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Highlighting the Founders – Amon Bond A Man of Character
Amon Bond was born in July of 1798 in or near Baltimore, Maryland. His parents, Henry and Elizabeth Bond were both Quakers, and Amon apparently lived by those tenets for his entire life, although there is no record of Amon having actively participated in his faith as a member of a Quaker Meeting in either…
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A Granbury Graveyard Mystery : Is Jesse James Buried Here?
In 1951 a man died in Granbury who was known to some folks secretly as Jesse James. Publicly, through the years, the man had apparently used various aliases here and elsewhere. Like John St. Helen before him, this man whose life, whoever he may have been, was forever changed by his choices during the Civil…
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Granbury College : The School on the Hill
‘Far above the Brazos River, On a Hallowed site, Stands our noble Granbury High School Bathed in golden light. Raise the chorus, send it onward Over hill and dale. Hail to thee, beloved old high school, Granbury High School. Hail!’ The above words are the words to the school song for Granbury High School and…
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to My Article: Lessons from the Greatest Generation in Hood County
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO MY ARTICLE – A Tale Worth Telling By Melinda Jo Ray I just found this article written about fifteen years ago- floating around in my computer. I took a look, and since I wrote it for a relatively small audience back when, I thought it would be…
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Hood County‘s First County Judge : Abel W. Landers
Editor’s Note: Abel W. Landers is often remembered simply as Hood County’s first county judge. Yet his influence reached far beyond the courtroom. Drawing upon years of research, this article explores the remarkable life of a pioneer whose leadership helped shape the founding of Granbury and the future of Hood County. I want to tell…
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