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Texas Declaration Day Reflected in Rural Town Notes
A March 2 record from Washington-on-the-Brazos marks 123 years since the Texas Declaration of Independence. The column mixes holiday fishing mood with regional updates on farming, ranching, oil activity, and highway construction in Marathon, Alpine, Sanderson, and surrounding counties. It cites local couples, a deputy sheriff, and soil conservation work by the Big Bend district, plus irrigation pump and pasture-watering efforts and planned program approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington-on-the Brazos
Big Bend National Park
Gussie Brown
Katherine Walker
Houston
Galveston
Corpus Christi
Lake Jackson
Big Bend
Ace Reid
Acead
Featherston
Jim Nichols
Hector
Buster Babb
Sanderson
Pope Country
Buster
Kerr Mecantile
Terrell County
Marathon
Alpine
Big Bend Soil Conservation District
F. Cox
Ne- Ville Agnes
Cavin Woodward
Bill Sohl
Jimmy Pate
del Norte Gap
Fred Gulihur
Rosillos Mountains
Bert Potter
Santiago Peak
Jack Bowman
101 Ranch
Guy Stillwell
Forrest
Pop
Weston
Rio Pecos River
G. K. Mitchell
Clarence Chandler
C. ©. Mitchell
John Harrison
Tol Murrah
Great Plains
Soil Conservation Service
Pecos County
Rio Grande Pecos River