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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

East Texas History Featured Mount Pleasant
  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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Horsemen Gather at cavalryman’s family’s reunion

Horsemen Gather at cavalryman’s family’s reunion

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By Hudson old Journal publisher John Riley Ellis He was Jose Wales and John Wayne rolled into one, said Roger...
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Winston Ward radio patriarch’s ghost echoes through broadcast

Winston Ward radio patriarch’s ghost echoes through broadcast

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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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John Henry King family found momentary respite from war in 19th century Titus County

John Henry King family found momentary respite from war in 19th century Titus County

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John Henry King remembered the soldiers passing by his home at Boggy Creek in eastern Titus County on their way...
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Judge thanks city for fire protection deal

Judge thanks city for fire protection deal

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Titus County Judge Brian Lee came to say thanks when the Mt. Pleasant City Council unanimously approved a 10-year agreement...
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P. D. Thornton, Sr

P. D. Thornton, Sr

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Special to the Journal Synopsis by Donna K. White from an interview with P. D. Thornton, Sr. in 1979. I...
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