Titus County, Texas History

April 1, 2008 Update & Site Re-design

After a year's new research,

this is our largest single update yet!

6 Completely New Topics

200+ New Web Pages

23 Existing Articles Updated

Miscellaneous Other Website Improvements

Our website has grown considerably, and will continue to grow. In this update, we post our last year's research. We know some of our regular visitors have been waiting a long time for new updates, and decided to post incomplete articles that go as far as we have researched. Some of the longer articles now stop in the latter 1930s, but we will update them as we continue our research. Had we waited to complete them, they probably could not be posted for another year!

We were unable to post interim updates due to totally re-designing our menus. We don't foresee any major changes to them soon, so hopefully can post new articles and updates to existing articles as they happen without having to wait another year to do so.

We decided that a site map would help visitors find a particular story that interests them faster and will be more helpful than only listing updates.

The site map is an enhanced website Table of Contents. In addition to listing topics, clicking on blue hyper-link will take you directly to the page listed. No content is available for topics listed in black -- space for them has only been blocked and the article(s) will be added in future updates.

Because we constantly find new photos and information and use them to update existing stories, the site map also lists the first date that an article was posted on the website, and the last date when its content was updated. To provide continuity for older stories, we list the posting and last updated dates of all stories that were on line before this update as 2007-03-16. Some many have been on line longer, but March 16, 2007 was the last major update before the website was redesigned.

We highlight pages that were added or updated within the last 90 days in red to make them easier for visitors to spot.

TOPIC	ARTICLE CONTENTS	ADDED TO SITE	LAST UPDATED

HOME PAGE

ABOUT OUR WEBSITE
*UPDATED!*	About Our Website
*NEW!*	About Articles on the Titus County History Website	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Please Be Part of the Titus County History Website	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Useful Information About the Titus County History Website	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

CONTACT US	How to e-mail us about the Titus County History Website	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

ADVERTISING
*UPDATED!*	Advertising Main Page	2006-10-20	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Banking & Finance	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Clothing and Dry Goods	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Miscellaneous Advertising	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Real Estate	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Dining Out and Groceries	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Home Furnishings and Appliances	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Home Entertainment	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

AERIAL PHOTOS
	1973 Aerial photos of Mt. Pleasant	2006-10-20	2007-03-16
*NEW!*	March 1977 photos from Mt. Pleasant's South water tower	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

AGRICULTURE
*UPDATED!*	Introduction	2007-01-24
*NEW!*	Titus County Agriculture - Overview	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Agricultural Crops	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
	Titus County Dairying Main Page
*NEW!*	Grisham's Ice Cream & Butter Plant	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	The Texas Milk Products Company (later Borden's Milk Plant)	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Milk & Dairy Products in the News	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
	Titus County Cane Growing Main Page
*NEW!*	Titus County Ribbon Cane	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Northeast Texas Cane Grower's & Producers Assn Sorghum Syrup Mill	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	A Plat of the Northeast Texas Cane Grower's Sorghum Syrup Mill	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
	Titus County Ranching	PENDING

BANKING & FINANCE
	This large section is pending research - hope to add in next update	PENDING

BUILDINGS
	Introduction	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
	Some Early Homes	2006-10-20	2007-02-07
	The William H. Florey Home	2007-01-30	2007-01-30
*NEW!*	The Broadstreet Farm House	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	The Caldwell-Carr Building (Jo's Antiques)	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	The Ellis-Kelley Building	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	The Rogers Building	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
*NEW!*	Introduction	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
	Titus County's Retail Businesses and Small Industries Main Page
*NEW!*	W. B. Praytor and Praytor Studios	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
	The I. N. Williams General Store	2007-02-12	2007-02-12
*NEW!*	Soft Drink Bottling in Mt. Pleasant.	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Mt. Pleasant's Dr Pepper Bottling Co.	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
	Titus County Oil Exploration and Production Main Page
*NEW!*	Titus County Oil - Overview	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Oil - Early Exploration	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Oil - Perspective on the Oil Boom	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Oil - The Smell of Money!	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
	Titus County Oil - Oil Discovered!	PENDING
*NEW!*	Titus County Oil - Growing Pains	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
	The Mt. Pleasant Refinery Main Page
*NEW!*	The Mt. Pleasant Refinery - Part I	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	The Mt. Pleasant Refinery - Part II	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

CEMETERIES
	List of Titus County cemeteries and a few interesting Titus County burials	2007-02-17	2007-02-17
	Cemetery Preservation - Titus Cemetery Search	2007-02-25	2007-02-25
*NEW!*	Cemetery Preservation - Texas Historic Cemetery Designation	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
	Interesing and Funny Historic Cemetery News Articles	2007-02-17	2007-02-17

CHURCHES
*UPDATED!*	Introduction	2007-03-16

	ASSEMBLY OF GOD

	BAPTIST
*NEW!*	First Baptist - Mt. Pleasant	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Liberty Missionary Baptist Church - Blodgett	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Trinity Baptist Church - Mt. Pleasant	INCOMP.	2008-04-01

	CHURCH OF CHRIST
*NEW!*	North Jefferson Church of Christ - Mt. Pleasant	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

	LUTHERAN
*NEW!*	Good Shepherd Lutheran Church - Mt. Pleasant	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

	PRESBYTERIAN
*NEW!*	First Presbyterian - Mt. Pleasant	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

CIVIC & FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS	Introduction
*UPDATED!*	The Mt. Pleasant Municipal Band	2007-03-16	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	The Mt. Pleasant / Titus County Chamber of Commerce	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

DEPRESSION ERA
*NEW!*	Titus County During the Great Depression
*NEW!*	Ladies Helped During the Depression - Canning & Sewing Clubs	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
	Depression-era News Articles
	*The Civilian Conservation Corps in Titus County*
*NEW!*	Billy Hammonds' recollections of life in The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Map of Mt. Pleasant's Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp #2886	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
	The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Titus County - 1935 News Articles
	The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Titus County - 1936 News Articles
	The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Titus County - 1937 News Articles
	The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Titus County - 1938 News Articles
	The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Titus County - 1939 News Articles
	The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Titus County - 1940 News Articles
	The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Titus County - 1941 News Articles
	The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Titus County - 1942 News Articles
*NEW!*	The Works Progress Adminstration (WPA) in Titus County	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

EVENTS
*UPDATED!*	President Lyndon B. Johnson visits Mt. Pleasant		2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Fairs - History of the Titus County Fair 1927-1930	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Fairs - 1927 Titus County Fair Brochure	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Fairs - History of the Titus County Fair 1931-1933	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Fairs - History of the Titus County Fair 1934-1935	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Fairs - History of the Titus County Fair 1936	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Fairs - Community Fairs in Titus County	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Fairs - Titus County and the State Fair of Texas	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Fairs - Photos of 2007 Titus County Fair - Page 1	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Fairs - Photos of 2007 Titus County Fair - Page 2	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Fairs - Photos of 2007 Titus County Fair - Page 3	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Fairs - Photos of 2007 Titus County Fair - Page 4	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Fairs - Photos of 2007 Titus County Fair - Page 5	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Fairs - Photos of 2007 Titus County Fair - Page 6	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Fairs - Photos of 2007 Titus County Fair - Page 7	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Fairs - Photos of 2007 Titus County Fair - Page 8	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Fairs - Photos of 2007 Titus County Fair - Page 9	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Fairs - Photos of 2007 Titus County Fair - Page 10	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Fairs - Photos of 2007 Titus County Fair - Page 11	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Fairs - Photos of 2007 Titus County Fair - Page 12	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

FADING AWAY
*NEW!*	Fading Away Main Page	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County's Historic Microfilmed Newspapers	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Mt. Pleasant's First City Hall	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Mt. Pleasant's Cotton Belt Depot	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Treasures	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

FIRE DEPARTMENTS
	Titus County Fire Departments - Introduction	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

	MOUNT PLEASANT

*NEW!*	Mt. Pleasant Fire Department Cover Page	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	History of the Mt. Pleasant Fire Department - Page 1	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	History of the Mt. Pleasant Fire Department - Page 2	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
	Mt. Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department's 1904 Organizational Minutes	2007-01-22	2007-01-22
	Mt. Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department's 1949 By-Laws	2007-01-22	2007-01-22
*NEW!*	Robert Lee "Bob" Simpson	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Mt. Pleasant Fire Department Fire-Rescue	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Mt. Pleasant Fire Department Communications	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*UPDATED!*	Mt. Pleasant Fire Department Stations	2007-03-16	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Mt. Pleasant Fire Department Fund Raising Activities	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*UPDATED!*	Mt. Pleasant Fire Department - Early Vehicles	2007-03-16	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Mt. Pleasant Fire Department 1936 Ford-Boyer Parade Truck	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Mt. Pleasant Fire Department - Historical Fires	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Mt. Pleasant Fire Department - Ladies' Auxiliary	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Mt. Pleasant Fire Department - Mutual Aid	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*UPDATED!*	Mt. Pleasant Fire Department - Misc. Photos	2007-03-16	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Mt. Pleasant Fire Department - Historical Firefighter Roster A - L	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Mt. Pleasant Fire Department - Historical Firefighter Roster M -Z	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

	COOKVILLE

	FIVE STAR

	NORTEX

	SUGAR HILL
	Sugar Hill Fire Department History	2007-01-30	2007-01-30
	TALCO

	TRI-LAKES

	WINFIELD

GOVERNMENT
	Local Government Main Page

	TITUS COUNTY

*NEW!*	Introduction	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Information and Statistics	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	History of the Titus County Court House	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Historic List of Titus County Government Officials 1900-Present Main Page	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Commissioners - Historical List	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Court Officials - Historical List	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Clerk, Treasurer, Tax Collector - Historical List	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County School Supt., Cotton Weigher, Public Weigher - Historical List	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Justices of the Peace - Historical List	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Constables - Historical List	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	District Court Officials - Historical List	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

	CITY OF MOUNT PLEASANT

*NEW!*	City of Mt. Pleasant Main Page	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	City of Mt. Pleasant Information and Statistics	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
	*Mt. Pleasant City Officials*
*NEW!*	Mt. Pleasant City Officials Main Page	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Historical List of Mt. Pleasant Mayors	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Historical List of Mt. Pleasant City Aldermen and Councilmen - Page 1	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Historical List of Mt. Pleasant City Aldermen and Councilmen - Page 2	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Historical List of Misc. Mt. Pleasant City Officials	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
	*Mt. Pleasant City Council Minutes*
*NEW!*	Mt. Pleasant City Council Minutes 1900	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Mt. Pleasant City Council Minutes 1901	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Mt. Pleasant City Council Minutes 1902	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Mt. Pleasant City Council Minutes 1903	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	The History of Mt. Pleasant City Halls	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
	*Mt. Pleasant City Water System*
*NEW!*	History of the City of Mt. Pleasant Water System Main Page	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	History of the City of Mt. Pleasant Water System - Page 1	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	History of the City of Mt. Pleasant Water System - Page 2	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	History of the City of Mt. Pleasant Water System - Page 3	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	History of the City of Mt. Pleasant Water System - Page 4	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

*NEW!*	The Unincorporated Community of North Mt. Pleasant	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

	OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

*NEW!*	Titus County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	The U. S. Post Office in Titus County	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	The U. S. Post Office - Mt. Pleasant, TX	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	The U. S. Post Office - Cookville, TX	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	The U. S. Post Office - Talco, TX	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	The U. S. Post Office - Winfield, TX	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Former U. S. Post Offices in Titus County	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Misc. News Stories About The U.S. Mail and Titus County Post Offices	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

KIDS' CORNER
*NEW!*	Kids' Corner Features History Articles Written for Young Children	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

LAW ENFORCEMENT

	TITUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT

*NEW!*	Titus County Sheriffs Department Main Page	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Sheriffs - 1846 to Present	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	How to Be Elected Titus County Sheriff (or Governor)	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	The James C. "Sam" Rowland Hanging	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Jails	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	A 1970s Titus County Sheriff's Dept. Marijuana Bust	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

	MOUNT PLEASANT POLICE DEPT

*NEW!*	Mt. Pleasant Police Department Main Page
*NEW!*	Photos of Mt. Pleasant Police Department Officers	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Historical List of Mt. Pleasant Police Chiefs and Officers	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

	TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

	The Texas Department of Public Safety Main Page	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Historical List of Titus County Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	The Texas Department of Public Safety News Stories	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

	LEGAL AND ILLEGAL LIQUOR IN TITUS COUNTY

	Titus County Alcoholic Beverages Main Page	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Titus County Alcoholic Beverages - Legal	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*UPDATED!*	Titus County Bootleggers	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*UPDATED!*	Titus County Moonshiners	2007-02-16	2007-02-16
	A 1970s Raid on a Titus County Moonshine Still	2007-02-16	2007-02-16

LINKS	Links to Other Websites	2007-02-16	2008-04-01

LODGING
*UPDATED!*	Photos of Early Titus County Hotels & Motels	2006-10-20	2008-04-01
*UPDATED!*	Camp Jackson	2006-10-20	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	The Jefferson Hotel (last known as Hotel Stephens)	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	The El Moro Motor Courts	2008-04-01	2008-04-01

MEDIA
*NEW!*	News Media Main Page	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
	Newspapers Main Page
*NEW!*	The Mt. Pleasant Daily Times & Times Review	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	The Mt. Pleasant Daily Tribune	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	The Citizen's Record and East Texas Journal	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	Miscellaneous Titus County Newspapers	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
	Radio Stations Main Page
*NEW!*	Radio Stations KIMP-AM & KIMP-FM	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
	Movie Theatres Main Page
*NEW!*	The Martin (a/k/a Titus) Theatre 1913-1936	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	The Martin (a/k/a Titus) Theatre 1937-2007	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	The Palace Theatre	2008-04-01	2008-04-01
*NEW!*	The Texan Theatre	2008-04-01