Blog
On Historical Veracity
I hate to think back to the year 1973, some major debacle. Well, not exactly. The City of Mt. Vernon celebrated its 125th anniversary in 1973.
Continue ReadingA Tribute to the Burtons, to Facebook Publicity, and to Our Membership in General
I don’t do Facebook. I kind of get it but I’m past it. But I keep encountering member Alyssa Burton at events.
Continue ReadingMusing on Our Grasses
The famed Texas Naturalist Roy Bedichek writes of conservation in the 1940’s. If you read his ADVENTURES WITH A TEXAS NATURALIST you’ll find he’s right on target.
Continue ReadingA Tribute to Ric Elliott
Franklin County lost a friend on August 16, 2016, with the passing of Ric Elliott (MVHS '71). He lived and worked for forty years in the Metroplex.
Continue ReadingOn Books & Cooking
I’ve been cooking candy (one good thing about this drought – the good atmospheric conditions for candy and bread making).
Continue ReadingOn Gardening & Our Health
Mariana Greene has written a column for the Dallas Morning News called “Gardening Fool” for several years and I’ve always found it delightful.
Continue ReadingFirst National Bank
We know that the First National Bank of Mt. Vernon is organized in 1900. Kenneth Greer has done phenomenal research.
Continue ReadingReal People Telling Real Stories
Recently a friend forwarded an eBay notice of an item for sale. The item was being sold from someone in connection with other items from Grayson County, Texas, a portrait of a young woman identified as Macie (sic) Devall, Mt. Vernon, Texas.
Continue ReadingWalls around the Square
You know, sometimes, things are under your nose but you just don’t remember. And, I respond in my solo mutterings back to myself “but I’m not so old as to be forgetful yet.”
Continue ReadingPonderings
I’m always surprised at the families that have passed through Mt. Vernon and Franklin County. John Bradberry sent me an article from the September 2013 issue of the Hopkins County Genealogical Society quarterly newsletter on the Baccus Boys.
Continue Reading
