Jun 25, 2025 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT
By P.A. Geddie The Caddo Region of East Texas is a designated section of the national historic corridor El Camino Real de los Tejas. Also called the Royal Road and King’s Highway, it was an important trail blazed in 1691, stretching from the interior of Mexico, across...
Jun 25, 2025 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By P.A. Geddie Gerald Turner was born and raised in rural New Boston in the Upper East Side of Texas. From his small town beginnings he went on to serve as president of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas for three decades. He’s retiring this summer and...
Jun 25, 2025 | UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
Aviator Made Significant Contributions to Air Travel Safety By P.A. Geddie When Bobbie Ray Allen was born July 26, 1922, in Winnsboro, Texas, he was met with a long line of East Texas ancestry under wide open skies. He was a curious child and respectful of others...
Jun 25, 2025 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT
Dive into one of the many lakes in the Upper East Side of Texas, enjoy farmers markets and the restaurants who prepare fresh meals, and check out the special events around the region. Canton’s First Monday Trade Days summer dates are July 3-6, 31-Aug. 3, 28-31. The...
Jun 25, 2025 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT
Over the last decade or so, the Independence Day celebrations in the Upper East Side of Texas have evolved from a few firecrackers here and there to full on parades, concerts, and spectacular fireworks shows. The holiday falls on a Friday this year which is likely to...
