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Holiday at the Arboretum, Presented by Reliant, Features Expanded Christmas Village with New 23-Foot-Tall German Christmas Pyramid and New Shops
The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden invites visitors to experience one of the most magical traditions in the Southwest-Holiday at the Arboretum, presented by Reliant, which runs from November
The Spirit of Future
One of the absolute best days that occurs in Forney ISD happened Wednesday, December 9, when the Grant Train rolled through Forney ISD to all the campuses that had submitted requests.
Did you ever Watch Lenny’s Friend, “SQUIGGY,” And laugh and laugh?
A “knuckle-headed greaser,” who lived in the apartment above Laverne and Shirley, often came to the door with his “equally-challenged” buddy, Lenny, and said, “HELLOOOOOO,” in a voice only he could
Is it a Mountain Lion or a Bobcat?
A while back, I printed a photo of a dead bobcat on Lover’s Lane here in Forney and recounted my previous meeting with one in our “back 2.2 acres” out on Old Military Trail.
Thomas Layden, one of the earliest pioneers of the Irish Ridge neighborhood, railroad construction contractor, landowner and farmer, inventor and banker
Thomas Layden house on the Irish Ridge, probably built late 1880s or early 1890s
Mike Talty Store, about 1912
Coats School, Valley View neighborhood, 1930s. Photo courtesy of Ola (Criswell) Feagin
Trail’s Talty gin, the last operating cotton gin in Forney Country, 1997. Photo by Jerry M. Flook
Pleasant Springs School, about 1899. Teacher believed to be John A. Bryan. Photo courtesy of Terrie (Briscoe) Scafidel
William Dykes house, Pleasant Springs neighborhood, probably built in the 1880s. The house stood on the east side of Ray Hubbard Drive near the Rockwall County line. Woman unidentified
Newt C. Whittemore house, Pleasant Springs neighborhood, about 1900. The house stood on the west side of FM 740 about 0.6 mile north of Ray Hubbard Drive intersection. L to R: Clarence Whittemore, Nannie Whittemore
Home of family of Isaac Briscoe (of William), Pleasant Springs neighborhood, about 1900. The house stood on the south side of Ray Hubbard Drive about 0.5 mile west of FM 740. Photo courtesy of Terrie Scafidel
Home of Alan McMahan family, Buffalo neighborhood on the Forney-Rockwall Road, about 1910. Many rural families had water wagons such as the one seen here. L to R: Maggie, Ollie, Nettie, Glen McMahan and Ella Mae Hughes (in front). Photo courtesy of Nettie McMahan Tune
MORE RURAL NEIGHBORHOODS OF FORNEY AREA
Last week’s article concluded with the Community of “Antioch,” which some residents considered actually just a part of the “Lone Elm” neighborhood.
Vance Pumphrey
As a teenager, Vance Pumphrey was an exceptionally bright young man with the whole world ahead of him.
Millions of Americans are Facing Hunger This Holiday Season
Millions of people nationwide face hunger every holiday season. And this year, the COVID-19 pandemic thrust even more Americans into this vulnerable position.
Steps to Take Before Donating to Charity
Donations from private citizens are the lifeblood of many nonprofit organizations.
“Some members would like to lock the building down and some would like to throw the doors open,” state Rep. Charlie Geren said of the Capitol. Credit: Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune
Analysis: Despite Vaccine Hopes, Lawmakers Plan For More Months of Pandemic
We’re holding two opposing ideas in our heads at the same time: The vaccines are promising, and the danger of the pandemic has never been higher.
Luke used the Wraith, a digital day or night scope for his nighttime hog hunting.
NIGHTTIME IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR HOG HUNTING
Say it ain’t so, Elvis!
I could not believe my eyes when I picked up the Dallas newspaper to see if the Forney teams had won and was hit with large letters that indicated the following, “IKF in, Elvis out,” on the front p
Kaufman County Veteran’s Memorial Announced as an Official Location for the 2020 National Wreaths Across America Day
National nonprofit Wreaths Across America (WAA) announced today that the Kaufman Veterans Memorial in Kaufman, Texas has joined the effort to support the mission to Remember, Honor, Teach, as an official location for 2020. This is the first year that the Memorial will participate in this national event.