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All Natural Chicken Feed At Gore Bros Agri-Service
Gore’s tries to keep their pulse on the consumer so… now they are offering All Natural chicken feed. That’s right. Gore Bros. recently started carrying a non-GMO poultry feed that comes from...
View ArticleAnd Then There Was Light In Comanche, Texas!
I don’t know a lot about when the lights came on in Comanche, Texas so I’m just going to give you the bare bones that were told to me. If you have information to add to the story, please feel …...
View ArticleThe Fight At Salt Creek Mountain
The following is a horrible story, but it is what it is, and it shows us yet again just how hard it was to live on the Texas frontier during the 19th Century. ********** No history of Central Texas in…...
View ArticleA Little Bowling Lesson, 19th Century Style
I’ve read several blurbs through the years about various 19th Century Texas saloons having ten-pin alleys in them. Now, obviously I know that this means that bowling was offered in these saloons, but I...
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Cake Time at Hathcocks
I know what you’re thinking…Hathcock’s is a furniture store…right? Well, if you haven’t been in to take a look at their fantastic kitchen supplies, you are missing out! We went in to round up a few...
View ArticleM.G. Catter Dry Goods 1907 Photo
Now that we have begun to hear from family members, this photo has been moved into our Genealogy section. Be sure to see comments below! Don’t you just love to find old photos that give you at least a...
View ArticleI Remember Sisters Minnie Cox & Viola Rackley
The following was written by Alta Brandon, one of my best friends and a one-time Texan who today lives in Greenwood, Arkansas. Alta is the daughter of Kenneth and Oneta Brandon who served in the town...
View ArticlePam Bills-There Was No Money For Christmas
I was probably about 6 or 7, and my dad had been laid off his job at the end of November right before Thanksgiving. Now, my parents were never the kind to tell you things were bad or even act …...
View ArticleComanche’s William Stephens Murdered in 1880
The town of Comanche, Texas was rocked by yet another murder of one of its citizens in 1880; however, the deed didn’t happen in Central Texas, but rather in Kansas. Apparently, the west wasn’t terribly...
View ArticleMob Violence In Brown, Comanche, Erath, Hamilton Counties
Hangings On The Texas Frontier By the early 1870s, some settlers had been living on the Texas frontier for almost twenty years, and they were tired. They had seen drought and famine; they had buried...
View ArticleChuck Ratliff, Viet Nam Veteran
The Stories are Tough, But the Flag Still Flies Part One I’ve spent quite a bit of time in my life writing about how men and women fight the wars of their generation and then leave their service in...
View ArticleTo The Jungles Of Vietnam- Dennis Marken
When Dennis Marken of Comanche, Texas agreed to record at least parts of his memories of his time in Vietnam, I told him not to spare us, that I was fine with his sharing anything and everything...
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Top 10 Reasons You Should Be Using Frontier Tire
Call me David Letterman!! I’m here to give you the top 10 reasons why you should be using Frontier Tire & Service in Comanche. 1. I just can’t say it enough! The Customer Service is Outstanding!!...
View ArticleTexas And Post Civil War Outlaws
It Was Hard Times In Texas I get “up in arms” every time I listen to pundits expound on basically doing away with anything that even hints of the Civil War because it is obvious that they simply do...
View ArticleMary Jane Isabelle Fritts McConnell Lane Roberson
Claiborne S. (C.S.) Fritts was born September 7, 1825, in what today is Lee County, West Virginia. He was the son of Henry and Lucinda Fritts. The family moved to Monroe County, Indiana in 1833 when...
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Freeze Framing a Moment in History…
Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still. – Dorothea Lange We have all grown up with pictures hanging on a wall or set in a frame on a bedside table. Some...
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Butch’s Banana Pudding
Well I will have to admit that this was my first time ever to make banana pudding. Don’t get me wrong I love the stuff but at all of our family gatherings my cousin Stacey Johnston is required to...
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No Musical Talent In Comanche, Texas?
JOHN WESLEY HARDIN I’m not sure if the following article from the Comanche Chief was written with the levity that I read into it or not, but I did laugh when I read it. I was also reminded that...
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It’s Santa’s Helpers Time Once Again
And Once Again, We Need Your Help! But first, I thought I’d remind you of just what this organization does for the community of Comanche. I feel sure that the work is MUCH LARGER than most can...
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Heaven Is For Real, A Review
This week, Amy reviews the book Heaven is For Real. With the movie being released to coincide with the Easter season, we thought you would be interested. ******************************* I’m guessing...
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