Miscellaneous Titus County, Texas Photos
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Titus County - Home of Big Hair
and Bigger Rattlesnakes!
Big Rattlesnake - (Photo MS-0003)
Titus County is (or at least was) home to large rattlesnakes. They aren't as common as they used to be, but are still occasionally found. This photo came into our possession and is not associated with the following news stories, but illustrates the subject quite well. We don't know who is shown with the snake, or where the photo was taken.
Mt. Pleasant Times Review, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Tuesday, August 2, 1927
LARGE RATTLER
G. M. Pope was exhibiting in town Saturday a rattlesnake which he killed on Lacey Creek, near Sulphur River last Thursday. The rattler measured six and a half feet in length and had 11 rattles and a button.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Thursday, April 26, 1928
KILL BIG RATTLESNAKE
Lee and Frank Newman, who live in the Mt. Sylvia community, killed an enormous rattlesnake on their farm Tuesday. The reptile was five feet nine inches in length and had ten rattles and a button.
