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---.THE DENISON PRESS, DENISON, TEXAS
PAGE FOUR FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1958
BEDITORIAL
A man to match the times
Back in the days when the state of Texas was in need of
a leadership which could stand up and utter a voice that would
be heard in the counsels, and when the day brought conflict
in our ideals as to what was the best for our people the times
were matched by men of wisdom, leadership, faith and foresight
Back in the days when our democracy was threatened by
men who would lead us into eddies, shallow water and blind
alleys, there arose such men as Jim Hogg, Tom Campbell for
our governors and Joseph W. Bailey for our congressman and
Senator.
When division threatened our ranks as Democrats one of
the wise words was Hogg and harmony. Jim Hogg as our
governor was such a man as was needed and the ranks o*
our Democracy were held as with hoops of steel.
And when there followed later on a day when we would
have need for a man to show the unity of our common Democ-
racy, there was raised up for us a Joe Bailey. One of the greatest
aphorisms as to the fallacy of our creating eddies in the hour
when we needed the great flow our undenominational Democ-
racy, Bailey pleaded for unity in the ranks of our Democracy
in words like these:
"Don't prefix or affix terms to indicate you are
anything but a Democrat. Terms that would define our
Democracy only tend to break down our party. Don t
denominationalize the party by calling yourself some-
thing more or less than a Democrat."
In these days when our ranks are threatened again by a
school of thought other than the Democracy of the party we
know as Democratic, it is time for us to choose the man of the
hour in the days when in Washington we need a man of the
school of philosophy that cleaves to the Jeffersonian ideal.
If one will consider the speech made by Senator Blakeley
as he closed his services as an appointee to fill the unexpired
term of Senator Daniel, who resigned to assume the position
of Governor of Texas, the Blakeley speech will disclose the
leader he is and although he did not intend to make the race
for a regular term, the people of the State of Texas have
discovered that he is the man for this hour when our Democracy
is again threatened by eddies and philosophy that are foreign
to the basic teachings of Democracy.
Again the political times in Texas are met by a man for the
hour and that man is Bill Blakeley.
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NAT ION A l EDITORIAL
DENISON and GRAYSON COUNTY
Grayson county, accredited by Texas Almanac 1955
of having the "most diversified economy of any Texas
county, with income from crops, livestock, manufacturing
and trade, oil, tourists and recreation seekers."
Blackland soils and terrain in the southeast, grand
prairies characteristics in the southwest, gray lands on
divide in central section; sandy lands and hilly topo-
graphy in north part along Red River. Drains to Red
River on north, Trinity on south. Post oak, walnut, hickory,
pecan, elm, bois d' arc. Oil, brick clay, cement material,
silica.
Lake Texoma has six million acre feet capacity, many
bays for fishing, boating on large scale, lake 1300 miles
around perimeter, and declared the ninth ranking in
capacity among the world's reservoirs. Lake four miles
north of Denison.
County has a population of 79,500; 53.4 per cent urban;
90.9 per cent Anglo-American*; 3.7 per cert negro; 04
per cent Latin American. Annual rainfall 37.55 Inches;
temperature averages Jan, 43 deg., July 84 deg., mean
annually 65 deg.
AUSTIN —First drought, then
floods and now grasshoppers have
come to plague disaster-weary
Texas farmers.
After touring the affected area
in the Panhandle, Gov. Price
Daniel called jt the worst grass-
hopper infestation in 20 year.-,.
Unless checked, he said, the 'hop-
pers could destroy much of the
crops and pasturage in 25 coun-
ties.
County, state and federal agen-
cies worked with landowners to
get crews to spray hatching
grounds along roadways. State
Agriculture Department, Highway
Department, National Guard and
Defense and Disaster Relief Of-
fice are cooperating in the battle.
Aim is to try to kill the insects
before they leave the hatching
grounds and start chewing their
way into crops for which farm-
ers had high hopes this year.
Another threat is fund short-
age. At a cost of some .$3,000 a
day for spraying crews, Texas
Agriculture Department’s emer-
gency funds dwindled fast.
Governor Daniel expressed
hope that some federal assistance
might be obtained.
Cox Appeal Denied
Ex-Rep. James E. Cox of Con-
roe has lost another round in his
fight against a two-year prison
sentence.
Court of Criminal Appeals, by
a 2-1 decision, upheld the trial
court conviction on charges of
consenting to accept a bribe.
Cox’s attorney’s have one more
recourse left—filing a motion for
a re-hearing. Since the appeals
court recesses June 28, this could
not be considered until it recon-
venes next October.
Cox’s troubles rocked the state
last Spring, during the 1957 leg-
islative session. They began when
Howard Harmon of San Antonio,
one time head of the Texas Natur-
opaths, made public a tape re-
cording of a hotel room conver-
sation with Cox. Harmon and
state’s attorneys contended that
the conversation reflected an ef-
fort by Cox to shake down Har-
mon jn return for killing an anti-
naturopath bill which Cox had in-
troduced in the legislature.
Judge's Oppcnent Out
One election contest has al-
ready been settled, some six
weeks before Election Day.
Texas Supreme Court ruled
Dist. Judge Graham Purcell of
Wichita Falls not eligible to run
for the Court of Criminal Appeals
against Judge K. K. Woodley.
Reason: Judge Purcell has had
only nine years experience as a
lawyer and judge.
An 1891 amendment to the
Constitution requires that Crim-
inal Appeals Court judges have
the same qualifications as Sup-
reme Court judges. At that time
the requirement for the high court
was seven years experience. In
1945 the Constitution was amend-
ed to require 10 years experience
for Supreme Court judges.
Despite the time lapse, the ef-
fect of the two amendments is
to require 10 years experience
for Criminal Judges, according
to the ruling in the Woodley-
Purceil case.
Result is that Woodley will be
unopposed in the primary and
win automatic renomination for
another six-year term.
Line-Jumping Threat
Another Supreme Court ruling
on an election dispute poses an
Election Day dilemma for Dallas
voters.
It held that Grover Cantrell,
Dallas labor official and self-
styled "Stevenson Republican,” is
entitled to oppose Cong. Bruce
Alger on the GOP primary ballot.
Cantrell’s candidacy is inter-
preted as a move to inconven-
ience Dallas conservative voters.
Election results for 1950 indicate
a good percentage of "Big D”
voters threw their strength be-
hind conservative Democrats at
precinct conventions and primal'
ies, but supported Republican
nominees for national offices i ,
the general election. Presumably,
unless conservatives arc on hand
(o vote, Cantrell’s friends might
scratch GOP-favorite A'ger in h'1
own primary.
But it’s a two-edged sword that
applies equally to Dallas libera's.
If they go to the Republican pri-
mary to help Cantrell, they cin't
vote for liberal Democratic con-
tenders for state office nor tight
conservatives for Democratic pre-
cinct control.
Like A Jury?
Defending the State Board of
Health’s closed door meetings,
Comm. Henry H. Holle said:
“The Board is like a jury. You
get the verdict, but you can’t get
in on their comments.”
State Health Board has author-
ity to allocate federal funds un-
der the Hill-Burton Act to match
local funds for hospital building.
Its policy has been to announce
names of hospitals approved to
receive funds, hut not those re-
jected or why.
Newsmen had been openly crit-
ical of the Board for barring the
press from its meetings. Holle
said minutes of Board meetings
were available to the public after
forma] approval at the next meet-
ing—three months later.
More Money for Land
Texas Veterans Land Board
has made its third $12,500,900
sale of bonds to finance land pur-
chases by veterans.
This brings to $37,500,000 the
bonds sold since last December.
Land Office spokesmen say it
gives the program enough money
to carry it until August, 1959. A
total of $200,000,000 in bond is-
sues was authorized by voters in
a recent constitutional amend-
ment.
For a time the program was at
a standstill because the Board
was unable to find bond buyers
who would accept the 3 per cent
or less in interest which the state
is allowed under the constitution
to pay.
Try, Try Again
Texas Supreme Court is again
being asked to referee the battle
of appointments that has brought
the state insurance liquidation to
"utter chaos.”
Latest deadlock developed when
Insurance Commissioner William
A. Harrison fired Liquidator
James M. Williamson (in office
only 10 weeks) and replaced him
with C. M. Landeau, formerly
first deputy. But Dist. Judge
Charles O. Betts, one of three
Austin judges handling insurance
receivership cases, refused to ac-
cept Landeau as receiver for the
cases in his court. He named an-
other attorney. Other two judges
accepted Landeau.
On behalf of the Insurance De-
partment, Atty. Gen. Will Wilson
has petitioned the Supreme Court
for permission to file a writ of
mandamus voiding Bett’s action.
His petition charges Betts with
usurping powers assigned the In-
surance Department. It says the
"divided responsibility” of two
receivers in one office “creates
utter chaos.”
In a previous effort to get a
ruling that would unsnarl auth-
ority over liquidation, the high
court held the judge could ap-
point a receiver if the Insurance
Department failed to do so.
urr of the auto
Industry to
maintain a ’
steady pace,
the Big Three
of Detroit arc
entitled to
some lumps,
Detroit is not
the entire auto
Industry.
* * *
What these
critics forget, and what unfor-
tunately the Big Three forgot, is
that the lifeblood of the auto in-
dustry is the nationwide corps of
auto dealers who for the most
part are independent business-
men with their own money tied
up in sales and service facilities.
* * *
It is these dealers who made
America a nation on wheels, but
as soon as lax law enforcement
and a fuzzy governmental atti-
tude permitted huge concentra-
tion of auto making power, deal-
ers were forced to go along with
policies many, if not most, are
not in sympathy with.
* * *
The American motorcar today
is an outstanding engineering
achievement. Perhaps they are
bigger than absolutely neces-
sary; perhaps they even have
too much glittering chrome.
* * *
But it is quite possible that
these things have added only in-
significantly to prices of autos.
* ♦ *
One of the most potent points
in this entire situation was made
by Charles Kettering, veteran in-
ventor of General Motors, when
in a recent article in a national
magazine he stated that almost
one fourth of the retail price of
each car is now tax money. Thus,
(c) National Federation of Irdrpriident Busin n
in a car, selling for example, at
$3,000, $750 is tax. Thus, probably
in no industry, with the excep-
tion of whiskey, is so much taxes
incorporated in the selling price.
And while perhaps whiskey is
not an essential, in today’s econ-
omy, an automobile is essential
to practically every family. This
is a fact which bureaucrats have
long refused to recognize, main-
taining tlie same old stand when
cars were but rich men's luxury
playthings, and thus subject to
taxation on that basis.
* * *
But today, there Is hardly a
salesman, factory worker, a busi-
ness, or an executive that can
exist without a car.
* * *
And thus the enigma of the auto
business today is probably due to
the disparity between the price
of a new car, and the trade-in
value of a used car, as compared
to the pre-war ratio.
* * *
Yet greater depreciation in a
used car today is undoubtedly
largely accounted for by the fact
newcars carry not a price "pack,"
but a "tax pack” of 25%.
* * *
Big Autos claim that Reuther's
Big Auto Labor has forced up
the prices. Reuther retorts that
excessive profit taking by Detroit
has forced up prices. Perhaps
both in a measure are correct.
* * *
But claims of Big Auto and Big
Labor do not seem of major im-
portance at this time.
» * *
But the first step, it would seem
logically, would be to eliminate
the "tax pack” in new cars to
Immediately bring aid and relief
to the thousands of hard pressed
independent car dealers. Unless
this is done, and none promptly,
one of the most valuable eco-
nomic forces on every Main
Street in America could disap-
pear with an irreparable loss to
every community.
DENISON
81-71-54
YEARS AGO
quite old.
A swarm of bees lit in our
neighborhood, and about fifty
men gathered and everyone pre-
tended to know all about bees,
except one fellow who was stung
and he didn't remain long enough
to tell what he did know.
About Your
HEALTH
A weekly public icivice feeler* lro» A HENRY A. HOLLE, M. D ^ /
the Teiot Stele Deportment of Heollb. Ceetmlsslenef *1 Heollh
Ask the first 100 people ypu
meet what their favorite sport is
and chances are good that at least
70 will say swimming. Even golf
and fishing have taken back
seats as sport choices, a recent
nationwide poll shows.
An estimated 50,000 new pools
CHARGE ACCOUNTS are acceptable from person* having telephone
lieted in their own name and upon agreeing to remit when bill le
■relented. 10 per cent will be added on unpaid account* after 19
day* from data of flnt iniertioa.
Other Eds Thoughts
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AGE OF THE GOOF-OFF
(Ft. Worth Pre»«)
"I’m skeptical,” the man said,
“about this thing we are in . . .
this thing that is about to “saucer
out” or “bottom out”—this re-
cession or depression or what-
ever . . .
“Because, look. There never
was a depression before when
prices continued to climb. There
never was a depression before
when people had money, hut
wouldn’t take it out of the bank.
1 think the economists arc wrong,
because this is not an economic
thing. 1 think people arc just
bored with us—with you and me
—with the things we sell, the
way we sell them. And it’s better
to have a prospect furious with
you than to have him bored
"But mediocrity of salesman-
ship is only a part of our national
pattern . . . For this, in America,
is the great era of the goof-off,
the age of the half-done job. The
land jjs populated with laundry-
men who won’t iron shirts, with
waiters who won’t serve, with car-
penters who will come around
someday maybe, with executives
whose mind is on the golf course,
with teachers who demand n
single salary schedule so that
achievement cannot be rewarded,
nor poor work punished, with
students who take cinch courses
because the hard ones make them
think, with spiritual delinquents
of all kinds who have been tri-
umphantly determined to enjoy
what was known until the pres-
ent crisis as the new leisure. And
the salesman who won’t sell is
only a part of this over-all mess.
“I think—and I hope it is true
—that our people are becoming
sick of this goofing off. The rea-
son I do not know, but 1 will
guess that we are gradually be-
ginning to realize that history is
repeating itself.
"The Russians are doing a
wonderful job as the barbarians
in our modern historical drama.
But we are outdoing them in our
superlative imitation of Rome.
"We may lack a few of the
refinements of Rome’s final de-
cadence, but we do have the two-
hour lunch, the three-day week
and the all-day coffee break. And
if you want to, you can buy for
$275, a jewelled pill box, with
a built-in musical alarm that re-
minds you (but not too narshty;
that it’s time to take your tran-
quillitn."
will be constructed this year
throughout the nation. In Texas
at this moment well over 4,000
pools are attracting swimmers
like bees to a flower.
This is all to the good, because
swimming lends itself to social
adjustment. It teaches coordina-
tion and builds stamina and char-
acter. A child who overcomes
fear of water has learned cour-
age.
But there is also an element
of risk. This accelerated interest
in swimming creates hazards to
life and limb, and danger of dis-
ease transmission. That’s why the
State Health Department conducts
courses to teach pool operators
the various skills of their jobs.
“Short schools” for pool oper-
ators are concentrated during Ap-
ril, May and June, the intention
being to enroll as many operators
a.* pos ible before hot weather
and overflow crowds make it hard
for them to get away from their
work.
Co-sponsored by the Texas
Beach and Pool Association,
courses consist of eight hours of
intense technical and practical in-
struction. it covers such things
as how to disinfect the water, and
how to control water acidity—
the factor, incidentally, which
causes swimmers’ eyes to burn,
rather than chlorine as is popu-
larly supposed.
The course also covers pool
safety, bathhouse sanitation, ami
the various filtering systems used
by modern pools.
How important are swimming
pools as links in the chain of dis-
ease transmission? Eye, ear, nose,
and throat, skin and intestinal in-
fections are among the most com-
mon conditions spread in swim-
ming pools. Typhoid fever and
diarrheal diseases have been trac-
ed to neighborhood pools.
Most prevalent, however, is
ringworm of the feet, commonly
called "athlete’s foot.” It is not
contracted in pool water, but by
walking on wet walks and floors
on which spores fluorish.
In well-operated pools there is
little chance of contracting any
of these conditions. That’s the
leason for the Department’s em-
phasis on swimming pool sanita-
tion.
Swimmers, too, have a respon-
sibility toward pool cleanliness.
Like most public places, a pool
quickly assumes the character of
its least desirable patron.
Flower and vegetable garden-
ers are advised to watch their
plantings for signs of powdery
mildew by Harlan Smith, exten-
sion plant pathologist. The fungus
appears as a white to grayish
growth covering the surface of
the plant parts but chiefly the
leaf surface. Dusting with 325-
mesh sulfur or cprnying with wet-
table sulfur (2 ow. per gallon)
w|ji usually give good control.
EDITOR’S NOTE—The fol-
lowing accounts of incidents in
the city were taken from ihe
files of the old Denison News by
Mis* Duiee Murray, whose fa-
ther, the late B. C. Murray,
established the first newspaper
in Denison.
June 27, 1877
Pursuant to a call, the com-
mittee on refreshments for the
Fourth of July celebration met in
the office of Leuonard & Scott
yesterday morning. R. M. Grubbs,
chairman, appointed the follow-
ing sub-committee to colle.t pro-
visions etc. The chairman of each
committee having power to ap-
point any number of ladies in his
ward to cooperate with his re-
spective committee. First Ward,
Ex-mayor Winn, chairman; Mssrs.
Allen, Ed Perry, Grundstein,
Shoeder, Mermitt and Woodyard;
Second Ward, Dr. J. C. Feild,
chairman, Dr. Aeheson, Mssrs. J.
D. Quinn, Hanna, Cuff, Holford,
Sherburne and Carr; Third Ward,
B. C. Murray, chairman, Mssrs.
O’Maley, Poff, Atchison, Harper,
Chickett and Bates. Fourth Ward:
J. W. Jennings, chairman, Mssrs.
J. M. Cook, Raynal, Parr, K.
Murphy, Frahm and Dr. Cutter.
Country committee, Col. Lp<-
combe, chairman, Drs. Holder and
Jones, Judge Porter, Major Mc-
Gangley, Mssrs. Hewlett, Cash-
ion, W. C. Campbell, George Mas-
sey, Joe Lane, Frank Colbert,
John Manford, Charles Gooding,
Prof. Cole, Ken Coleman, Lem
Freeman and Tom Young. Com-
mittee on milk, Mssrs. Anderson,
Reason, Jennings, Ruthroff and
Simons. Committee on Ways and
Means, Grundstein, Merritt, Nol-
an and Carr. Executive commit-
tee R. M. Grubbs, chairman, Leon-
ard, Cotreau, Woodyard and
Sherburne. H. Sherburne was ap-
pointed chairman of the commit-
tee on refreshments.
June 27, 1889
The entertainment given on the
night of the 24th at the McDougal
opera house in aid of the Raynai
monument fund, proved to be a
success, financially, was well ren-
dered and thoroughly enjoyed by
the large audience present. The
entertainment, "Little Red Riding
Hood's Rescue”, a juvenile oper-
etta in five acts, was the bi|l. It
was planned by and given under
the direction of Mrs. E. E. Brown.
The singing was very good, es-
pecially that of Miss Ray Alex-
ander, in the character of Manna.
Miss Minnie Hughes, in the char-
acter of Little Red Riding Hood
acted gracefully and sang in ex-
cellent taste and effect. I). I.
Brumbaugh as Hugh, made a
'thoroughly satisfactory woodmen.
| His singing in the duet, “We’re
Happy Tonight” (Manna and
Hugh) and the trio, "Joy Come.
Again”, (Grandma, Manna and
Hugh) was especially worthy of
mention- The wolf was imperson-
ated by F. S. Young. His make-
up was superb and his wolfish
antics thoroughly amusing. Of his
singing it was impossible to judge
as his wolf’s head mixed up with
the tone. Olla Hughes made an
excellent Robin, Blanch Fridell a
graceful Buttercup and Bessie
Callihan as Rose. Grandma was
capably acted by Miss Blanch
Buck while little Crystal Davis,
as the captain of the Blue Bells
gave one of the sweetest and
cleverest performances. The little
band of tots over which this lit-
tle mite presided, were as clever
as their leader. A number of
pretty tableaux brought to a
close a pleasant evening’s enter-
tainment.
June 27, 1904
W. D. Duncan and family, who
went to Glassus, I. T. for an out-
ing had a very close call from
a terrible accident that might
have killed the entire family.
They pitched their tent near a
large dead tree. During the night
a hard wind started up and the
tree fell with a terrible crash dir-
ectly in front of the tent. Two
feet nearer and they would have
been killed. The guy ropes to the
tent were broken and it collapsed.
Camping parties who go to the
woods should follow the example
of old hunters—never camp near
dead tree. It is liable to fall
at any moment. Many persons
have been killed this way.
The panther that has been
prowling around Denison is re-
ported to have been seen west of
town. If the thing keeps up the
Wilderness Club will fly to arms
and Mr. Panther’s days will be
numbered.
Mrs. Howard, who resides on
the Mary P. Harnest place, near
Hyde Park, broke her left arm
near the wrist. The next day
while Mr. Howard wag fixing a
wagon the nn)e finger of M*
hand wa* pulled «#£, Beth »re
ITS THE LAW
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A paid*
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REASONABLE TIME
Before a contract arises some-
one must make an offer and an-
other must accept it.
Without an offer, no accept-
ance; with no acceptance, no
agreement.
But there is often a time with-
in which you can uccept the offer.
And if not, the offer ends any-
how within a "reasonable time"
which is determined by circum-
stances and the parties' inten-
tions.
Smith had a set of books whicli
Brown wanted. Brown wrote and
offered him $200 for the set.
Smith didn’t answer for six
months, and meantime Brown
bought a similar set. One day
Brown got a letter from Smith
saying “I accept your offer of
$200 for the set of books.”
Brown told Smith he’d bought
the books elsewhere, but Smith
still claimed that his belated ‘‘ac-
ceptance” had nevertheless sealed
the contract with Brown.
Was there a contract? No, the
offer had lapsed because it had
nol been accepted in the circum-
stances within a reasonable time.
There are many ways to end
i n offer. You may withdraw it,
you may say that the offer ex
pires at a given time, or you may
die, or the other party may turn
it down directly or by making n
counter offer.
Here Smith had failed to accept
Brown’s offer within a reasonable
time, which ended it just as
though it had been withdrawn.
What is a reasonable time? It
varies. The offer could expire in
a few minutes in the stock mar-
ket or last for quite a while, de-
pending upon what a court would
think is a reasonable time.
But in Smith’s case six month1
was unreasonable,
(This column, prepared by the
State Bur of Texas, is written to
inform—not to advise. No person
should ever apply or interpret
any law without the aid of an
attorney who is fully advised con-
cerning the facts involved, be-
cause a slight variance in facts
may change the application of the
law.)
Times enforce bulk
handling of milk
COLLEGE STATION —If the
trend toward handling bulk nvlk
experienced in Texas during 1956
and 1957 continues at the same
rate, it is doubtful that any Grade
“A” milk will be handled in cans
in the state by the end of 1902.
This statement is made in a
bulletin just released by the Tex-
as Agricultural Experiment Sta-
tion entitled “Bulk Handling of
Milk on Texas Dairy Farms.”
The bulletin is a summary of in-
formation obtained in the North
Texas and Corpus Christi areas
during the spring and summer of
1957 on dairy farms which have
converted their operations to the
bulk system of producing and
handling milk.
According to the bulletin, Tex-
as dairy farmers are operating
larger units, milking mere cows,
selling more milk and generally
becoming more commercialized
They also arc making efforts to
increase their efficiency by util-
izing methods which contribute to
more efficient production and
marketing of fluid milk.
Dairy farmers purchase bulk
equipment to save on transporta-
tion costs, to reduce physical re-
quirements of labor and to pro-
duce more sanitary milk, states
the bulletin. Other reasons in-
clude pressure from handlers, re-
placement of wornout can equip
ment and attainment of more ac-
curate milk weights and butterfat
tests.
The high cost of tanks and
other bulk equipment is the main
obstacle to the rapid adoption of
the bulk system.
This new bulletin contains much
information on this subject. Some
of the topics discussed are char-
acteristics of bulk producers; ef-
fect of bulk operation; advan-
tages and disadvantages of bulk
handling; bulk tank cost; and
comparison of investment and sav-
ing.
It may be obtained from the
Agricultural Information Office,
College Station, Texas. Ask for
bulletin 894.
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Anderson, LeRoy M. The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, June 27, 1958, newspaper, June 27, 1958; Denison, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth527511/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.