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The Fire of 1915 228
Downtown fire in 1915 229
Downtown location has history 230
Allen's oldest downtown building 232
Water a primary concern 234
Biblical references in town plan 235
Depression generation 236
Sight, smells of summers past 238
People spend Sunday afternoons 239
Worst-tasting folk medicines 241
Some food for thought on diets 242
Jackrabbit makes for tales 243
Telegrams brought bad news 245
Interurban links urban areas 246
Interurban railway was vital 247
Interurban had cosmopolitan air 249
Interurban station part of history 250
Liberty Bell tour 251
Interurban stops after 40 years 252
Families gathered for canning 255
Home demonstration clubs teach 256
Mom's college education 257
Permanent press 259
Rodeos past 260
Patriotic songs lift spirits 261
1942 262
Allen was island in flood of 1964 264
And the floods came 265
The rains came down 266
Pettits were welcomed 267
Hymn written here will be sung 269
Humphrey's grocery store 270
Farm implement firm booms 271
Visionaries in 1950s 273
Missed turnoff leads doctor here 274
Holiday Stories
Churches celebrated Christmas 278
"Christmas gift" greeting 279
Column has covered much in year 280
Stories reported in 1991 282
Christmas special for Spurgins 283
Country Christmases of past 284
Tidying up for a new beginning 286
Time to offer holiday gifts 287
Dreams of white Christmas 288
Christmas toys introduced 29001' days weren't so good in cold 291
Harvest reason for Thanksgiving 293
Founding Families
Ashby recalls life in England 295
Baccus home 296
Dr. Rowlett; doctor, lawyer, planter 298
Rowlett earns certificate 299
Physician settled near Rowlett 301
Morgan Brown family 302
Helping former residents job 303
Details give clues of house 304
Dr. Compton brought medicine 306
Lonesome Dove character local 307
Journal details move from Ky. 309
Pioneer's journal records arrival 310
Lunsford records trip 312
Diaries record of household duties 314
Warden settlers 315
Some weddings were important 317
Hogan Witt settled on Rowlett 318
McMillen-Maxwell group left mark 320
Coffey descendents still among us 321
201-year-old Document leads to Va 323
Christies followed migration route 324
Land for boys brought family 325
Marion Snider - our own celebrity 327
Seasoned pioneers from Illinois 328
Rattan, Illinois pioneer, settles area 329
Huffmans brought aristocracy 331
Physician settled near Rowlett 332
Dugger family migrated from Tenn. 333
Dugger tells stories of life 334
Fondren family came to area 336
Wash Ford made pioneer history 337
Early Roads
Henry Exall Memorial Highway 340
The Old Stage Road 341
Tracing Forest Grove Road 342
Early roads followed lines 343
Stuck in the mud 345
Stagecoaches stopped on Jupiter Rd. 346
Because of traffic, I stay home 348
Early Lucas
Lucas church destroyed in 1904 350
Fitzhugh name brings pride 351iv
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