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"ALL
THINGS HISTORICAL"
A weekly column syndicated in 70 East Texas newspapers
by
Bob Bowman &
Archie P. McDonald, PhD
Railroads
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- The
Crash at Crush by Bow Bowman 9-8-08
One hunded and twelve years ago this month, 40,000 people paid
good money to be frightened within an inch of their lives.
- Built
it and they will ride it by Archie P. McDonald 1-22-07
Most motorists traveling down Bremond Street in Houston, Lufkin,
and Nacogdoches, or likely any street along US Highway 59 from
Houston to north of Nacogdoches, haven't a clue of the debt East
Texas owes to Paul Bremond...
- The
Tyler Depot by Bow Bowman 10-31-05
a National Historic Landmark
- A
Railroad Holdup by Bob Bowman 9/28/04
Railroaders love to tell stories, and the one they relish the
most is about the railroad president and the holdup man.
- Railroads
by Archie P. McDonald 6/03
"Trains are still crucial for moving freight, despite
competition from trucks. Airplanes and cars move people. Some
folks are fond of these. Johnny Cash and I have a thing about
trains."
- Hell
Either Way Taken by Archie P. McDonald 12/23/01
- The
Texas State Railroad by Archie P. McDonald, 6/15/01
- Denison,
Birth Place of a President by Archie P. McDonald, 3/18/01
- Revisiting
The Rabbit by Bob Bowman, 10/16/00
- A
Railroad Centennial by Bob Bowman, 8/6/00
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Escapes, in its purpose to preserve historic, endangered and vanishing
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