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Cajun immigrant adds Atchafalaya holiday tradition to home at Nelta, Texas. Back on the Atchafalaya, Louisiana, the Grem...
11/18/2025

Cajun immigrant adds Atchafalaya holiday tradition to home at Nelta, Texas. Back on the Atchafalaya, Louisiana, the Gremillion family Christmas tradition included the butchering of three suckling pigs dressed with the head on, eyes and ears removed, skull cleaned. They saved and washed the stomach, stuffed it with dirty rice. Read the full story by clicking on the photo.

Atchafalaya, Louisiana, the Gremillion family Christmas tradition included the butchering of three suckling pigs dressed with the head on.

Local railway’s lasting legacy lives on. Paris and Mt. Pleasant Railroad was completed in two parts. Construction of sec...
11/04/2025

Local railway’s lasting legacy lives on. Paris and Mt. Pleasant Railroad was completed in two parts. Construction of section one from Paris to Bogata began in 1909 and was completed in 1910. read the full story by clicking on the photo.

Paris and Mt. Pleasant Railroad was completed in two parts. Construction of section one from Paris to Bogata began in 1909 and was completed in 1910.

Mt. Pleasant, Texas CCC Camp built at Edwards Park donated by the Sheriff Colonel Bill Edwards who brought an end to out...
10/31/2025

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. Read the full story by clicking on the photo.

The only lawman to hang outlaws in Titus County gave the city land for its first public park, land that became the site of Mt. Pleasant’s CCC camp in 1935

Hero’s death marked passage of a family whose fortunes mirrored Cookville, Texas rise and fall. Years would pass before ...
10/28/2025

Hero’s death marked passage of a family whose fortunes mirrored Cookville, Texas rise and fall. Years would pass before she learned the rest of the story and understood why the family had preserved the handprint of a child nearly a century before. Read the full story by clicking on the photo.

Years would pass before she learned the rest of the story and understood why the family had preserved the handprint of a child nearly a century before.

Mrs. Johnnie Henderson’s place on Walker Street offers summer sanctuary. “The man would come in a truck,” she said. “W...
10/21/2025

Mrs. Johnnie Henderson’s place on Walker Street offers summer sanctuary. “The man would come in a truck,” she said. “We’d ride on back half the day out to Nevada, north of Caddo Mills. I could pick a thousand pounds a day.” Read the full story by clicking on the photo.

“The man would come in a truck,” she said. “We’d ride on back half the day out to Nevada, north of Caddo Mills. I could pick a thousand pounds a day.”

Last home of World’s tallest man (Henry Clay Thouston) to be restored. In his circus appearances. Colonel Henry Clay ...
10/17/2025

Last home of World’s tallest man (Henry Clay Thouston) to be restored. In his circus appearances. Colonel Henry Clay Thouston billed himself as the tallest man in the world. Read the full story by clicking on the photo.

In his circus appearances. Colonel Henry Clay Thouston billed himself as the tallest man in the world.

Lament for a Lady: The Obituary or Caddo Lake and Other Fairey Tales. “Steam engines chuffing, rattling and hammering th...
10/14/2025

Lament for a Lady: The Obituary or Caddo Lake and Other Fairey Tales. “Steam engines chuffing, rattling and hammering the syncopated rhythms of the rising industrial age in Northeast Texas were new sounds that made their way into music,” Mr. Canson said.

Mr. Canson opening story emerged from the shore of a lake described by writer Margaret McClung as “the brooding and majestic silence of Caddo Lake.”

Price of salt in Titus County saw ten-fold increase when drought dried up the river. Read all about it by clicking on...
10/10/2025

Price of salt in Titus County saw ten-fold increase when drought dried up the river. Read all about it by clicking on the photo.

From The East Texas Journal, October 2013 By Hudson Old, Journal Publisher PORT JEFFERSON, TEXAS – One summer in the

Ralph Sanders publicity stunt marked an era of a legendary bull ride from Brownsville, Texas to the Brooklyn Bridge. ...
10/07/2025

Ralph Sanders publicity stunt marked an era of a legendary bull ride from Brownsville, Texas to the Brooklyn Bridge. Read all about it by clicking on the photo.

“Here’s the tale of a Texas Cowboy, Ralph Sanders, who took the bull by the horns and held on all the way from Brownsville to the Brooklyn Bridge,

The unsung heroes of Anzio. Physician’s diary recalls sense of despair with Allied armies penned five months on WWII It...
10/03/2025

The unsung heroes of Anzio. Physician’s diary recalls sense of despair with Allied armies penned five months on WWII Italian beach. read all about it by clicking on the photo.

“I remember moments disconnected from the larger picture of the war,” said Dr. Jabez Galt. Through the years of World War II, he was a battlefield surgeon.

Texas frontier fueled Methodist rebellion. Read all about the story of a Methodist pastor who defied Spanish rule when...
09/30/2025

Texas frontier fueled Methodist rebellion. Read all about the story of a Methodist pastor who defied Spanish rule when he crossed the Red River following a trail blazed by an 18th century French expedition through Daphne Prairie into present-day Franklin County, by clicking on the picture.

Methodist pastor who defied Spanish rule when he crossed the Red River following a trail blazed by an 18th century French expedition.

Titus County namesake statesman Andrew Jackson Titus surfaces on Red River near DeKalb, Texas. Read all about it by cli...
09/19/2025

Titus County namesake statesman Andrew Jackson Titus surfaces on Red River near DeKalb, Texas. Read all about it by clicking on the photo.

Titus County's Andrew Jackson Titus surfaced amid news clippings and Republic of Texas records, a paper trail into East Texas at the Williams House Museum.

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