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This Week in Texas History

The trigger-happy state police opened fire without warning on a crowd of Saturday shoppers in Brownwood on Aug. 19, 1871. In his inaugural address in April 1870, Republican Edmund J.

Letters to the editor

Dear Editor, I am Joe McGowen, I’m an American who was born in Texas during the Great Depression. My wife, Mary Kathryn, and I have owned property in Hamilton County

Addition to last week’s letter

Helpers at the Gary Wayne Schoen Memorial Golf Tournament were Judy & Jimmy Whitt, Terri Martin, Kaki & Jayson Whitt, Lisa & James Goerdel, Jessi & Clay Thornton, Russ Mentzer,

This Week in Texas History

At Bird’s Fort north of present-day Arlington, the Snively Expedition officially disbanded on Aug. 7, 1843 and the dispirited members went their separate ways. Seven tense years after San Jacinto,

Letters to the editor

Hon. Commissioners: I recall that a special interest group invaded a Commissioners Court meeting not long ago without having been listed on that day’s agenda, and successfully influenced your Court

Letters to the editor

A Letter for We the People: Our country is still in a nightmare from the interference of our last election by the Russians and it is still ongoing and other

Letter to the editor

Dear Editor, It isn’t enough to have the monuments currently on the Court House steps proclaiming how wonderful Christians are (you be best!) now we must add the God-given rules

Letter to the editor

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Dear Editor, The 2019 8U Machine Pitch Hamilton Bluebonnets would like to give a huge thank you to everyone that helped us get to the state tournament. Thank you to

This Week in Texas History

Elliott Roosevelt stepped off a passenger plane at the Chicago airport on Jul. 18, 1933 and into a swarm of reporters. Responding to the newshounds’ first question, the president’s 22

This Week in Texas History

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In the second mass escape in two weeks from the same Texas prison farm, eight more convicts bolted from infamous Eastham on Jul. 8, 1937. This was how the Associated