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8th Gen. Texan | Life Member of The Sons of the Republic of Texas | Quanah Parker Cousin | Numbers Guy Identifying as Wordsmith | Recovering Rugby & MMA Addict

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Trevor P. Wardlaw
1 year
Dear Friends, On Saturday (06.10.23), my father-in-law, Jimmy Crosson, was one of two men killed on US Hwy 67, just east of Comanche, Texas. Our family is deeply saddened and I’m praying someone here can help us. The person who caused this accident fled the scene (see
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
7 months
Have a nice afternoon, friends. Pic: Amarillo, Texas in the 1960s @TheBigTexan
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3 months
Good morning, Texas. #GodBlessTexas
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
1 year
"On D-Day, June 6, 1944, the USS Texas was the flagship for the bombardment group supporting the Allied landings on Omaha Beach" ~ Art Leatherwood entry at TSHA online.
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
3 months
Mexia, Texas, doesn’t disappoint. God Bless Texas.
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
3 months
Earlier today during the Dawn at the Alamo sunrise ceremony in San Antonio, Texas. When I get a little time, I’ll post some extra pics. Have a nice evening, friends.
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
5 months
On this day in 1845, the United Sates was recognized as the greatest nation in history after Texas became its 28th state. You’re welcome. #GodBlessTexas
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
3 months
March 2, 1836 “We, therefore, the delegates with plenary powers of the people of Texas, in solemn convention assembled, appealing to a candid world for the necessities of our condition, do hereby resolve and declare, that our political connection with the Mexican nation has
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
11 months
Today, my grandparents celebrate 75 years of marriage! I visited with them earlier today and I must say, their marriage exemplifies true love and commitment. Here’s a picture taken on their wedding day in Panama. My grandmother was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and my grandfather
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
4 months
It’s an absolutely beautiful day here in Central Texas at the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame. #GodBlessTexas #Waco
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
8 months
One of the great ones. Texas-born Walt Garrison (July 23, 1944 – October 11, 2023). God bless you, sir.
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
6 months
This picture really brings back memories - who all visited Aquarena Springs in San Marcos, Texas? This photo is from about 1952.
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
11 months
God Bless Texas! Pic: Bluffs above the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park by Carol M. Highsmith
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5 months
Merry Christmas, friends.
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
10 months
Pleased to read the following online message from @PreservationOK . It reads, in part: “[Quanah Parker's Star House] has deteriorated significantly over the decades, and many were concerned it was near collapse. For the last few years, a small group of people interested in the
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
10 months
One hundred years ago today (July 20, 1923): Pancho Villa “took the wheel of his Dodge on the way back to Canutillo – his enemies were waiting for him near Parral’s central plaza – one of them greeted him with the old war cry “Viva Villa” – this was the sign for the assassins to
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
1 year
Here’s to a great Saturday afternoon from Amarillo, Texas, in abt 1921!
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
2 months
Have a nice evening, friends. #GodBlessTexas
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
3 months
Wm. B. Travis to David Ayers March 3, 1836 "Take care of my little boy. If the country should be saved, I may make for him a splendid fortune; but if the country be lost and I should perish, he will have nothing but the proud recollection that he is the son of a man who died for
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
4 months
Looks like Texas-born Taylor Sheridan (creator of Yellowstone) will be putting S.C. Gwynne’s “Empire of the Summer Moon” on the big screen. Among other things, I’m curious which actors will be playing the part of our family members - especially Quanah Parker. Nʉmʉnʉʉ @scgwynne
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
6 months
God Bless Texas!
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Hey ChatGPT, what does "Texas Forever" look like?
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
5 months
Have a wonderful evening, friends. Pic: Menard, Texas, in abt 1978
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2 months
Have a great afternoon, friends! #GodBlessTexas
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
11 months
On this day in 1846 - the 28th star, representing Texas, was added to the United States flag. #GodBlessTexas #GodBlessAmerica
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
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Have a great afternoon, friends. Pic: Huntsville, Texas. #GodBlessTexas
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
7 months
Born in El Paso, Texas, on this day in 1902 – Granny! aka Irene Ryan
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
5 months
Merry Christmas from Waco, Texas!
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
1 year
Goodnight 2022. Pic: McLennan County Courthouse in Waco, Texas, on 12-31-22
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
1 year
Pit stop in West, Texas, at the Little Czech Bakery. Would anyone like some kolaches?
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
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Today, my wife and I celebrated thirty years of marriage. We are headed down to San Antonio where, in 1993, I was competing in a rugby tournament and she decided to come watch me play. After Saturday’s games, we ate dinner on the Riverwalk and it was at that moment … I
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
2 months
From a friend nearly 500 miles west of my location, but still in Texas … Davis Mountains State Park. God Bless Texas!
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
8 months
Awesome pic from The Portal to Texas History titled “Map Showing Cattle Trails as Used from 1866 – 1895.” In 1885, on one of his cattle drives, my 2g grandfather Joel Alonzo “Lon” Mapes moved cattle up through Albany (TX), Doan’s Crossing, and eventually Las Animas (CO).
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
2 months
Have a nice evening, friends. God Bless Texas.
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Good morning Texas. Pic: McGregor, Texas
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
1 year
Good morning, Texas. Pic: James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor on the set of “Giant" in Marfa, Texas.
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
6 months
Have a great afternoon, friends! Pic: Lubbock, Texas, in abt 1947
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
9 months
Good morning, Texas! Pic: Buying a coke at an Abilene, Texas, polo match in 1939 (Russell Lee)
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
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Yep. One of my favorite lines in Lonesome Dove. What’s yours?
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
4 months
Blessed to be a Texan. Pic: sunset in McGregor, Texas (02.04.24)
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
1 year
Marble Falls, Texas, in abt 1879
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
7 months
Happy birthday @USMC ! Pic: Texas-born Bum Phillips - US Marine Corps #HoustonOilers
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
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Merry Christmas from Lockhart, Texas.
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
1 year
Waco, Texas, showing the town square as it was in 1912.
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
4 years
Quanah Parker with Andrew Jackson Houston (son of Sam Houston)
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
4 years
Teddy Roosevelt (center) in San Antonio, Texas (c. 1898) #RoughRiders
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
6 months
Beautiful!
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~ Original ♥️ Liberty Lady ~
6 months
One of my friends in Daughters of the Republic of Texas text this magnificent pic of the Christmas tree at the Alamo. What a beautiful scene! #ThisIsTexas
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
3 months
On this day in 1901, the Texas Legislature proclaimed the bluebonnet as the state flower. #GodBlessTexas Pic: one of my own pics near Waco, Texas, in 2023.
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
11 months
Without looking it up online, can you tell me why the Dr Pepper bottle has “10-2-4” on the logo? #ImaPepper #Waco @drpeppermuseum
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
5 months
Merry Christmas from a rainy night in Valley Mills, Texas! @wardlaw_patrick
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
4 months
Can’t say I’m a big fan of the drive up I-35, but I always enjoy seeing this gorgeous flag in Alvarado, Texas! Thank you @CampingWorld . Stay warm, friends, it’s bout 16° up here.
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
7 months
In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt visited Sherman, Texas, and spoke to a crowd of 35,000! #TexasHistory
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
4 months
“I'm from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there's no one in control” ~ Willie Nelson Have a great morning, friends.
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
3 months
Headed on down to the Dawn at the Alamo sunrise ceremony to present a wreath from our Waco SRT Chapter. I’ll post additional pics later today or tomorrow. Pic: The Alamo (c. 1927) – courtesy UTSA Libraries Special Collections #GodBlessTexas
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
4 months
“Here's the deal on Texas. It's big. So big, there's about five distinct and different places here, separated from one another geologically, topographically, botanically, ethnically, culturally, and climatically” ~ Molly Ivins Pic: Vernon, Texas, by Russell Lee (abt 1939)
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
1 year
Gilley's in Pasadena, Texas, from a 1983 calendar.
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
6 months
Happy Thanksgiving, from our family to yours. Pic: The Kilgore College Rangerettes at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1967.
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
7 months
Have a fabulous Tuesday morning, friends! Pic: Quanah Parker
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
1 year
Here is the Comanche, Texas, town square in 1908. Notice the Fleming Oak Tree 115 years ago versus today (see below two pics)
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
9 months
Dust storm approaching Amarillo, Texas, in 1935.
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
4 months
Goodnight, Texas. Pic: Lake Waco in McLennan County, Texas, this evening. #GodBlessTexas
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Have a great day, friends! Pic: Hereford, Texas, in 1909
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Have a nice afternoon, friends. Pic: Bastrop, Texas, in abt 1908
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Have a great day, friends. Pic: Old Fort Parker Historic Site in Groesbeck, Texas.
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
1 year
Who are you remembering today? This is my uncle, Elkhart Texas-born Mitchell Lee Parks. Between February and March of 1945, he flew several successful missions over the area of Okinawa to destroy enemy installations. He also downed one Japanese Zero. On 03-31-1945, from the
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
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Have a nice afternoon, friends. Pic: The Crockett Hotel (San Antonio) in abt 1976
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Have a blessed Sunday, friends. Pic: Alamo, Texas, in abt 1939
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
1 year
Schulenburg, Texas, in abt 1949
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
6 months
Goodnight from Clifton, Texas. #GodBlessTexas
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
2 months
March 27, 1836 – Remember Goliad! “I know not what, which whispers me, that the hope is destined to no realization on earth” ~ John Brooks
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
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Good morning, Texas! Pic: Six Flags Over Texas (November 1963)
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Have a nice Sunday evening, friends. Pic: The Fort Worth, Texas, Eclipse Party - July 29, 1878
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“If a man's from Texas, he'll tell you. If he's not, why embarrass him by asking?” ~ John Gunther Pic: Rancher at the Gonzales, Texas, county fair by Russell Lee (c. 1939)
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
7 months
I hope y'all have a wonderful Monday! Pic: Snyder, Texas. #GodBlessTexas
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Have a great Sunday afternoon, friends! Pic: Waco, Texas, in abt 1955
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God Bless our linemen – thank you. Pic: Denton, Texas, in abt 1984
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
1 year
Love this Russell Lee pic from 1939 in Taylor, Texas. Check out that Dr. Pepper sign. Undeniably Texas.
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Have a wonderful afternoon, friends! Pic: Lajitas, Texas, in abt 1918.
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
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Anyone recognize this Texas-born actor from his 1965 Snyder, Texas, yearbook? I’ll give you a hint: arguably, his most famous line in the 1993 movie Tombstone was, “Well … bye.” Have a nice morning, friends.
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
6 months
Here in Victoria, Texas, today for our Sons of the Republic Texas meeting. Have a blessed day, friends.
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Schulenburg, Texas, in abt 1921.
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6 months
God bless Texas, indeed.
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Lee (I am William) Wallace 🇸🇴🇵🇱
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God painted a masterpiece tonight with this Texas sunset #GodBlessTexas
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
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All dressed up for church service in Ellis County, Texas, by Dorothea Lange (abt 1937). Have a fabulous Sunday, friends. #GodBlessTexas
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Have a nice morning, friends. Pic: Marfa, Texas, in abt 1918
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6 months
Good evening from the beautiful town of Hillsboro, Texas. #GodBlessTexas
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And just like that, our little Texas neighborhood turned into Christmas!
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1 year
Have a nice evening, friends! Pic: Gulf Historic Gas Station located at 1425 Washington Ave in Waco, Texas.
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Best know as the wool-hat-wearing guitarist for the 1960s group the Monkees, Robert Michael Nesmith was born on this day in 1942 (Houston, Texas). His mother, Bette Graham, invented Liquid Paper. Source: Texas State Historical Association
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On May 11, 1953, a tornado ripped through Waco with no warning, killing 114 people and damaging 196 buildings (Text Source: Baylor Line Magazine)
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1 year
"I've traveled all over the world, but I don't think there is any place better than Texas" ~ Red Adair
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Here’s to a fabulous Friday in Texas! Pic: Luling, Texas, in abt 1949
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Have a wonderful afternoon, friends. Pic: Waco, Texas (late 1950s)
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1 year
Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto – “What claim have you to mercy, when you showed none at the Alamo or at Goliad?” Anyone out there with ancestors who fought at the battle? Pic: veteran reunion of the Battle of San Jacinto in Belton (1883) Pic Source:
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Trevor P. Wardlaw
3 months
God Bless Texas!
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The Salty Dog Galveston
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Good morning Galveston!
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March 2, 1836: Texas declared independence from Mexico. “Here a Nation was born” #GodBlessTexas
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Have a wonderful Sunday, friends. Pic: Jacksonville, Texas, by Russell Lee (1939)
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Have a nice evening, friends. Pic: Piggly Wiggly in Canton, Texas (abt 1950)
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Good morning Texas! Pic: Sonora, Texas, in abt 1957
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On this day in 1834, my 4g grandfather, Elder Daniel Parker (1781-1844), and others had their first Baptist Church meeting in present Anderson County, Texas. Daniel was a son of Elder John Parker (killed at Fort Parker in 1836). According to the Texas State Historical
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Have a great day, friends! Pic: Hondo, Texas, in abt 1907
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1 year
Thank you all for your kind words. God Bless Texas.
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