A History of Jefferson, Marion County, Texas, 1836-1936 - Mrs. Arch McKay; Mrs. H. A. Spellings - Book

A History of Jefferson, Marion County, Texas, 1836-1936

Marion County, Texas
FIFTEENTH PRINTING
One-Time Gateway of Texas Retains Its Glory in Rush and Hurry Of Modern Times
This pamphlet contains items of interest that we should know about our home town, and was compiled
by Mrs. Arch McKay Mrs. H. A. Spellings
Proceeds of sale to be used by Women’s Auxiliary, Christ Episcopal Church.
FIFTEENTH PRINTING
These items have been taken from articles written by various writers for the Shreveport Times Jefferson Journal Jefferson Jimplecute Houston Post-Dispatch Prescott Daily News Texarkana Twentieth Century Capt. George Todd Nat Sharp Will Hill Thomas
And as told by individuals who once lived in Jefferson and by many who are now living and those who lived in Jefferson during her palmy days.
“From the region of the Upper Trinity and the headwaters of the Sabine, each traveler tells us, as he passes, some new tale of how the wilderness is falling under the axe of the builders of habitations and opening up of the earth.”
“The town of Jefferson, in the Southern division of our country, was but yesterday a mere name upon paper and now we are told, quite a number of buildings are going up—several persons will have goods there directly. It is a town destined to concentrate a large inland commercial business.”
“Immigration from Europe is filling up the beautiful country in the far west.”—Northern Standard, January 16th, 1854.

Mrs. Arch McKay
Mrs. H. A. Spellings
О книге

Язык

Английский

Год издания

2018-09-11

Темы

Jefferson (Tex.) -- History

Reload 🗙