Posted on 06/05/2020 3:37:05 PM PDT by ConservativeDude
Great map of Texas! Thanks for posting!
A heroic life. Thank you for recounting his story there. I knew none of this and only had heard of his (and your) namesake county.
Thanks google.
I have driven through China Grove thousands of times over the years. I’m a 1974 graduate of the only high school in that area. I still to this day travel through there to Pruskis Meat Market. One of my good friends lives a few miles east.
It is right in the heart of the Delaware Basin. Highest per capita of millionaires anywhere in the world.
Very interesting read. Thanks for posting!
My G-Grandmother’s Grandfather was the Alcalde of Nacogdoches under Mexico rule. After Texas won independence from Mexico, he renounced Mexican citizenship and became a Texan.
He and his son (my GG-Grand) owned much land in East Texas. Nacogdoches was carved up to create new Counties, from Dallas to the Sabine River, including Smith County. My GG-Grand was given a pittance for the land that would become the Smith County seat: Tyler.
“we very much wanted to move to Texas, it has so many positive elements (especially outside the largest cities)
but we checked the weather reports for all 254 counties (yup! 254)..... and they are all 100+ degrees in summer. All of them.
Texans are tough ! which is a compliment. i fear we are a bit more delicate, 100+ degrees scares us away, alas. wonderful state!”
As a 6th generation Texan born in the Northeast corner... if you stay north of Livingston the heat is not (relatively) too bad. Heading back south to the Gulf you are best to brace yourself with the humidity and the same temperatures.
Living in Texas makes it all worthwhile. In the spring when the weather and tornadoes tear through, you are glad you have been a good neighbor so you can retrieve your lawn furniture, dog, wife, and kids from the neighbor’s lawn “-)
By September, due to the excessive heat, folks are positively mad and a ton of fun. Just when it gets going good the first cold front comes and refreshes everyone. Next thing you know it is rutting season for the bucks!
Lord! I do love the place. The people make it the best place in the world!
Excellent post. Thanks
Spot on and very poetic
Sounds fun too. Thanks!
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