"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 . . .
Showing posts with label Ellis County. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ellis County. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
1892 :: Rockdale Jubilating
Rockdale, Milam County, Tex., March 2. -- Rockdale is booming anvils to-night in honor of Ellis county going for Mills. Fort Worth Daily Gazette, March 3, 1892
Sunday, December 1, 2013
1902 :: Death of William Pleasants
Ennis, Ellis Co., Tex., Nov. 28. -- William Pleasants, a young man from Rockdale, died here Thursday evening at the home of his sister, Mrs. C.W. McKenney. The remains were taken to Rockdale today for burial. Dallas Morning News, December 1, 1902
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