"Rockdale, my hometown, is Texas' heart and significant part of its soul," George Sessions Perry wrote in his book, Texas: A World Unto Itself. Perry wrote with lifelong affection about his hometown, first as a novelist and later as a magazine journalist. He describes the pioneers of Rockdale as typical of restless Southerners who hitched their wagons and moved to Texas after the Civil War. . . . Clay Coppedge . . .
Friday, February 21, 2014
1895 :: Deaf Man Killed by Freight Train
On the 12th of this month J.W. Jackson was run over and killed by a freight train near Minerva. He lived on the road between here and Rockdale. He was deaf and could not hear the approach of the train. He leaves a wife and six children in destitute circumstances. Cameron Herald, February 21, 1895
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