Daingerfield resident Marvin Watson changed course of American history in 1964 election
Reprinted from the East Texas Journal July 2016 Edition. MT. PLEASANT, TEXAS – In the November 25, 1964 Mt. Pleasant
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Lone Star Steel Company executive turns tide to LBJ at the unconventional Democratic convention of ’64
Lone Star Steel Reprinted from the East Texas Journal June 2013 Edition. Ed’s note: An ex-Marine who got into Texas
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Moonshine provided escape from poverty for Titus County whisky runner on the Back Roads to Dallas
Article reprinted from the East Texas Journal January, 2016 Edition. Back Roads to Dallas is now at the Mt. Pleasant
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Theories differ on Strangely formed boulder geology at Jakes Creek
From the East Texas Journal August 2011 MONTICELLO, TEXAS – The thing had occupied his mind again, so Oscar Hill
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Local homemakers develop world-class, creekside ceramics
Before Columbus, cutting edge Caddo homemakers here perfected ceramic dinnerware while the average European was still eating off wooden slabs.
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Betty Smith….West Side woman’s got it figured out
By HUDSON OLD Journal Publisher Time was, Betty Smith worked in cotton fields to make money for school clothes. Jerry
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World War II through the lens of a surgeon with a camera.
By HUDSON OLD Journal Publisher MT. VERNON, TEXAS – Listen: “I remember moments disconnected from the larger picture of the
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Don Meredith Exhibit…. Life takes a Mt. Vernon magic turn
MT. VERNON, TEXAS – The trail of this chapter of a larger tale story goes back 35 years to the
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Meredith’s Son Lands NFL Film for Home Team
MT. VERNON, TEXAS – Described the next day by Sports Illustrated’s Peter King as “one of the most interesting shows
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Sex and capitalism, politics and religion on tap for February film debut at college
Smoldering Wick: The Story of Mary Kay debuts at 7 p.m. February 16 at NTCC’s Whatley Center. Led by Dr.
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