Cloudburst Perils Endurance of Pioneer on Texas Frontier
The Plainview tale recalls McCormick a Hale County settler who on a return from Haskell faced a sudden cloudburst driving a torrent down the Brazos. He swam for shore freed three traces and with a knife cut the fourth, saving his team and himself from drowning in the Breakers region near Cap Rock.
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The
Herald
Luther McDonald
Rockdale
Route 4
Plainview Evening Herald
McDonald
High Plains
Llanos Estacados
Staked Plains
Panhandle
Texas
McCormick
Hale County
Haskell
Cap Rock
Brazos River
Mississippi
Hudson
Potomac
Tennessee
Arkansas
Colorado
Kansas
Texas Panhandle
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Gila
Arizona
United States
International Bridge
el Paso
Juarez
Brazos
Toncan Copper MO LYB-DEN-UM Iron
The iron that stands first in quality and will not rust. We manufacture cisterns up to 250 bbls and are expert roofers on TON CAN or Tin Plate Sheet Metal. We completed a large job for Cameron Furniture Co and can provide references on leak history and fast work. If you need roofing help, write or phone Day 135 Night 301.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Furniture Co
Pioneer recounts flood escape and buggy wreck
The next day McCormick rode to the disaster site and found his buggy wrecked a mile and a half downstream. He could ill afford the loss yet felt grateful for his and his horses escape from the peril of the flood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCormick
Abbie Reese Harvey Hosts Guests at Hefley Theatre Event
Abbie Reese Harvey entertained twelve friends Friday afternoon at the New Hefley Theatre then at her aunt Mrs Abbie Reese home. They watched Marion Davies in The Patsy, enjoyed cream sodas, bunco, dancing and strolls. Carolyn Cheeves won high bunco score. Patsy McGregor low. Musecadine ice and angel food squares were served.
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Abbie Reese Harvey
New Hefley Theatre
Abbie
Musecadine
Angel
Carolyn Cheeves
Patsy McGregor
Leila Zatte
Ruth Green
Bess Mangum
Winana Slaughter
Catherine Mode
Tuesday Bridge Club Chooses New President at Winter Meeting
The Tuesday Bridge Club held its winter start at Miss Grace Mangum’s Houston Avenue home. Kathryn Flinn was elected president for the year, Bess DuBois joined as a new member, and meetings will occur the first and third Wednesdays at four o’clock with punch and cake served.
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Grace Mangum
Houston Avenue
Kathryn Flinn
Bess DuBois
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Toncan
Robert Polansky
Caldwell, Texas
Walter F. Sharpe
Prop
Cameron, Texas
Royal Flour
Green Produce Company
Abbie Reese
Harvey
Hepley Theatre
Frances McDermott
Ray Fanning
Alice Rylander
Nancy Newton
Tuesday Bridge Club
Posey
Posey’s Model Bakery
Radiola
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!