October 24, 1935Raymond Edward Eggres itinerant, worked out a $14 fine assessed in justice of the peace court here for the theft of a leather coat...

After readin’ all this junk I write, you wouldn’t think, as a kid, I would have been a book reader, but you’d be wrong. I loved books, well some books. My mom and sister...

October 17, 1935Burglary at the West Texas Lumber Company in Barnhart Sunday night, at which time someone entered the building through the side...

In the unforgiving Dry River Country and Hill Country of Texas during the 1870s, where German settlers carved out precarious lives amid the constant threat of Indian raids,...

Did I ever tell you about the time I went in for physical therapy on my back? No? Here, let me tell you about it.  Back when I was younger, I tried to lift somethin’ a...

Dear Editor:I have read with great interest the articles in the last two issues of the Stockman about our Care Center. I would submit to you, the citizens of Crockett...

Mason County— In the unforgiving Dry River and Hill Country of Texas during the 1870s, where German settlers struggled to survive amid the constant...

October 10, 1935Sheriff Willis was the recipient of a new “six shooter” the other day given by a friend of the Crockett officer, H. B. Cox, of San...

The other day I was talkin’ to a young man who had just recently started datin’. I asked him if he wanted some datin’ advice. He politely declined, but his facial...

 A word of warnin’: This tale contains a bad word. If you are offended by bad words, read no further. I was raised in a household where it was not only illegal to use bad...

Nacogdoches County, Texas—In the mid-1830s, the Greenwood family set their sights on the pine forests and fertile soil of East Texas, hoping to carve out a permanent home....

Oct. 3, 1935 A thief who proved himself the boldest of the bold by stealing an automobile from the streets of Ozona belonging to the high sheriff...

September 26, 1935By Bill Gray Mute witness to happenings of half a century ago and lingering remnant of a now perished ‘ghost’ town, the oldest...

Nacogdoches—Long before highways and railroads cut across East Texas, settlers like Garrison Greenwood pushed wagons through dense forests, cut their own roads, and built...

 This rerun is a request from the lady that walked up to me at the grocery store.  She said it was her favorite.My wife Janet and I were out shoppin’ the other day. No, I...