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The Moving Wall – Talco Historical Museum Photos

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 Beverly Jane Peatross booked for East Texas return

Homegrown opera star Beverly Jane Peatross 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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Mills Flowers: Flower power fuels repurposed 70’s majorette

Mills Flowers: Flower power fuels repurposed 70’s majorette

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By HUDSON OLDJournal Publisher MT. PLEASANT, TEXAS - Opening with a halftime show featuring the twirling and dancing majorette line...
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The Night the Stars Fell, Pioneer reels in Southern Belle

The Night the Stars Fell, 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 Ricky Harris comes of age in move to Mt. Pleasant

One-time paratrooper Ricky Harris comes of age in move to Mt. Pleasant

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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 Fire Chief overplays city’s hand

County pulls back as Fire Chief overplays city’s hand

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MT. PLEASANT, TEXAS - On his first morning off the county payroll, city Fire Chief Larry McRae said city facilities will...
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Titus County during Prohibition, Personal code pitted farmer against lawman

Titus County during Prohibition, 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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Bandit Truck By Allen Herald Special to the Journal Just north of Downtown Mt. Pleasant, there lies an unassuming white...
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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

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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, Texas

Center Point, Texas

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By Hudson Old Eastern Camp County, Texas, 1948 – It wasn’t that business at Albert Hamilton’s syrup mill wasn’t what...
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What makes your heart go out ? and the reason behind Harold Logan his mission in his home town

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

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  Harold Logan By HUDSON OLD Journal Publisher Reprinted from the East Texas Journal April 1995 Edition Among the mysteries...
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Historian Traces Elvis to Mt. Pleasant performance in December, 1954

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

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Reissued story from East Texas Journal December, 2015. MT. PLEASANT, TEXAS- In a 1996 Journal interview tracked down in 2006...
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1854 news account describes Peter Ringo family as ‘passionate, domineering and dangerous’

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

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HAGANSPORT, TEXAS – As the crow flies, this is the closest town to the place just downstream of the confluence...
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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

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For a horse with mental issues, in the family of Essential Oil products is one of a molecular structure so...
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