"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 . . .
Sunday, May 25, 2014
1880 :: Public School Building
An enthusiastic meeting of substantial citizens was held here this evening, having for its objects the erection of a public school building and the furtherance of the educational interests of the city. The meeting was conducted by men who do not confine themselves to idle talk, but execute any enterprise undertaken. The result will be that Rockdale will ere long boast of a public school which will do credit to any city. The matter was placed in the hands of the following committee: -- Judge J.S. Perry, Thos. F. Hudson, B. Loewenstein, G.W. Baines, Jr. Galveston Daily News, May 25, 1880
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