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Thrill-seeking lawyer tests NTCC Mustang in grueling 2,000-mile race through Mexico

Thrill-seeking lawyer tests NTCC Mustang in grueling 2,000-mile race through Mexico

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Above Photo, crowds welcoming racers packed the streets of towns along the 2,000-mile route of the La Carrera Panamericana race....
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Historian traces Elvis to Mt. Pleasant, Texas performance in December, 1954

Historian traces Elvis to Mt. Pleasant, Texas performance in December, 1954

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From The East Texas Journal, December 2015 By Hudson Old, Publisher In a 1996 Journal interview tracked down in 2006...
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Hughes Springs, Texas native ‘Dr. Pepper’

Hughes Springs, Texas native ‘Dr. Pepper’

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Above photo, Dr. Marion ‘Pepper’ Jenkins and nurses administering a crystalloid solution at Parkland Memorial Hospital of Dallas around 1960....
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Gum-chewing mule enjoys visitors, musician’s intelligent conversation

Gum-chewing mule enjoys visitors, musician’s intelligent conversation

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From The East Texas Journal, July 2008 By Hudson Old, Publisher   His mule’s name is Mousy Bluefoot and it’s...
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There’s a place like this somewhere west of Mars

There’s a place like this somewhere west of Mars

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Above Photo, a natural non-conformist, Angie Hudson brings a counter-culture twist to the ante-bellum capital of Texas. JEFFERSON, TEXAS -- I...
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Cajun immigrant adds Atchafalaya holiday tradition to home at Nelta, Texas

Cajun immigrant adds Atchafalaya holiday tradition to home at Nelta, Texas

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From The East Texas Journal, December 2013 EditiBy Hudson Old, Publisher NELTA,TEXAS –Back on the Atchafalaya, Louisiana, the Gremillion family...
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Local railway’s lasting legacy lives on

Local railway’s lasting legacy lives on

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Above photo, at over 100 years old, Engine 316 is still in active service on the Texas State Railroad line....
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Mt. Pleasant, Texas CCC Camp built at Edwards Park donated by the Sheriff Colonel Bill Edwards who brought an end to outlaw era after Civil War

Mt. Pleasant, Texas CCC Camp built at Edwards Park donated by the Sheriff Colonel Bill Edwards who brought an end to outlaw era after Civil War

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Frome The East Texas Journal, November 2013 By Hudson old, Journal Publisher The only lawman to hang outlaws in Titus...
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Hero’s death marked passage of a family whose fortunes mirrored Cookville, Texas rise and fall

Hero’s death marked passage of a family whose fortunes mirrored Cookville, Texas rise and fall

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  Above Photo, a Cookville native, Thomas Witt was an Army Air Force Major flying missions from a base in...
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Mrs. Johnnie Henderson’s place on Walker Street offers summer sanctuary

Mrs. Johnnie Henderson’s place on Walker Street offers summer sanctuary

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Frome East Texas Journal, July 2008 By Hudson Old, Journal Publisher Pittsburg, Texas - Mrs. Johnnie Henderson’s skipping the “empty...
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Last home of World’s tallest man (Henry Clay Thouston) to be restored

Last home of World’s tallest man (Henry Clay Thouston) to be restored

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From East Texas Journal, October 1994 By PAT HAMILTON, Journal Correspondent In his circus appearances. Colonel Henry Clay Thouston billed...
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Lament for a Lady: The Obituary or Caddo Lake and Other Fairey Tales

Lament for a Lady: The Obituary or Caddo Lake and Other Fairey Tales

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From East Texas Journal, October 2013 By Hudson Old, Journal publisher CADDO LAKE -- Jack Canson’s tale is strange even...
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Price of salt in Titus County saw ten-fold increase when drought dried up the river

Price of salt in Titus County saw ten-fold increase when drought dried up the river

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From The East Texas Journal, October 2013 By Hudson Old, Journal Publisher   PORT JEFFERSON, TEXAS – One summer in the...
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Ralph Sanders bull ride from Brownsville, Texas to the Brooklyn Bridge

Ralph Sanders bull ride from Brownsville, Texas to the Brooklyn Bridge

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From East Texas Journal, February 2025 By Hudson Old, Journal Publisher Editor's Note: This story began with Harold Sanders 2012...
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The unsung heroes of Anzio

The unsung heroes of Anzio

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Physician’s diary recalls sense of despair with Allied armies penned five months on WWII Italian beach. By HUDSON OLD Journal...
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