East Texas History

From East Texas Journal, February 1994 By Hudson Old, Journal publisher A hundred and thirty-one years back, less a few

The town’s last blacksmith drove a new Buick, had a summer weekend home on Glass Club Lake and the first

From East Texas Journal, December 1999 By HUDSON OLD, Journal Publisher   PROLOGUE “You really voted for him?” Glenn Justiss

By Sam Ferguson, Production Manager, East Texas Journal Burnet Wadel, born in 1863 at Summit, Miss., lived in Mt. Pleasant

Above photo, Cattleman Fred Barker set up his morning headquarters at Linda Stinson’s Dairy Bar in Mt. Vernon. From East

By Sam Ferguson, Production Manager, East Texas Journal Hogue Pottery – The last Hogue Pottery was built in Mt. Pleasant

From East Texas Journal, November 1993 By Hudson Old, Journal publisher Pittsburg, Texas – #819 Cotton Belt Star – It

By Sam Ferguson, Production Manager, East Texas Journal   Mt. Pleasant Safeway in was built in 1958 at 1201 North

The Greyhound Bus Station was built in 1946 at 201 South Jefferson and East Alabama, where one of Guaranty Bank

Above photo is from the Lynch Harper collection, when this frame was shot, the rent for operators leasing full-service locations