A new museum in Rusk by Bob Bowman The old Barr grocery store in Rusk now houses memorabilia telling the rich history of Rusk and Cherokee County--one of the oldest counties in East Texas.
Country Stores by Bob Bowman A friend who lives near Trawick was bemoaning the loss of country stores a few days ago. �When I was a kid, you could drive all over East Texas, and every little town had one or two stores and did a good business because the hometown folks always traded with them...
October Barrel by Mike Cox Eight-year-old Viola Helen Anderson did not grasp that the U.S. stood on the brink of a financial crisis that would come to be called the Panic of 1906. All the San Angelo girl cared about was that her daddy had died...
A good ol� store by Bob Bowman Losing a community institution is like losing a good friend. Such was the case when the Poynor General Store closed last summer in the Henderson County community on U.S. Highway 175...