"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 . . .
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Monday, June 20, 2016
1889 :: News from Rockdale
Rockdale Messenger
(Rockdale, Tex.)
Vol. 17, Ed. 1
Thursday, June 20, 1889
Mr. Frank Mundine of Lexington was in town Monday. He informs the Messenger that he will begin the work of rebuilding his hotel here next week. . . . The Texan says: . . . Rockdale pursues the even tenor of her way; she has no boom but is steadily and surely improving. Several new stores are contemplated; the Mundine hotel will be rebuilt at once; a large cotton shed and platform will be ready for the coming crop. A large number of town lots have changed hands and a private citizen is now building one of the finest residences in the county.
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
1899 :: Use One-Cent Stamps
Some of our friends, especially among the school children, send their letters to Rockdale to be mailed, and put a two-cent stamp on them when a one-cent stamp would do as well. Remember, when you mail your letters at Rockdale a one-cent stamp is sufficient.
Ferguson & Porter, Real Estate Agents, Rockdale, Texas. . . .
No. 4: -- A 6-room residence on Green street in Rockdale, lot 70x126 feet, with some grape vines and fruit trees. A bargain for cash, or will exchange for a small farm.
No. 5:: A 4-room house on corner of Burleson and Davilla streets, this city, lot 45x125, will sell on installments for $600, house new. Also house on adjoining lot, Burleson street, with three rooms, $400. Will sell either, or both, on installments, or trade for land.
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