Langdon family traces Clay Allison grave in Pecos
Dora Lee Langdon and husband visit Pecos to locate her grandfather Clay Allison’s grave and related artefacts. Aided by Barney Hubbs and local residents, they tour the West of the Pecos Museum and recall Allison’s life, family ties, and Pecos history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Mandhan
Pecos
Dora Lee Langdon
Clay Allison
Dora Lee
Jack
Dan Peyton
Patti Allison Byars
Manahan
Dora Lee) Langdon
Dora Less
North Pecos
Peytons
Cleburne
Second Court of Civil Appeals of
Texas
Fort Worth
Barney Hubbs
Pecos Museum
Allison
Hubbs
Langdons
Grandsfather
Charlie Manahan
Patti Dora Allison Byars
Byars
Ed Pearson Byars
Clay
Mr. Johnson
Bill Oden
Justice of Peace
Reeves County
John Allison
John
Sugar Creek
N.C
Nancy McCullough Lemmond
Granny
Fifth and
Cypress Streets
Joe W. Camp
Johnson Brothers
Bob Deans
Hackberry Street
Mr. Manahan
Sam Prewit
Cap Wilson
Texas and Pacific Railway
Charlie
Goodloe Hotel
Bryan Lackey
South Cypress Street
Cap
Runways On Highways Could Line Texas Cities
Federal officials study elevated runways over downtown interstates in Houston and Dallas to serve short takeoff and landing aircraft. Texas aims to test costly, high capacity air travel over existing freeways with federal funding and public acceptance challenges.
Old buildings fall to progress in downtown Dallas
In seven months fifty downtown Dallas structures have been demolished for development. City building inspector George Keesee notes brisk business leaves little of the old, while Interstate Wrecking Co. led by J H Hollis says more has been leveled in two years than since 1936. The Southland Hotel and Whitmore are down or ready to go for Main Place expansion, with other losses including the Rio Grande Insurance building Bank of Services and Trusts National Bank of Commerce Whittle Music Co Turner Maurice Hotel and Champion Lounge. The Guardian Life building will be removed to widen Field Street at Pacific after four vacant years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Progress
George Keesee
J. H. Hollis
Interstate Wrecking Co
Southland
Whitmore
Main Place
Rio Grande Insurance Co
Bank of Services & Trusts
National Bank of Commerce
Whittle Music Co
Turner
Maurice
Champion Lounge
Guardian Life
Field Street
Pacific
Tourism soars statewide in first half of 1971
The Texas Tourist Development Agency reports a 11 percent rise in visitor numbers from January to June 1971, totaling 17.3 million across 35 major attractions. Notable gains include the Live Steam Museum in Alamo up 97 percent, Confederate Air Force in Harlingen up 63 percent, and Big Bend National Park up 32 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tourist Development Agency
Rio Grande Valley
Alamo
Confederate Air Force Flying Museum
Harlingen
Big Bend National Park
Texas
Dallas-Fort Worth
Padre Island National Seashore
Stinging Beehive Surprise At Port Arthur Shop
In Port Arthur Texas a collector’s shop was stung by a bee swarm housed behind a wall. A back wall opening revealed a honeycomb six to seven feet long. The bees caused about 30 stings to the helper who removed the hive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Tex
Richard Krummels
Krummels
Cullen House Nominated for National Register
Historic Cullen House in San Augustine is nominated for listing on the National Register of Historical Places by the Texas State Historical Survey Committee. The residence, built in 1839 by Judge Ezekiel W. Cullen in Greek Colonial style, is a landmark in the oldest American town in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Augustine
Tex
Cullen
Ezekiel Cullen
The
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
J.W. Richey
DRT
Truett Latimer
State Historical Survey Committee
Texas
Ezekiel W. Cullen
Hugh Roy Cullen
Houston
Ezekiel
Widow Donates 1623-Volume Library to East Texas College
Mrs. W H Fortney of Jasper donates a 1623 volume library gathered during a half century in the ministry to East Texas Baptist College. The collection, aging up to 150 years, also includes paintings by S Seymour Thomas. The library site doubles as the DRT Chapter headquarters and a community museum. Fortney earned a civil engineering degree at the University of Arkansas and later moved into ministry, serving as pastor at Gordon First Baptist Hyde Park Austin Port Neches Central Mineola wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall, Tex
East Texas Baptist College
W.h.fortney
Jasper
DRT
S. Seymour Thomas
San Augustine
Fortney
University of Arkansas
Gordon
Hyde Park
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Fifth
Ash Streets
Howard Collier
John Leavell
Collier
Allisons
Manny Clemmons
Pecos County
Fort Stockton
Barney Riggs
Old Orient Hotel
Riggs
Jim Miller
Bud Frazier
John Wesley Hardin
Clemmons
Arizona
Miller
Oklahoma
Frazier
Charles Murphy
Texas Aeronautics Commission
Murphy
Federal Aviation Agency
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Clay Allison Langdon
Joan Bars Rage
FAA
Murshy
Associated Press
Hernando Cortez
Mexico City
North Yarmouth
Maine
Los Angeles
Spain
Philippine
Manila
Shanghai
China
U.S
Francis Gary Powers
Moscow
Charg
Paul Cezanne
Aix En Provence
France
U. S
North Vietnam
Ralph Nader
General Motors
Oran D. Whitten Oil CO
Atlantic Richfield Company Dist
Sinclair Products
Phillip A. Pearce
ARCO
Japan
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mitsubishi
Ity
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary In
Baptist
Inc
First Baptist Church of
Central Baptist Church of
Southwest
West
Colorado
Trans Pecos Apiaries
Balmorhea, Texas
Your Electric Light & Power Company
Johnnie Holub
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