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 'A History in Maps' tracks Methodist insurgents along ancient local roads
A thousand years back the Caddo built the first four-lane road, a route noted centuries later as the Cherokee Trace... more
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 A new generation takes a new look at Mt. Pleasant
with Vision 2020
Merchants and Planters bank, back in 1909, envisioned a heady future rising from the promise of fertile land... more
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 Wake
Trailing the Ship of One Pilgrim's Progress Pulls Along an American
Dream
Bo Pilgrim got his start with Wall Street in the usual way, running
away from home with nine hogs... more
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 Deal
Dairy Provides Elsie for Borden's
The
Deal family dairy in Franklin County makes more than milk. Their
jersey herd produces cattle the Borden Milk Company believes representative
of "Elsie," their long-standing advertising icon... more
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 Ladies
Only: A look at Main Street's new generation of sole proprietorships
Ignoring the path beaten by the bidness trail blazing
new frontiers in franchise and chain, processed and standardized
America.... more |
 Heritage
blends with a girlfriend's box of wine
Her status as an old girlfriend prior to her status as
a married person gives her the right to charm my socks off whenever
she gets the urge...And I'm easy.... more
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 She's
a salesman with nothing but a small Texas town that loves her
Selling is nothing more than directing consumer
attention what's good about life, believes Pollyanna Cavet...more
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 Gypsy
golf pro teaches lessons about life
Welcome to
my job. No, I'm goofing off. Rudy was waiting for me to swing. I
should go write. Yes! No! Hit the ball ball ball...
more |
 Mild-mannered
electronics wizard is an international RC flight guru
Work, sleep, fly. It's a good life, says Michael
Prewitt. ... more |
 Hurricane
blends church and state as Mt. Pleasant becomes "incredible"
This is an incomplete account of the resources of local
government, business and churches poured into a community stew....
more |
 Couple
breathes new life into vapors of the past
Rex and Patsy Lamb track ghosts from Tennessee to
the farms of Naples, Texas...more
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 There's
a grandpa between the covers
Like much about life, the title of 117 anecdotes became
a compromise - "Good Times Remembered," reads the cover.
"Cranford & Son," says the spine... more
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 Appraisals
Spark Texas Tax Party
Forget
Boston and skip the tea that sparked a revolution--Geezerplex property
appraisals have provoked the Texas tax party...
more |
 Understand
Your Appraisal Notice?
Anyone believing he understands the reasoning behind the
property value on his tax notice from the Titus County Appraisal
District hasn't had it sufficiently explained... more
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 Sailor
remembers soldiers lost
They saw the island...a mist above lush green forests,
white houses with red roofs bright against the palms. As they came
closer, the vision of paradise shifted... more
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 Food's
a fine place to study Latino culture
Fellow native East Texans--listen up. We've noticed a growing
Latino population in the Geezerplex, and we've vowed to check it
out, starting at Rehkopf's Super Mercado... more
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 The
strange burial of four soldiers
"Generations of my family carved headstones
in Pittsburg and they liked puzzling over the tale of the 'Catholic
Yankees,'" said Laura.... more
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 Sift
happens
Princess has dreams dashed on shore of 'transition year'
for show hogs... more |
 Citizen-sailor
documents D-Day
service
Above hang pictures of ships Les Ellison has sailed,
opening to scenes of oceans. There's a model of the tug he commanded
long ago. He's 83 this year.... more
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 Pittsburg
Tractor: the stage for Duke, who kept trying until he found a home
Duke died in February. He's
survived by everything continuing to draw breath. "He
was anybody's dog," Larry Shrum said....
more |
 Turn
on, tune in, dial up
Not since the fade of the CB radio craze has anything
on the air been as fun, or as useful as KIMP Radio's 9:05 a.m. Swap
Shop... more |
 Getting
down to the cultural thing
I used to think she was sad, but I think I missed that
one. More like cool. Serene? Throw that cultural thing in there,
too... more |
| Pioneer
gateway to Texas opened into web of Indian trails traversing region |
| Roadside
court was once a playground for a mischievous ghost |
| Craftsman
makes his mark with leather |
| Questions
converge at Titus County courthouse |
| New-era
entrepreneur links off-shore manufacturing with Pittsburg home |
| Fishermen
launch opportunity for utility to develop Lake Welsh reservoir |
| Prohibition
opened door to moonshine money that sustained Sugarhill settlers |
| It
was a banner year for the only Fortune 500 company located on Cypress
Creek |
| Street
pastor cashes in his earthly chips |
| Winning
coach's swan song caps inaugural Pilgrim's Pride Bowl Classic |
| Life's
road is a better trip when you take music along |
| Interim
chief's dream sets stage for city force that finds satisfaction
in its work |
| Stone
age men, ancient cultures, Texanna and box turtles get side-door
mental access |
| Letters,
memoirs and memories weave frontier tale of wilderness, war and
Texas |
| Prashant
Patel's American dream |
| State
accuses AEP's Titus County plant of massaging emission reports |
| Are
we trading integrity for an environmental power play? |
| New
building ordinance tests City Hall's facade of fair play |
| German
twist fits fine in Simpsonville country store's community chemistry |
| Lone
Ranger leads to full disclosure, changes in athletic program
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| Falling
objects launch new domino theory |
| Livestock,
equipment and characters merge at Pittsburg's weekly sale
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| Wildcat
gambler launched industries, development and dreams |
| Oil
boom drew new banker, new ideas to Mt. Pleasant |
| Ice
Cream Freeze Off |
| Geezerplex
BBQ |
| The
Apprentice |
| Low-carb
with a nutrient power punch |
| Working
Cowboy |
| A
Barbecue By Any Other Name |
| Texas
Missionaries in Honduras |
| Egg-citement! |
| Corn-Fed
in Cyberspace |
| A
Tex-Mex Authority in Jefferson |
| Trailing
Tranquil Cemetery |
|
100 Years Strong |
| East
Texas Radio History |
| Camp
County Vinyard |
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