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Roots of cultural ties splinter into Pittsburg Community

Roots of cultural ties splinter into Pittsburg Community

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Above Photo: Robert Mitchell and Roosevelt Fleming are in-laws who have lived together since Robert’s daughter married Rose 66 years...
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Dallas attorney buys ’80 acres of Prozac’ of Franklin County land

Dallas attorney buys ’80 acres of Prozac’ of Franklin County land

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Above Photo: Since buying a tract of Franklin County land with an old farmhouse, David Weatherbie's research has introduced him...
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Flucke line-up changes fuel team’s climb to 1966 conference crown

Flucke line-up changes fuel team’s climb to 1966 conference crown

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Ernie McAnally named to Paris Hall of Fame Above Photo: Ernie McAnally, center, is congratulated after driving in the winning...
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Wells-Lamont glove factory made metro news in 1951

Wells-Lamont glove factory made metro news in 1951

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MT. VERNON, TEXAS-The construction of an industrial building so big it would stretch “from Lowry’s building to the variety store...
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Hee Haw plays to packed house

Hee Haw plays to packed house

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By Hudson Old East Texas Journal Publisher PITTSBURG, TEXAS – This wasn’t just another Saturday night, but showtime for a...
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Patriarch tells of gambling and bootlegging on Beula King’s Hill

Patriarch tells of gambling and bootlegging on Beula King’s Hill

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Above photo, at left is new development that’s surged during the administration of Mayor Tracy Craig in the old “Sunrise”...
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Gypsy follows navy family’s Texas voyage

Gypsy follows navy family’s Texas voyage

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Above photo, once upon a Dallas city bus, when Samantha and Jordan finish it’ll be a two bedroom bath and...
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Omaha, Texas Museum: A possum that’s going to be eaten should be taken alive

Omaha, Texas Museum: A possum that’s going to be eaten should be taken alive

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From The East Texas Journal, July 2022 By HUDSON OLD, Publisher OMAHA, TEXAS – The two strangers who came in...
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10 MPG Boondock bus connects ‘divine appointments’

10 MPG Boondock bus connects ‘divine appointments’

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Above photo, the rough cedar siding covers the insulation Michael Bannister installed during the year he worked retrofitting a school...
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‘61 tornado ripped through Texas

‘61 tornado ripped through Texas

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Above photo: Dorothy Doss stands at the door of a home the American Red Cross built for her family after...
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Pittsburg’s Hee-Haw books April Show

Pittsburg’s Hee-Haw books April Show

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A Camp-county Rendition of Hee-Haw’s one-night show will open at 7 p.m. April 11 at the Pittsburg High School Auditorium....
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‘I didn’t kill anybody,’ said defendant who risked death penalty

‘I didn’t kill anybody,’ said defendant who risked death penalty

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Above photo, coming out of a bummer year of radiation, chemo and the loss of her mentor and law partner...
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Artist, Linda Lucas Hardy mid-life charge earns international fame

Artist, Linda Lucas Hardy mid-life charge earns international fame

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Above photo, Linda Lucas Hardy poses with her cover illustration for one of 17 books featuring her work. She’s been...
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Wagon train brought Baptist pioneers west

Wagon train brought Baptist pioneers west

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Above photo, in the 1930’s, the Gladewater Baptist Church baptized at “the Cotton Gin Pool” near Crooks Store. From The...
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Mt. Vernon, Texas Jail break sparks shoot out

Mt. Vernon, Texas Jail break sparks shoot out

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From The East Texas Journal, March 2022 By Hudson Old, Publisher Ed’s note: The following story of the reign and...
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