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CAMPTTOWN CEMETERY TO BE DEDICATED
A genuine, but not well known bit of history will be unveiled Saturday, when the Buffalo Soldiers along with the…
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CAMPTOWN CEMETERY TO GET HISTORIC MARKER
A genuine, but not well known bit of history will be unveiled next Saturday, March 22nd, when the Buffalo Soldiers…
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WASHINGTON ON THE BRAZOS CELEBRATES TEXAS INDEPENDENDENCE
When thousands gathered to celebrate the 1836 Texas Declaration of Independence Sunday at the Washington On the Brazos State Historic…
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CHAPPELL HILL HISTORICAL SOCIETY GETS $25,000 GRANT TO PRESERVE MUSEUM
The Chappell Hill Historical Society has received a $25,000 community development grant from the Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative and the Lower…
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COUNTY ADOPTS DISTRICT CLERK ARCHIVE PLAN
District Clerk Tammy Brauner says with the new district clerk’s archival fee and records preservation plan, the history of Washington…
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AUSTIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO HEAR ABOUT PRESERVING HISTORY
Austin County Judge Carolyn Bilski says the County Commissioners are a ‘bit out of character’ when they hold their last…
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MT. ZION METHODIST CHURCH GETS HISTORICAL MARKER
In 1877, a group of ‘displaced people’ found a place on a wooded hill on top of the west side…
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