ALL THIINGS HIISTORIICAL
Weeping Mary: a 140-year-old East Texas community
Bob Bowman
      Few town names in East Texas attract as much curiosity as Weeping Mary, a 140-year-old black community hidden away in the deep woods of western Cherokee County. Located on County Road 2907, off Texas Highway 21, five miles west of Alto, Weeping Mary was first settled after the Civil War by freed slaves from neighboring plantations.
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THIS WEEK IN TEXAS
End of Road for Bonnie, Clyde: America's most wanted couple
BY BARTEE HAILE
      Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker may still have believed on May 13, 1934 that they could stay on the run forever, but America's most wanted couple had just ten days of life left in them. The star-crossed lovers began their romance as teenagers in the crime-infested slums of West Dallas.
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City, state busy with right-of-way, other city signage infractions
Candidates asked to comply with laws, ordinances
      As it has been in the past, placing signs in city rights of way is a violation of city ordinance and state law. This is also true of political signs being placed in the right of way.
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30 years of press clippings a public service of the History Center
      ONE YEAR AGO Employees, friends and patrons of the T.L.L. Temple Memorial Library in Diboll witness the ground-breaking ceremony for the upcoming, multi-million dollar expansion project of the facility. Larry Bowman retires as director of the Lottie and Arthur Temple Civic Center in Diboll.
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