East Texas History

From East Texas Journal, February 1994 By Hudson Old, Journal publisher Talco, Texas – The last oil boom in Texas

By Sam Ferguson, Production Manager, East Texas Journal Ripley Townsite Company had filed its charter in Austin, Texas July 26,

Mount Pleasant Oil Mill By Sam Ferguson, Production Manager, East Texas Journal “The $35,000 necessary to build the Mount Pleasant

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