Daingerfield resident 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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East Texas History
Steel company executive turns tide to LBJ at the unconventional Democratic convention of ’64
Reprinted from the East Texas Journal June 2013 Edition. Ed’s note: An ex-Marine who got into Texas politics following World
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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 strange 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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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 – Listen: “I remember moments disconnected from the larger picture of the war,”
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Life takes a Mt. Vernon magic turn
MT. VERNON – The trail of this chapter of a larger tale story goes back 35 years to the moment
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Meredith’s Son Lands NFL Film for Home Team
MT. VERNON – Described the next day by Sports Illustrated’s Peter King as “one of the most interesting shows in
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Titus County namesake statesman surfaces on Red River near DeKalb
DeKALB – Titus County namesake Andrew Jackson Titus surfaced amid news clippings and Republic of Texas records, a paper trail
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