The Blarney Stone is a block of ancient limestone built into the battlements of Blarney Castle in Blarney, Ireland, about five miles from the city of Cork. Blarney Castle was built by Cormac …

TWENTY YEARS AGO (2003)                 --American Legion Post 42 presented more than 20 Blue Star Service Banners to area residents who had family members serving in the armed …

Robert Lee “Uncle Bob” Saunders was an early-day resident of Gatesville and the son of one of Gatesville’s early business pioneers. Born in 1880 in Gatesville, Uncle Bob had many memories and …

Marker text: This congregation grew from an early Coryell County fellowship known as the Church of Onion Creek. Worshippers met in a log building until it burned in 1854. In 1858 this site was …

TWENTY YEARS AGO (2003)                 --A graduation ceremony was held for fifth graders at the Gatesville Intermediate School who had completed the Drug Abuse Resistance …

My Front Porch  Sam Houston is a syndicated columnist and newspaper executive. He is also an actor, author, playwright and entertainment producer/promoter. Tomorrow is February 23. On that …

The Coryell County Genealogical Society will meet on Tuesday, March 14, at 6 p.m. at the Gatesville Public Library.  Local historian, Sherry Lawrence, will present a program, featuring the 1950 U.S. …

Marker Text:  Serving the rural Pidcoke and Harman communities, this cemetery dates to at least 1885, the year six-year-old Mattie Jeter was buried here after dying in a fall from a wagon. Local …

Amongst the hundreds of record books located in the basement of the Coryell County Clerk’s Office, one book in particular recalls the forgotten past of early day Coryell County. In a book …

TWENTY YEARS AGO (2003) — Carly McClellan of Gatesville was among the December graduates at Sam Houston State University. McClellan was awarded a bachelor of arts degree in journalism/public …

The Hammack Building Marker Text: The Hammack Building is located on property once owned by John Chrisman, who helped survey the town of Gatesville in 1854. The building was constructed by W.W. …

PURMELA BAPTIST CHURCH Marker text:  This congregation traces its history to 1886, when the Rev. W.M. Blakely and 10 charter members organized the Basham Baptist Church in the old …

TWENTY YEARS AGO (2003)                 --Former Gatesville resident, Keith Dyer, a 1982 graduate of Gatesville High School, had been named executive director of the Texas Baptist …

Pecan Grove Baptist Church Text on the marker is as follows: ​On August 7, 1882, this church was organized as Coryell Creek Baptist Church of Christ by Monroe M. Smith, James M. Davidson, Joe …

It was just over 50 years ago — Nov. 14, 1972 — that the Cotton Belt train whistle blew, and the train slowly pulled away from the depot in Gatesville for the last time. This would leave …

Jefferson was once one of the largest inland ports in the United States.  Riverboats brought merchandise and people to town. “They came from New Orleans up through Shreveport and they would hit …