BITS AND PIECES
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EVANT,
LANGFORD’S COVE, & GHOLSON’S
GAP
Evant is successor to the original Langford’s Cove,
and the gap just south on Highway 66 is Gholson’s Gap.
TRAINS
When trains first began coming to Hamilton they would go
out to the "Y" to turn around with more passengers than they had
on the regular run. Boys caught them for the free ride to the
"Y" and back.
CORONADO
According to Dr. Robert T. Hill of the Dallas News,
Coronado passed up the Bosque River. This would have had him going through
Hamilton County.
JONESBORO
Jonesboro was once quite an important town and
maintained a "college." The Hamilton school; was originally
called a "college" and men teachers were called professors.
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MME.. CHIANG KAI-SHEK
One has to admit the governments of the democracies have
done nothing tangible or practical, not even to protect their own
interest. --Mme.. Chiang Kai-shek, wife of China’s generalissimo on the
Sino-Jap war.
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Peserve this copy of The News for future
reference.
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The governor of Texas rules more territory
than any king or dictator of Europe in the continental limits of his
country, Russia excluded.
The Hamilton High School football team won
its fight district championship in the fall of 1937.
Coffee cost 20 cents a pound in Hamilton in
1860.
Flour cost six cents a pound in Hamilton in
1860.
Bacon cost 15 cents a pound in Hamilton in
1860.
Corn meal cost $2 a bushel in Hamilton in
1860.
Hamilton County is almost exactly the
geographical center of Texas
PIONEER EDITION
HAMILTON COUNTY NEWS, Vol. VIII, No. 7
THE CARLTON CITIZEN, Vol. 30, No. 23
Friday, June 24, 1938
W. F. Billingslea, Publisher, Hamilton
County, TX
