Graham items from the thirty years ago issue
Judge Montgomery visits Sey mour. Mrs Garrisson visits Dallas county parents. Horner from Belknap injured in horse accident. deputies arrest whisky seller to Indians and acquitted. cowboys and locals travel to Austin Louisville Exposition and visit kin. new cotton bale bought by Jewell. water shortage grows. building boom continues.
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V. Fk. Garrisson
Dallas County
Col. E
Graham
B. B. Garrett
Louisville Exposition
Middle Texas
W. H. Graves
Cleburne Telegram
Lulu
Leader
Allen M. Horner
Belknap
J. B. McComb
Jack County
John Hatfield
Capt. Gant
Austin
A.S. Garvin
Dillingham
GG. B. Jewell
Louisville
Lauderdale
Benton Kramer
Ohio
Winter Trip to Eliasville Amid Snow and Road Repairs
The narrator recalls a Saturday journey from Graham to Eliasville, weather turning wintry and prompting plans to reach Crystal Falls. Roads along Clear Fork and the hill at Eliasville are improved, with sand patches and a needed bridge noted. In Eliasville they visit stores, talk with locals, and join a precinct school institute band performance. Miss Carmack and Miss Ardis teach at Eliasville, and Rev. Cunningham transports them home in a Ford roadster after a one hour ten minute trip.
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Eliasville
Crystal Falls
Ed Price
Graham
Eld
J. H. Fisher
South Bend
Clear Fork
Graham and
Crear Fork
Singleton
A. G. Love
A. D. Billingsley
O. A. McBrayer
J. B. McGlvmery
MecGlamery
Prince of Good Fellows
W. A Andrews
Will Davis
Jake Cunningham
Neary
Mary Carmack
Allye Ardis
T. M. Cunningham
Potatoes Lead to Lifetime Leader Subscription Offer
A Leader subscriber brought in ten bushels of potatoes and applied the full value to his account. The gesture prompts a playful claim that such a quantity could buy a lifetime subscription and more.
Graford Names Traced From Christian to Ford
Graford’s naming tale evolves from the old Christian station on the Weatherford Graham route to Graf ford linking Graham and Weatherford. The Mineral Wells Index traces the shift amid local lore and editor quips about sources. Reverends Morton Chappell and Oliver traveled via Graford to Fort Worth for an evangelistic conference.
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Palo Pinto County
Mineral Wells Index
N. W
Keechi
Graford
Graford Herald
Christian
Weatherford
Gra
Graham
G. A. Morton
Fort Worth
Central
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Texas
West
JVEX
Graham Leader
U. S
John 8. Crozier
Griffin
Rob
Thos. F. West
J. M. Nelms
Jacksboro
C. C. Bigham
Finis
Mosey
Jas
Ballard
ST. Louis, MO
Sloan Drug Company
A. Ht
Kao
Houston
Morrison-Smith’ Lumber Company
Ind
Rollie Wouses
Auto Service
Graham, Texas
Graham Independent Telephone Company
J. P. Hamilton
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