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December
2005
Justiceburg
Texas - Subject:
Norm Cash
Justiceburg, TX was the birthplace of Norm Cash (11/10/1934 - 10/12/1986).
Cash,
a left-handed hitting first baseman, had a distinguished career in major league
baseball, with the Chicago White Sox (1958-1959) and Detroit Tigers (1960-1974).
Cash led the American League in batting in 1961, hitting .361 (he later admitted
to using a doctored bat for most of that season.) For most of the rest of his
career, he was primarily known as a power hitter for the Tigers; he finished with
377 career home runs, and was a key contributor on Detroit's 1968 World Championship
team.
Cash fell overboard while fishing in the Great Lakes on October 12,
1986, and drowned. - Regards, Bryan McGinnis, Beaumont, TX, December 30, 2005
Alto
Texas - Subject:
M.E. Church
Hi
My name is Sandy Owen and I live in Ontario Canada. My mother's late Uncle Charles
Mallory (her father's half brother) and his wife Cecelia lived in Alto for a number
of years. She died in the late 1930s and and Uncle Charles died in 1943 and they
are buried in Alto City Cemetery. They were members of the First Methodist Episcopal
Church in the town of Alto. Upon the death of his beloved wife, he stated in his
will that the Church would receive money annually for the upkeep and care of her
grave. He also had built a memorial gate at the cemetery in her memory. I am wondering
if this might be the same church and if the church still survives. My mother is
almost 87 years old and is trying to find as much info as she can regarding her
favourite uncle. Any information you could provide would be very much appreciated
so that I could pass it on to my mom. Thank you for any information you might
have and wish to forward. Sincerely Mrs. Sandy Owen, December 29, 2005
The
Aurora Incident
The
Aurora story is a total hoax as far as I'm concerned. I spent eight hours searching
at the cemetery where the alien is supposed to be buried and found nary a grave.
Even if the headstone had been stolen you would think that some one would put
something in it's place so people would at least know where he is buried. Plus
it is said that photos exist of the headstone but none are ever posted on the
internet. We have an eyewitness account that is completely false. The great granddaughter
of the woman who supposedly witnessed it said that her grandmother had said it
was a hoax at the time she was interviewed but instead it said she is quoted as
saying she remember it happening as though it was real. As for the newspaper article
in the Dallas Morning News I have searched their archives and no such article
exists or was ever written. The only thing about Aurora in that days paper is
the farm report. Also mentioned is the city's town square. Unless it was totally
demolished in the last few years it doesn't exist either. I drove every road in
and out of town and at some point I would have found the town square but never
did. This is a very small town. If traveling on highway 114 you pass through the
town in about 2:30 min and that's going 45 mph. I doubt one could miss a town
square. The newspaper article in all websites but two I've seen credit it to a
E.E. Hayden and on the other two the say it was written by a S.E. Haydon who was
an amateur writer who wrote the story as a fictional account to help revitalize
a dying community. I never found signs of an old military airfield although there
is a road in town that is called old base road which seems to [suggest] there
was some sort of base in the area. The town doesn't seem to be laid out in base
fashion - it just looks like a very small country town with a population of 376.
No town to speak of - just farms and houses no main street or town square. If
any one can give me better geographic info I would be glad to go out there again
and see what I can find because I could never find the "old Proctor place." If
someone knows where these things are send it to me and I'll investigate. - Tomy
Dudley, tomylee@rock.com, December 27, 2005
Bulcher
Texas
Regarding
the old Bulcher Center High School: I lived at Bulcher back in the early sixties.
No one went to school there. It was as dilapidated then, as it was in 2002 when
the first photos on your web site were taken. It was no longer in use after WWII,
Bulcher having become a ghost town. I imagine the old school was built around
1880. Cordially, Michael Busby December 27, 2005
Okay,
Texas is Not "the Friendly State"
Correction
for the "Don't
Mess with Oklahoma Either" article:
Your text: "Now, you must know that
Texas is the "Friendly State." That's the official motto and it's even been on
the licence plates." is incorrect. The "Friendly State" was suggested for license
plates, but the response from Texans was overwhelmingly AGAINST - and was withdrawn.
The Texas Motto is "Friendship" - get it right. Utah was "The Friendly State"
in 1948 - NOT Texas. Texas is "the Lone Star State" "Don't Mess with Texas" -
works fine for me. - Howard McCleskey, Victoria, Texas, December 27, 2005
Grapeland
Texas
I am
trying to speak with anyone in Grapeland about a Cemetery called Mackleroy. It
is old and abandoned but I have found through genealogy research that some of
my GGGrandparent are buried there. They were Weisingers who came to Grapeland
from Alabama around the 1850s. I had a general direction that this was located
somewhere on FM1272 out 9 miles ESE of Antrim cemetery. I went there on Thanksgiving
day but what houses were there, people were gone and there was no one to ask.
Any information on better directions would be greatly appreciated. - Jerry
Martin, December 26, 2005
A Roadrunner in Pecos
My dad and I were in Pecos December 13, 2005 - I saw this roadrunner behind
the courthouse and I took his
picture - he seemed very happy there. Merry Christmas, Sandy Whitson, December
21, 2005
Texas
Windmills
It [windmill in photo] was on our farm in Lubbock, Texas in the late 1930s and
early 1940s. The tank was a converted oilfield boiler manufactured by my father.
As six and seven year-old children, we would climb the windmill, scoot across
the small pipe, and swim in the tank. - Bob Walker, A Texan in Florida, December
20, 2005
Goldsmith
Texas
My dad worked for El Paso Natural Gas so we lived in the camp
about 1 mile west of town. I went to Goldsmith elementary for 2 years, then rode
the bus 21 miles to Crockett Jr. Hi. Then went to Odessa Hi until I quit and joined
the Navy in 1962. My brother and I had an Allstate scooter that we terrorize the
town with, we rode everywhere.
I think there was 3 grocery stores in town
then, one was owned by the Kirshners, not sure about the spelling, another one
was owned by Mr. Beecham, it was over next to the post office and beauty shop.
I had my first job in Goldsmith, washed cars at Mr. Morrrell's El Paso gas station,
I think he paid me 85 cents an hour. When Mr. Pack was the only police officer
in town, he went after us one day on our scooter, we went to the caleche pit,
but when we got home he was sitting on the porch talking to my dad. Went to bed
soar that night.
What a town, a lot of huge memories from such a small
town. The population those days was 618, but everyone forgets there was a lot
more than that in the camps, and on the oil leases. It was a great place to grow
up and explore the world. - Lee Bonds, Hesperia, California, December 20, 2005
Columbus
Texas
I don't
know where Columbus City Cemetery is.....never cared. But this great piece on
Live Oaks
and Dead Folks is fantastic! I will be planning a trip next year just for
this fun time. I love the writing style and the information makes it come alive
(so to speak). Please keep up the good work! I have found you and plan to read
and read and read...then maybe mosey on down the road a piece. - Sandy Knebel,
Garland....by way of Waxahachie, December 17, 2005
Three
Rivers Texas
I
am from there and I believe the last flood there was in the 1967 after hurricane
Beulah. In the 1980's (I believe it was the 80's...it could have started in the
late 70's) a levee was built around the city to keep it from flooding again. Also
diamond shamrock is now valero. Just a few things I wanted to point out. All in
all I really enjoy this website...great work! Thanks, Stacy Meeks, Austin,
December 15, 2005
McAdoo
Texas
My dad was 6
years old when his mom died. He remembers a man named Jesse Collins from McAdoo
who came to live with his Dad, Popa, and siblings to help take care of the children
while Popa worked to keep food on the table. Jesse stayed for a year or two and
the way I understand it is Jesse went back to McAdoo to live with a blind sister
who had taught school at McAdoo before she became blind. Is there anyone in McAdoo
that can help me identify or find Jesse Collins? I will appreciate any help anyone
can give me. Sincerely, Pat Sellers, December 15, 2005
Prada
Marfa
WE
WANT SUCH A SCULPTURE HERE IN OUDTSHOORN - IN THE SEMI DESERT VALLEY OF THE SWARTBERG
MOUNTAINS!!!! - Sunny
regards, Petra, Oudtshoorn, South Africa, December 13, 2005
Port
Arthur Bridge
Please see the attached Picture of the Gulfgate
Bridge in Port Arthur
over the Sabine-Neches Ship Canal. The Bridge only has a 136 vertical Clearance
and is a restriction to the Height of which a ship can safely pass under. I thought
this picture may be a little more visual of the bridge than the current picture
on the website. Cheers, Capt. David R. Byrnes, Sabine Pilots, December 09,
2005
Porterville
Texas
The
Porterville Temple Theater photo was taken in downtown Porterville in the early
1900s and shows the Temple Theater in the background. The ladies in the wagon
most likely are Capitola (Newton) Goodrich and her younger sister Celinda Newton.
The Newton Girls were born and raised in Eaton County, Michigan. Porterville's
school teacher Miss Celinda Newton returned to her home town in Eaton County,
Michigan. Mrs Goodrich and her husband, lived their lives in Loving County, Texas.
They are buried in Charlotte, Eaton County Michigan. - Larry Randall, Springport,
Michigan, December 08, 2005
Burleson
Texas
The
three attached pictures
are, one, of the Interurban Depot circa 1921 and the other of Mrs. R.G.K. Deering
at Burleson’s circa 1923 linotype after the final edition of the long-running
Burleson Dispatcher newspaper in 1985. The paper ran in the building in the first
picture from roughly 1935-1985. The building has been remodeled and is home to
the Burleson Heritage Foundation’s Visitor’s Center & Museum as seen in picture
number three. The building is the site of Burleson’s first concrete floor, which
is still there, and the first electric light bulb. The Burleson Heritage Foundation
is restoring Interurban Express Car #330.
On the second Saturday of each
October, Burleson holds Founder’s Day, a large celebration of Burleson Heritage
and Culture. - Thanks, Robert Griffith, Burleson, Texas, December 06, 2005
Voca
Texas
I was born in Brady,TX in May of 1944 and all of the best memories
was in Voca staying with my grandparents Cal and Nancy Willis, me and my grandmother
sitting on the front gate after my grandfather passed away waiting for Jack and
Monetta Edmiston to drive by and pick us up so we could go to church on Sundays
and Wednesday nights. My aunt and uncle was Elgin and Bevo McLerran. Sincerely
- Wilfred C Speck JR, December 06, 2005
Taylor
Texas
My
father James Vester Taylor was born and grew up there. His father, Christopher
Columbus Taylor, married to Mary Alice Taylor had a cotton farm there for their
adult life. My father told me that we were descendents of the naming Taylor, but
he is since deceased and I have no further information. Your site brought back
memories. - Vera (Taylor), Seattle, Washington, December 04, 2005
Sugar
Creek Covered Bridge
I stopped and took a pic of the bridge
with our first snowfall in Central IL. Thanks - Justin Skinner, December
02, 2005
Vance
Texas
I
lived in Vance for about 10 years. I heard all the stories about one of the men
who robbed that bank being buried with his treasure around where our house was.
I explored everyday for about 5 years looking for anything out of the ordinary.
My great-uncle claimed that he actually located a wealth of treasure but was forced
to leave it and never returned for some reason unknown to us. I did locate a fenced
off area that was about the size of a grave, metal detectors didn't indicate anything.
I did however find a ton of arrowheads.
The cemetery is pretty old and
very interesting to walk through. I am glad you are doing this. Keep Up the Good
Work - C Mitchel, December 01, 2005 |
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