By Dustin Durrett One of my favorite movies as a child was “The Wizard of Oz”. I always liked the Munchkins and the flying monkeys. I found out earlier this year a Polish-American actor who played both a Munchkin and one of the winged flying Monkeys in “The Wizard of Oz” is buried in Shearith…
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Hilliard C. Brite, Jr. was a veteran lawman in Dallas County. He was the oldest son of Hilliard C. Brite, Sr. and Georgia Ellen Lochard. Hilliard Brite, Jr. served as a deputy sheriff under several administrations, including that of Sheriff Smoot Schmid. He was often written up in area newspapers. Some of the unusual cases…
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Due to the forecast of inclement weather, last Saturday’s scheduled historical marker ceremony has been postponed. The new date and time will be posted here when it becomes available. Get future posts by email.
Today at the McAdams Cemetery we had 10 participants 6 of which are DCPA members. The weather was beautiful and we all had a wonderful time. Mike Rowlands worked on two tombstones with about half the group watching and helping him. Mike and Marsha Leach took care of cutting up and disposing of a medium sized…
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(Used with permission) Gottlieb Heinrich/Henry Schoellkopf was born in Germany on September 23, 1849. He came to the United States when he was a youth of 14. A newspaper article in the Amarillo Daily News of June 18. 1940 recounted his early days. Not long after the Civil War, G. H. Schoellkopf had come to Texas in…
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