart go out ? and the reason behind Harold Logan’s mission in his home town
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
Reissued story from East Texas Journal December, 2015. In a 1996 Journal interview tracked down in 2006 by a dogged
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At the Bynum place where Rita Durrum rides, Country life takes unconventional turn
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
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
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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