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Author Archives: In June of 1840 William Thomas Scott, his wife Mary Rose, and other members of their family settled in this area of East Texas. Scott established five cotton plantations, including his residence, Scottsville Plantation, which was constructed by slaves. His home was a replica of a mansion in Mississippi owned by Jefferson Davis. Scottsville was […]  In 1875, Nelson Smith purchased land with plans to build a college and a town. It is believed that the town’s name Belle Plain was in honor of Katie Belle Magee, the first child born in the town. By the next had a population of 55 and three businesses. In 1877 Callahan County was established […]  Located in the rolling hills between the West Fork of the Trinity River and Clear Fork of the Brazos River Fort Griffin was considered on of the wildest places in the Old West. On July 29, 1867 Fort Griffin was established by four companies of the Sixth Cavalry of the US Army to give settlers […]  Summer is here……..time for the Family Road Trip. Along with baseball, hotdogs, and apple pie there is nothing more American the the road trip. This summer (hopefully) millions of American will pack their bags, throw them in the trunk, load the kids in the back seat to begin the GREAT AMERICAN FAMILY ROAD TRIP. Some […]  Twenty years ago, an explosion ripped through the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, in Oklahoma City, at 9:02 in the morning. As a result of the actions of two cowards (not to be named in respect to the victims) 168 people, including 19 children, were killed and hundreds of others were injured. The attack stunned […] |
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