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01/06/2026

Fact or fiction: century old government study probed practice of water witching. “Here’s you a story, Chief,” he said, and pushed it to me. Noted on front of the envelope, “This is Dad’s divining rod.” Wayne’s mother wrote that. In a leather case inside the envelope, the metallic lengths of four rods about as thick as a kitchen match and something short of a foot long belonged to Wayne’s grandfather who died in 1949. Read the full story by clicking on the photo.

"Dad’s divining rod.” in a leather case inside the envelope, the metallic lengths of four rods about as thick as a kitchen match.

01/02/2026

Speeding whiskey runner loses 100 mph high speed chase in Northeast Texas. If you can figure out why an outlaw bent on slipping through Texas with an illegal load of whiskey would have come blowing by the 1950’s Y Motor Courts at Hughes Springs running a hundred miles an hour in the quiet dark of a rainy winter night, the story told here makes perfect sense. Read the full story by clicking on the photo.

Herman Washington was involved with “one of Oklahoma’s most famous syndicates in the bootlegging racket.”

12/30/2025

Judge brushed with bootleggers, madams, moonshiners and Dixie Mafia in East Texas. For 30 years he roamed the underbelly of 15 counties as the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Control’s man in East Texas. Times were different. Read the full story by clicking on the photo.

For 30 years he roamed the underbelly of 15 counties as the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Control’s man in East Texas. Times were different.

12/23/2025

Christmas open house features area school choirs at American National Bank. Carolers from area schools filled the lobby with music at American National Bank’s annual Christmas Open House, a tradition going back about 40 years.

The day featured performances by Kindlelight Preschool, AA’s Treehouse, Chapel Hill 4th and 5th grade, E.C. Brice Elementary, Vivian Fowler Elementary, Corprew Elementary, Harts Bluff Elementary, Harts Bluff Middle and Harts Bluff High School.

Bankers began breaking out decorations in November, said Denise Davis.

“It’s a group effort,” she said. “Everybody helps get ready.”
Look at pictures of all the carolers by clicking on this photo.

Carolers from area schools filled the lobby with music at American National Bank’s annual Christmas Open House, a tradition going back about 40 years.

12/17/2025

A Penny for Your Thoughts? The watchword in politics these days (at least this week) is affordability. What screams affordability louder than… the fact that the American economy no longer needs pennies to function? To be clear, we haven’t needed the penny for at least two decades – maybe longer. Read the full story by clicking on the photo.

What screams affordability louder than… the fact that the American economy no longer needs pennies to function?

12/16/2025

Thrill-seeking lawyer tests NTCC Mustang in grueling 2,000-mile race through Mexico. It was 1950 when Mexico celebrated completion of the 2,178 mile length of the Pan American Highway with a race intended to showcase the road from the Central American border with Guatemala to El Paso. Drivers from around the world represented every motor sport from Formula One to dragsters and stock cars. Read the full story by clicking on the photo.

1950 when Mexico celebrated completion of the 2,178 mile length of the Pan American Highway a race to showcase the road from the Central American border with Guatemala to El Paso.

12/11/2025

Historian traces Elvis to Mt. Pleasant, Texas performance in December, 1954. The King of Rock and Roll played the American Legion Hall. Read the full story by clicking on the photo.

From The East Texas Journal, December 2015 By Hudson Old, Publisher In a 1996 Journal interview tracked down in 2006

12/02/2025

Hughes Springs, Texas native ‘Dr. Pepper’. Dr. Marion ‘Pepper’ Jenkins and nurses administering a crystalloid solution at Parkland Memorial Hospital of Dallas around 1960. Dr. Jenkins pioneered the use of saline solutions for trauma and surgery patients in 1950. Read the full story by clicking on the photo.

Dr. Jenkins pioneered the use of saline solutions for trauma and surgery patients in 1950.

11/26/2025

Gum-chewing mule enjoys visitors, musician’s intelligent conversation. Mousy Bluefoot chews gum, enjoys intelligent conversation and is 40 times smarter than your average horse says the mule’s fine human, Lyle “Tex” Hanna. Read the full story by clicking on the photo.

Mousy Bluefoot chews gum, enjoys intelligent conversation and is 40 times smarter than your average horse says the mule’s fine human, Lyle “Tex” Hanna.

11/20/2025

There’s a place like this somewhere west of Mars. The Made in the Shade Boutique and Mining Sluice is a place where you can pan for real gemstones in the waterworks out back or chose an ensemble for your next Grateful Dead show. Read the full story by clicking on the photo.

Made in the Shade Boutique is a place where you can pan for real gemstones in the waterworks out back or chose an ensemble for your next Grateful Dead show.

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.

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.

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