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One-Room School
The school systems of the past, especially in farming communities often had a single school house for grades 1 through 8 and some even into the high school grades.…
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First Wedding in San Marcos
The story of the first wedding in San Marcos has often been told, but each time it has either been incomplete or incorrect. Weddings are always interesting events. The…
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Col. Hermon Aiken Story
Josephine’s father, Col. Hermon Aiken, had quite an adventurous life. Well after his death in 1860, his journals were found in a well. Evidently he had hid them. They…
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1908 Tornado Rolls House
In June of 1908, James and Josephine McGehee were visiting their children’s families and friends near Lockney, TX. One night, after a family dinner gathering, the weather became very…
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George T. & Sarah Cherokee McGehee
This portrait may have been from a book called McGehee Descendants. George T. McGehee was the son of John Gilmer McGehee, who arrived in Texas in 1835, and the…