One-time Wells Fargo driver Spearman recalled grandmother’s tale of Civil War Georgia
From East Texas Journal, February 1994 By Hudson Old, Journal publisher A hundred and thirty-one years back, less a few
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Piggly Wiggly, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
By Sam Ferguson, Production Manager, East Texas Journal Piggly Wiggly – The last Piggly Wiggly in Mt. Pleasant was built
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Bootstrap manufacturing boomed in rural Titus County community
Above photo, Cookville’s Steve Adkison shoes “Dunny,” for Gary Maples. Industries in the rural Titus County Community of Cookville used
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O. C. Falls Blacksmith Shop
The town’s last blacksmith drove a new Buick, had a summer weekend home on Glass Club Lake and the first
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Rebel lived life on his terms
From East Texas Journal, December 1999 By HUDSON OLD, Journal Publisher PROLOGUE “You really voted for him?” Glenn Justiss
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Wadel-Connally Hardware Company
By Sam Ferguson, Production Manager, East Texas Journal Burnet Wadel, born in 1863 at Summit, Miss., lived in Mt. Pleasant
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Cattleman recalled German POW camp
Above photo, Cattleman Fred Barker set up his morning headquarters at Linda Stinson’s Dairy Bar in Mt. Vernon. From East
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Hogue Pottery
By Sam Ferguson, Production Manager, East Texas Journal Hogue Pottery – The last Hogue Pottery was built in Mt. Pleasant
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There’s No Business, Like Show Business
From East Texas Journal, July 2023 Hollywood veteran Jack Canson skews heavily Silver Fox these days. It’s a role he’s
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Town gears up for arrival of the #819 Cotton Belt Star
From East Texas Journal, November 1993 By Hudson Old, Journal publisher Pittsburg, Texas – #819 Cotton Belt Star – It
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