East Texas History

Frome The East Texas Journal, November 2013 By Hudson old, Journal Publisher The only lawman to hang outlaws in Titus

  Above Photo, a Cookville native, Thomas Witt was an Army Air Force Major flying missions from a base in

Frome East Texas Journal, July 2008 By Hudson Old, Journal Publisher Pittsburg, Texas – Mrs. Johnnie Henderson’s skipping the “empty

From East Texas Journal, October 1994 By PAT HAMILTON, Journal Correspondent In his circus appearances. Colonel Henry Clay Thouston billed

From East Texas Journal, October 2013 By Hudson Old, Journal publisher CADDO LAKE — Jack Canson’s tale is strange even

From The East Texas Journal, October 2013 By Hudson Old, Journal Publisher   PORT JEFFERSON, TEXAS – One summer in the

From East Texas Journal, February 2025 By Hudson Old, Journal Publisher Editor’s Note: This story began with Harold Sanders 2012

 Above photo, a couple with a good ear for Texas stories, Carolyn and Mike McCrary are docents at the Williams

This photograph is said to show an elephant carrying a young George Holt across the Red River into Texas in

Photo above, townsfolk at Sulphur Bluff gather for a photo with the dancers and musicians before the Elder Family Show’s