by Pennie Ferguson | Apr 22, 2024 | History
This snapshot shows young Clyde Barrow posing with his girlfriend, Eleanor Bee Williams (later Kilgore) (1908-1996) near Broaddus, Texas at the home of Mona Ardell Kindred Burkett (1897-1984), Eleanor’s first cousin. Eleanor’s cousin, Mona, and her husband, Monroe L....
by Pennie Ferguson | Apr 19, 2024 | History, Shopping
Along the historic trail, “Nethery’s Store” BETTER YET, COME FOR A VISIT Open most Fridays and Saturdays from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, for the “Sale on the Trail” event the first weekend in May. Visit their website: https://netherysstore.com/ C.A. NETHERY GENERAL...
by Pennie Ferguson | Apr 18, 2024 | History
Celebrating Heritage Milam is Sabine County’s oldest town, located six miles north of Hemphill in northern Sabine County. The highway passing through Milam (Hwy. 21) is said to be the oldest roadway on the North American continent. Indians were the first...
by Pennie Ferguson | Mar 13, 2024 | History, News
It’s time to start your engines and make the scenic ride down historic Highway 21. Historians record that in 1832, while traveling on horseback through the forests along Palo Gaucho Creek between San Augustine and his home, Colonel Samuel Doak McMahan stopped to...
by Matt | Feb 9, 2024 | History
The Sabine County History Center, located at 235 North Texas Street in Hemphill, is dedicated to preserving Sabine County’s history. There are at least 107 historical markers and memorials in Sabine County, including the Sabine County Courthouse and Jail and a number...
by Matt | Feb 9, 2024 | History
National Register of Historic Places Gaines-Oliphint House (1977): 31.282.59N—93.4526.10W Lobanillo Swales (Designation 2016): 31.2839.20N—93.5656.64W Texas Historical Commission Antiquities Landmark Archeological & Historic Site Lobanillo Swales...
