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Cemetery Wanderings
I had a really neat experience this past summer (2009); troubling in some ways but really neat and gratifying. I urge our members to make a similar effort at visiting burial grounds. I come by the appreciation of cemeteries in a natural sort of way.
Continue ReadingOn Rutherford Ties
At the opening reception of the Rutherford Photography Exhibit, your president will exhibit a letter; two sheets of Rutherford Drug Store stationery from the 1890s – framed under glass.
Continue ReadingReminder of the Upcoming Meeting & Reflections on Foods
I hate to start naming names. When I name names I manage to forget someone. But I have to name a name. We’ve needed door prizes over and over for historical association meetings.
Continue ReadingOn Food and Holidays and Memories through Still-Remembered Voices
William Humphrey has a beautiful passage in THE ORDWAYS, his novel set in Red River County just north of us. He is reminiscing about the Civil War and the continuing validity and importance of the war… from the perspective of the 1930’s setting of the novel.
Continue ReadingThe East Texas Historical Association
You might consider membership in this regional organization, The East Texas Historical Association. They produce a very scholarly quarterly journal.
Continue ReadingMembership in the FCHA
What you read here will also be printed in the upcoming FCHA newsletter. Please read it as a plea for a renewal of dues to save our organization sending a separate mailer in January and save us the cost of printing the plea and the postage for the plea.
Continue ReadingFCHA and the 10 Percent Challenge
Mount Vernon’s “10% Challenge” will kick off with a brown bag luncheon at the City Hall downtown at noon, Thursday, October 1. Bring a brown bag; drinks will be provided.
Continue ReadingHelp for the Horse-Drawn Implements
Help. And then I repeat, help. We have a great collection of mule drawn farm equipment. A real variety. Stalk cutters from the time when you harvested the corn and then cut the stalks for livestock feed.
Continue ReadingItems of Interest
Have you checked out the actual Republic of Texas currency in the frames on the walls in the downstairs of the Fire Station Museum?
Continue ReadingHelp Needed for the Telegraphy Exhibit
Who is going to step up to the plate and oversee the telegraphy exhibit in the depot. Bob Ford was a great volunteer. He had the exhibit worked up; worked up an explanatory brochure and had batteries set up to power the telegraph. He may have even known a bit of Morse code.
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