Community Newsreel Highlights May Hints and Local News
May hint visitors receive a safety recipe for fire retardant solution to smolder rather than burn. Floresville welcomes Brother Henry Edgington as Pastor. Floresville police add marijuana detector dog Asa aiding city and county officers. Continued on page 7.
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Floresville
Henry Edgington
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Church of Christ
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Sutherland Springs: Early Wilson County Town and County Seat History
Sutherland Springs grew from a 1831 plantation hub founded by Dr. John Sutherland and family. The town saw settlement by Creed Taylor, Martin West, and J.F. Johnson who built hotels and cabins for visitors drawn to mineral waters. In 1860 Texas created Wilson County and ordered county offices be held there until a seat was chosen, with Pickett as county clerk and Hughes as treasurer.
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Sutherland Springs
Wilson County
John Sutherland
Sutherland
J.B. Polley
J.H. Polley
Mary Bailey
Britt Bailey
Polley
Whitehall
Jonathan Polley
Texas
Bexar
Wilson Karnes
Wilson
A.G. Pickett
M. P. Hughes
John Irving and Co
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