Pat Tomberlain: A Life Rooted in East Texas History
Above Photo: A teacher, Pat Tomberlain insists that history matters, not as nostalgia, but as instruction. From The East Texas
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Richard Clark Brought Feathered Friends and Reptiles to Mt. Pleasant Ect. Mall
From The East Texas Journal, June 1995 MT. PLEASANT, TEXAS – If your elementary schooler’s been loose downtown for any
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1995 Mt. Pleasant Tigers Baseball: The Team That Learned to Hold the Rope
Above Photo: The Conroy family’s been tractor mechanics for as far back as most of Titus County can recall, but
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Earl Don Sweeney Visits Taqueria Miramar: Real Mexican Food!
Above Photo: The staff of Taqueria Miramar reacts as Earl Don Sweeney says in Spanish, for the first time, “Okay
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Ghost sign appears on town’s main street
PITTSBURG – Don’t hold your breath waiting for the arrival of the mob. There’s a narrow niche of Bull Durham
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Bull Durham shares space with Holman and Hall
With construction of their new downtown location completed in 1893, Holman and Hall opened selling hardware, furniture, wagons and buggies,
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Earl Don Sweeney Visits Vinyard’s Foods: An International Food Adventure in Mt. Pleasant
Above Photo: Vinyard’s Foods checker Barbara McNeil, from England, adds to the store’s international flavor. From The East Texas
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Underworld relaxed at Do Drop Inn
Above Photo: Do Drop Inn advertisement from December 24, 1941, MP Daily Times. From The East Texas Journal, July 2026
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First vision of coal riches vanished at Nodena
Above Photo: A German immigrant gambled and lost his Star Bakery (at left) betting on the firstcommercial attempt to mine
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Lead Belly’s Texas Roots: The DeKalb Story of Huddie Ledbetter
Above Photo: Joni Haldeman provided research documenting Lead Belly Ledbetter’s work as a sharecropper on the lamb, living under an
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