"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 . . .
Monday, February 10, 2014
1901 :: New Owner of Rockdale Messenger
Taylor Topics. . . . Mr. Howard Willson has removed his family to Rockdale, where he has been since January 1, in charge of his recent purchase, the Rockdale Messenger. Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVIth YEAR, No. 312, Ed. 1, Sunday, February 10, 1901
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