History: The Gray Family of Zion’s Rest
John, Sarah, Tula, Charles, Porter, Bessie, Leslie, Lonnie, and Clyde By Dana Stubbs – Special to the Navarro County Gazette It never ceases to amaze me when serendipity happens, but I have to admit at times…
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History: Braniff Flight 352, May 3, 1968
By Dana Stubbs – Special to the Navarro County Gazette Braniff Flight 352, May 3, 1968 – Dawson, Navarro County, Texas Four years ago, a bunch of folks met in Dawson to remember and reflect…
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History: The Navarro County Genealogical Society Certificate Program – The McClung-Barron Family
By Dana Stubbs – Special to the Navarro County Gazette The Navarro County Genealogical Society started an exciting a new project in 2021 in which is offered Navarro County Pioneer or Heritage Certificates. These beautiful…
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History: The Law and the Lawless – Part 2
By Dana Stubbs – Special to the Navarro County Gazette This is the second part of the “Law and the Lawless” history piece featured last month. To read the first part, click here. Rufus Highnote…
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History: The Law and the Lawless – Part 1
By Dana Stubbs – Special to the Navarro County Gazette In October, the Navarro County Genealogical Society and the Corsicana Public Library with Pioneer Village put on the Corsicana Odyssey. The Society and the Library…
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History: Navarro Mall – Corsicana’s First Shopping Center
By Guy Chapman – Navarro County Gazette On Sept. 25, 1968, Corsicana was introduced to a new type of shopping experience: A 151,680 square foot indoor retail center known as Navarro Mall. Developed by Ridgeway…
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75 Years of Serving Students of Navarro County and Surrounding Areas – Part 7
From Staff Reports By: Tom Lucas (PRESS RELEASE) This is the seventh and final article in a series written in preparation for Navarro College’s 75th anniversary. There is a full slate of special events and…
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75 Years of Serving Students of Navarro County and Surrounding Areas – Part 6
From Staff Reports By: Tom Lucas (PRESS RELEASE) This is the sixth in a series of articles written in anticipation of Navarro College’s 75th anniversary. There is a full slate of special events and activities…
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75 Years of Serving Students of Navarro County and Surrounding Areas – Part 5
From Staff Reports By: Tom Lucas (PRESS RELEASE) This is the fifth in a series of articles written in anticipation of Navarro College’s 75th anniversary. There is a full slate of special events and activities…
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75 Years of Serving Students of Navarro County and Surrounding Areas – Part 4
From Staff Reports By: Tom Lucas (PRESS RELEASE) This is the fourth in a series of articles written in anticipation of Navarro College’s 75th anniversary. There is a full slate of special events and activities…
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75 Years of Serving Students of Navarro County and Surrounding Areas – Part 3
From Staff Reports By: Tom Lucas (PRESS RELEASE) This is the third in a series of articles written in anticipation of Navarro College’s 75th anniversary. There is a full slate of special events and activities…
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Photos: ‘Big Boy’ Comes to Town
By Guy Chapman – Navarro County Gazette. Just after 12:15 p.m. today, the Union Pacific “Big Boy” No. 4014 majestically rolled into town today, greeted by enthusiastic locals. Built in the 1940s, the mechanical marvel…
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75 Years of Serving Students of Navarro County and Surrounding Areas – Part 2
From Staff Reports By: Tom Lucas (PRESS RELEASE) This is the second in a series of articles anticipating Navarro College’s 75th anniversary. There is a full slate of special events and activities beginning on September…
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75 Years of Serving Students of Navarro County and Surrounding Areas – Part 1
By Tom Lucas (PRESS RELEASE) The Navarro College “family” is excitedly anticipating the celebration of the college’s 75th anniversary celebration. A celebration that will include special events and activities beginning on September 16, 2021 with…
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Dawson Celebrates Its 140-Year Anniversary
A look back on the second oldest town in Navarro County By Guy Chapman – Navarro County Gazette The City of Dawson, just twenty-one miles west of Corsicana celebrates an important anniversary today. Saturday, July…
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Special: Celebrating Corsicana’s Milestone Anniversaries – Part 2
Anniversaries celebrate personality, technology of Corsicana By Guy Chapman – Navarro County Gazette, Special Thanks to Dana Stubbs Corsicana has enjoyed a long history with a continual legacy of business, organizational, and technological institutions having…
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Special: Celebrating Corsicana’s Milestone Anniversaries – Part 1
Anniversaries celebrate legacy, community of Corsicana By Guy Chapman – Navarro County Gazette, Special Thanks to Dana Stubbs Corsicana has enjoyed a long history with a continual legacy of business, organizational, and technological institutions having…
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History: Corsicana’s First Home Video Game
By Guy Chapman – Navarro County Gazette Most people don’t associate the town Corsicana with Nintendo video games, but in June of 1988, Tradewest made Corsicana known for a new type of industry when the…
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History: The Texas Bird Lady – Conger (Neblett) Hagar
By Dana Stubbs – Special to the Navarro County Gazette As a young girl growing up in an affluent Corsicana home at the turn of the twentieth century, Martha Conger Neblett was known as a…
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Preserving History
By Guy Chapman – Navarro County Gazette Yes We Can I finally finished writing the last few words of my book. For anyone who has ever attempted to write a book, that’s a pretty bold…
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History: The Life and Times of Hub Hill
By Dana Stubbs – Special to the Navarro County Gazette H. M. Davenport once publicly said Hub Hill “positively influenced the lives of so many students for over 40 years at Corsicana High School!” How…
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History: Professor G. W. Jackson and His Schools
By Dana Stubbs – Special to the Navarro County Gazette In 1871, the twenty-two year old city of Corsicana, Texas boasted a school for the African American community of 100 students. Their teacher/principal was Reverend…
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History: Bob and Mable Scott of Scott’s Funeral Home, Corsicana, Texas
By Dana Stubbs – Special to the Navarro County Gazette With the passing of Mable (Cook) Scott on Dec. 7, 2020, Corsicana lost a fine and intelligent pillar of the community. This beautiful lady made…
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History: The Santa Claus of Kerens
By Dana Stubbs – Special to the Navarro County Gazette If you are among a certain station of the old timer Navarro Countians, this time of the year holds a unique Christmas memory. How very…
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History: Air Activities of Texas in Corsicana
By Dana Stubbs – Special to the Navarro County Gazette I have to wonder if Mary Stroube knew what she was really doing that fateful summer day in 1940. It was a normal day at…
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Sharp Receives Daughters of American Revolution History Preservation Award
From Staff Reports The James Blair chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented the Historic Preservation Award to Kay Sharp for her work in restoring the stained-glass windows at First Methodist Church. Sharp…
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History: The Biography of Adolph W. Levermann
By Dana Stubbs – Special to the Navarro County Gazette It was 1879 when Fritz and Adolph Levermann unpacked their bags for the first time at Mrs. Mary Johnson’s house in Corsicana. They had left…
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Food, Family, and Orange Dip. The History of Old Mexican Inn Restaurant
Flores family shares their lifetime of experiences By Guy Chapman – Navarro County Gazette Walking into the Flores household, it’s impossible to not feel like part of the family. Conducting an interview with Old Mexican…
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History: Remembering the 1932 Corsicana Tigers
By Dana Stubbs – Special to the Navarro County Gazette When October comes around, I am normally planning my Friday night activities around the Corsicana Tiger schedule. For many years I have followed the Cats.…
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History: Pandemic Strikes Corsicana in 1918
By Dana Stubbs – Special to the Navarro County Gazette America was deeply involved in the War in Europe by mid-1918. Every United States citizen had been touched by the crisis, whether by saying good-bye…
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