Judge brushed with bootleggers and Dixie Mafia in East Texas
From The Eat Texas Journal By Hudson Old, Publisher They worked the same arena. They knew the same players, on
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A Penny for Your Thoughts?
By Mark LeeSpecial to the Journal The watchword in politics these days (at least this week) is affordability. What screams
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Mustang in grueling 2,000-mile La Carrera Panamericana race through Mexico
Above Photo, crowds welcoming racers packed the streets of towns along the 2,000-mile route of the La Carrera Panamericana race.
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Hughes Springs, Texas native Dr. Marion ‘Pepper’ Jenkins
Above photo, Dr. Marion ‘Pepper’ Jenkins and nurses administering a crystalloid solution at Parkland Memorial Hospital of Dallas around 1960.
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Gum chewing mule enjoys visitors, musician’s intelligent conversation
From The East Texas Journal, July 2008 By Hudson Old, Publisher His Gum chewing mule’s name is Mousy Bluefoot
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Made in the Shade Boutique, There’s a place like this somewhere west of Mars
Above Photo, a natural non-conformist, Angie Hudson brings a counter-culture twist to the ante-bellum capital of Texas. JEFFERSON, TEXAS — I
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Cajun immigrant adds Atchafalaya holiday tradition to home at Nelta, Texas
From The East Texas Journal, December 2013 EditiBy Hudson Old, Publisher NELTA,TEXAS –Back on the Atchafalaya, Louisiana, the Gremillion family
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Local railway’s lasting legacy lives on
Above photo, at over 100 years old, Engine 316 is still in active service on the Texas State Railroad line.
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Mt. Pleasant, Texas CCC Camp built at Edwards Park donated by the Sheriff Colonel Bill Edwards who brought an end to outlaw era after Civil War
Frome The East Texas Journal, November 2013 By Hudson old, Journal Publisher The only lawman to hang outlaws in Titus
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Hero Thomas Witt’s death marked passage of a family
Above Photo, a Cookville native, Thomas Witt was an Army Air Force Major flying missions from a base in
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