Grayson County Reminiscences: The First 150 Years, 1846-1996
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Collection of stories by forty-two local writers describing family histories and anecdotes in the Grayson County, Texas area. Each story is preceded by a brief biographical sketch of the author.
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[8], 7-261, [1] p. : ill ; 22 cm.
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Lincecum, Jerry Bryan 1996.
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- Lincecum, Jerry Bryan Author of Introduction; Author of "Irish Treasure Comes to Austin College"
Contributing Authors
- Greene, A. C. Foreword; "Grayson County and the Butterfield Stage"
- Ewing, Joan Blanton "Visiting Relatives in Cedar Hill"
- Wilkirson, Edith J. "Delaware Bend on the Red River"
- McGraw, Jack Frost "Callie Takes Matters into Her Own Hands"
- Richardson, Ruth S. "The Old Family Clock"
- Hawks, Lucille Todd "The Covered Wagon Caravan"
- Moore, Suzanne Runyan "The Drowning of Memories"
- Draisey, Ruby "A 1920's Trek to Sherman in a Model-T Ford"
- Hopkins, Natalie "Sunday in the '20's"
- Huffman, Bob "An Anvil's Ring"
- Park, Vera "Going to Grandmas's House"
- Davis, Lucille "Life on Dixie Road Has Been Grand"
- Whitfield, Ruby Morris "The Visitor"
- Williams, Kathy "The Day Grayson County Burned"
- Stockton, Jed "Tin Wagon Keeps Depression Memories Alive"
- Southerland, Catherine Spurlock "The Trials of Life"
- Ciaccio, Nick "From Sicily, Italy, to Texas"
- Clark, Doris "Encounter with a Different Culture"
- Hicks, Jennie "Tuck's Ferry and Me"
- Wiley, Robert L. "The Magic of Movies"
- Pinkston, Neva Rich "Ticket to Adulthood"
- Reichert, Wanda "Saturday Night Preview"
- Leeman, Bob "Backstage Romance: A Story from the Finley Playhouse"
- Martin, Helen Ruth "The Early Years"
- Monroe, Eleanor "Home"
- Young, Thomas Warner "The Changes in Denison (1940-1995)"
- Harris, Thelma "How Times Have Changed"
- Shockey, Teri Lea "Hometown"
- Clark, Shirley "Tractor Cat (T.C.): The Cat Who Became a Legend"
- Foster, Gene "Grayson County College Has Interesting History"
- Hastings, Willis "Pigs, Cotton, and Pecos Melons"
- Nurre, Jerre "Family Life in Sherman in the Sixties"
- Scrivner, Ruth "Sherman, Texas -- A Good Neighbor"
- Brown, A. Elaine "Sherman, Texas -- A Retrospect"
- Baldwin, Kristi "Papa's Good Old Days"
- Park, Angela "Good Times, Good Memories"
- Marum, Dorinda "From Sherman to Bethlehem for Peanuts"
- Jones ,Gus "Obtaining Proof of Age for Persons Born in Grayson County"
- Zoda, Sarah "Thanks for the Memories"
- Morris, Julie S. "Silent Legends"
- Johnson, Leta "Jeanie Thump Thump"
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- Wilson, Herb Grayson Texas U.S.A.
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Big Barn Press
Place of Publication: Sherman, Texas
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Austin College
Founded in 1849, this private liberal arts college first opened its doors in Huntsville and is the oldest institution of higher education in Texas still operating under its original name and charter. The college moved to Sherman following three yellow fever epidemics, the Civil War, and financial troubles.
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- Main Title: Grayson County Reminiscences: The First 150 Years, 1846-1996
- Series Title: Telling Our Stories
- Added Title: Telling Our Stories: [Book One]
Description
Collection of stories by forty-two local writers describing family histories and anecdotes in the Grayson County, Texas area. Each story is preceded by a brief biographical sketch of the author.
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[8], 7-261, [1] p. : ill ; 22 cm.
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- OCLC: 34697333
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth20210
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Collection of stories by forty-two local writers describing family histories and anecdotes in the Grayson County, Texas area. Each story is preceded by a brief biographical sketch of the author.
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- New South, Populism, Progressivism, and the Great Depression, 1877-1939
- Into Modern Times, 1939-Present
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1876
- The Texas Frontier, 1846-1861
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Lincecum, Jerry Bryan. Grayson County Reminiscences: The First 150 Years, 1846-1996, book, 1996; Sherman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20210/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin College.