Mary 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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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...
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More than Mexican Food at Miguel’s!
Soup’s on! You know….Miguel’s is known for great Mexican food, but they have some of the BEST soups around! They are seriously like a big warm hug in a bowl. Go pay them a visit and check out these...
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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The Story Of The Fried Dill Pickle
When I was a child, we would go on family visits to Atkins, Arkansas. There you could get the best Fried Dill Pickles!! Atkins, AR was once dubbed the “Pickle Capital of the World.” The Atkins Pickle...
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Time To Unwind, Relax, and Converse
I have always found shopping to be an experience, a journey if you will. Especially with my daughter. It’s always fun and sometimes down right hilarious sneaking out of the house just to get away and...
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Mark Your Calendars For Events Happening At Southern Pride
Remember when grandpa use to sit out on the porch on a hot summer day and turn the handle on that old ice cream maker. Everyone in the neighborhood would come over and socialize until that ice cream...
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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!!...
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Happy Curvy Makes A Happy Me
I am so spoiled when it comes to fashion. I am a confident, curvy, pleasantly plump, know what I like type of girly girl. Just because I am pleasantly plump does not mean I have to wear polyester...
View ArticleI Remember The Comanche, Texas Fleming Lake
I spent quite a bit of time a few years ago visiting with Elaine Bent who is the lovely great-niece of Mart Fleming, of Fleming Oak fame in Comanche, Texas, and these visits have reminded me of some...
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