TAGHS Hears of Caddo Mounds Plans to Rise from Tornado Destruction

June 19, 2020 - “At 11:30, the first tornado hit Alto. As we were making plans to evacuate our site, we saw another storm front approaching. The tornado that hit us was in that storm.” recalls Anthony Souther, the Site Manager of Caddo Mounds State Historic Site, which is six miles west of Alto on Texas Highway 21. It couldn't have happened at a worse time. On Saturday, April 13, 2019 the State Historic Site was hosting a Caddo Culture Day, which included members of the Caddo Tribe who had traveled from Oklahoma to participate in the program.

Stanley Fletcher Recounts the History of the Neutral Zone for TAGHS

February 24, 2020 - East Texas residents are familiar with border towns and their frequently unsavory reputation by virtue of Texas' border with Mexico. However, many residents of East Texas and Western Louisiana forget that the Sabine River was once the border between the United States and Mexico and this area was a dangerous place to live.

TAGHS Help Sought in TV Series Contest Application

TAGHS Installs New Officers at Christmas Luncheon

December 14, 2019 - Meeting in the fellowship hall of Timpson First United Methodist Church last Wednesday, the Timpson Area Genealogical and Heritage Society enjoyed a Christmas luncheon before the society's 2020 officers were installed by Judge Tracy Broadway.

TAGHS Hears about Tex Ritter, Texas Country Music Hall of Fame

Author Bill O'Neal Presents "Billy and Olive Dixon" at TAGHS September Meeting

TAGHS Hears from The History Center's Archivist Emily Hyatt

The History Center in Diboll

Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church History Recalled for TAGHS

June 24, 2019 - One of the first things settlers did when establishing communities during the westward expansion of America was to build a church. Many of these churches still survive and Mt.