Smith County Historical Society

Photo Friday! April 7, 2016

4 people on the porch of old home

  O.C. Sharman signing first cooperative agreement on the Duck Creek Project, first conservation plan December 10, 1934. Mr. Sharman contributed 100 acres of land to the project. The Dale Bidwell Collection is about the CCC Company 896 and includes 186 photos that we have cataloged plus additional photos that are in the file that were taken and received at the reunions.  Additional material a ...[Read More]

Letters Home World War I Misc. – Fort Sam Houston

World War I Poster Showing three workers.

Letters Home From Soldiers During World War I-19170517

World War I Poster Showing three workers.

Letters Home From Soldiers During World War I is going to be a regular weekly feature in celebration of the centennial of the United States entering World War I. From Tyler Daily Courier-Times, May 17, 1917: “TROUP SOLDIER BOY WRITES INTERESTING LETTER TO FOLKS The Troup Banner of this week contains the following letter from T. C. Read, of that place, who recently enlisted in the United Stat ...[Read More]

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World War I Poster

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