May 13, 2009 / Local History

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Apache captive plays cowboys-and-Indians for keeps

A Mason County mother sent her four children out to play on May 16, 1870, never imagining she would not see her oldest offspring again for eight long years. More...

An unlikely partnership

Bob Bowman's East Texas

They were an unlikely business partnership--a German immigrant, an Irish storekeeper, and two Jewish brothers. But in 1900, Joseph Kurth, Simon W. More...

Thirty years of Diboll Free Press clippings

A Public Service of The History Center

ONE YEAR AGO Diboll voters approve a charter for the city by an over whelming margin, meaning Diboll will become a home-rule city with greater powers and more capacity for self-governance. The vote on the charter is 254-150. More...