Rochelle Pioneer recalls early Rochelle life and rail era
In Rochelle Texas O F Rice, a pioneer teacher and merchant, recalls early town life. He describes the first Rochelle water well drilled 185 feet to strike an air pocket then refitted cistern water for the Jones Bros store, the 1905 arrival of the Santa Fe train, and community celebrations with a depot now used as the Rochelle Community Center.
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O. EF. Rices
Mr. Rice
Rice
Will Cottle
Woodford
D. J. Childers
George Brown
Grover Neal
Mr. Brown
Grover
Jones Bros
Santa Fe
Larkin Williamson
Crothers
Heroic drowning death remembered at creek crossing
In Rochelle community, Ben Allen died a hero while rescuing a matron crossing a flooded creek. He left behind a wife, eleven children, twenty seven grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. A marker now memorializes his courage.
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Ben Allen
Rochelle
Gracchi
Geo. Scoggins
Adrian Scoggin
Midland
Alton Terry Returns to Lake Jackson After Visit
Mr and Mrs Alton Terry returned Tuesday to their home at Lake Jackson after a vacation visit with Mr Terry's father C E Terry and other relatives and friends in Brady. Alton who was treated in Brady and a former Bulldog athletic hero has worked in Dow Chemical Co accounting for the last year.
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Alton Terry
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