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THIS WEEK IN TEXAS
1902 tornado tears up Goliad, is still remembered today
BY BARTEE HAILE
      A boiling black cloud rolled into Goliad on May 18, 1902, rattling windows with earsplitting thunderclaps and pelting the historic town with huge hailstones. But the worst was yet to come from the killer storm.
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ALL THINGS HISTORICAL
Peter Ellis Bean one in a handful of colorful characters
Archie P. McDonald
      The American frontier produced many colorful characters, including Peter Ellis Bean. Bean was born in Bean Station, Tennessee, on June 8, 1783. As a youth of seventeen, Bean joined Philip Nolan on expeditions to the Texas central plains to capture mustang horses, then drive them to the Mississipp...
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30 years of press clippings a public service of the History Center
      ONE YEAR AGO A total of 355 pounds of non-perishable food items are collected during food drive campaign at the Diboll Curves location during the months of March and April. One-half of the food is donated to Diboll Christian Outreach and the other half to Corrigan Outreach.
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