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GRANBURY or GRANBERRY : What’s In A Name?
GRANBURY or GRANBERRY: “What’s in a Name?” By Bob Kent May 17, 2014 “It’s a damn poor mind that can think of only one way to spell a word”i The City of Granbury is […]
The Nelson “Cooney” Mitchell Story
The Bridge Street History is working on a presentation detailing the story of the 1876 hanging of Nelson “Cooney” Mitchell and the subsequent events surrounding his son Bill Mitchell. The story is a classic old west tale involving a feud between the Truitt’s and Mitchell’s, roadside ambush and murder, the trial and hanging, and a […]
Welcome Bob Kent!
The Bridge Street History Center welcomes local historian Bob Kent as a guest contributor to our web site. The following links are to a couple of articles Bob has written for us, and we’re looking forward to more of his research into local history topics! “The Granbury Land Title Dispute” “Josephine Cogdell Schuyler: From Granbury […]
