Frontier Life Recalled On 91st Birthday
Julia W. de Steiguer of San Marcos recounts her family’s 1848 trek from Alabama to East Texas, building a pioneer homestead with oxen driven logs, a mixed church and schoolhouse, and a Baptist faith formed amid a Methodist community.
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W. R. Hunt
San Marcos
Texas
The
Southwest Magazine Co
Julia W. de Steigner
Hays County
Salem
Alabama
Allen Bryan
Panola County
Bryan
East Texas
Anola County
Shreveport
John Armstrong
Baptist Church
Julia W. de Steiguer
Norway Enters War as German Allies Conflict Surges
The report notes Norway's long neutrality since the Middle Ages and its position in the ongoing war between Germany and the Allies. It highlights how Norway has been unbowed through prior conflicts and seven months of current European hostilities, signaling a shift in its stance due to the April 9th developments.
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Mississippi River
Rodney
Vicksburg
Natchez
Miss
Norway
Germany
Denmark
Europe
Scandinavia
Finland
de Steiguet
War and Weaving in Panola County A Texan's Reminiscence
The narrative recalls life during the Civil War era in Panola County Texas. It details pioneering sustenance and crafts, school life with basic books, and the 1860s struggle after Emancipation. It highlights family ties, enslaved workers’ fate, and later deep community resilience through shared labor and faith.
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Texas
Panola County
McGuffy
U. S
Letter Home From Fishing Trip Plans at Cedar Creek
A 1940 letter to Jim from Bill Nelson details preparations for fishing at Blue Hole on Cedar Creek. He recalls past catches, praises a new fishing bait, muses on signs and moon phases, and expresses longing for Ethel, plus plans for night fishing, camping, and goggle eye frying as they anticipate a return to the creek.
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Jim
Blue Hole
Cedar Creek
Ethel
Caddo
Jake Wimberly
Channel Cat
Evrybody
Bates
Bill Nelson
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Abe
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the Southwest Magazine Co
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