East Texas History

By HUDSON OLDJournal Publisher He gave us fire.Not a scout fire, not a bonfire — the woods on fire, a

Above photo, Glen Slaughter played for Catfish Smith, an athlete and coach who played semi-pro ball for the Mt. Pleasant

Above photo’ the centerfold shot of his Aggie Yearbook featured Robert Caskey’s A&M roommate tackling SMU quarterback Don Meredith at

Above photo, meat wasn’t a staple when Alfred Cox was one of 13 children growing up on Titus County tenant

Above photo, Morris Rolston, Marvin Coffee and Bugs Cross played for the Mt. Pleasant Cubs, a sandlot semipro baseball club

  Above photo, World War II interrupted the coaching career Sam Parker resumed in 1946 when he came home to

Above photo, if you can figure out why an outlaw bent on slipping through Texas with an illegal load of

From The Eat Texas Journal By Hudson Old, Publisher They worked the same arena. They knew the same players, on

Above photo, Dr. Marion ‘Pepper’ Jenkins and nurses administering a crystalloid solution at Parkland Memorial Hospital of Dallas around 1960.

Above photo, at over 100 years old, Engine 316 is still in active service on the Texas State Railroad line.