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One of my grandfathers was James Harvey McPeeters. He settled in Brown County, Texas before the Civil War. He and his sons ranched. For many of his final years he was blind but lived alone. Even so, he still went out on the range with his sons, riding a horse and working. One July day in 1878, James and two of his sons were caught out with the herd when a storm hit. James encouraged his sons to head for their homes. He knew his horse would get him home. Some horse that could get a blind man…
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This is the front view of a page from a family photo album as it sat on display in a mocked up bedroom set-up in
the Brown County Museum annex until shortly after my visit in April of 2007. I had suggested that the album be housed in a cabinet to help preserve the photographs. The museum brought the album into the main building and it is now locked in a glass cabinet. The young man in the photograph is Martin Ottis Eidson who…
Posted on August 17, 2010 at 5:45pm — 33 Comments
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I had a great fourth grade teacher, Edna Jagoe. It had been her passion to save the East Texas forest and that passion saved The Big Thicket. But, that is not why I brought her up. She
taught our class this, “Your rights end where my nose begins.” I’m 55 years old
now, so I guess I’ve been keeping that thought around for 45 years. I believe
she meant it physically and mentally.…
Posted on May 30, 2010 at 10:26am — 12 Comments
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