Brown County Gleanings: The Texas Family Land Heritage Program August 14, 2017 brownwoodnewsstaff The Family Land Heritage Program is a recognition program that honors families who have owned and operated a continuous agricultural operation for 100 years... Read More
Brown County Gleanings: Treasure Hunting in Brown County August 7, 2017 brownwoodnewsstaff Many tales of buried treasure in Brown County can be read about in old newspaper accounts, tales told by our ancestors or from current... Read More
Brown County Gleanings: Things Our Grandparents Used to Say July 31, 2017 brownwoodnewsstaff "Let the Cat Out of the Bag" - This old saying is probably derived from the days when people who sold piglets in bags... Read More
Library Seeks to Partner with Local Businesses for Community Programs July 25, 2017 brownwoodnewsstaff The Brownwood Public Library is looking to partner with local businesses to offer a variety of educational programs to the community.... Read More
Brown County Gleanings: Stagecoaches in Brownwood July 24, 2017 brownwoodnewsstaff In Brownwood, the line ran from Brownwood to Cisco, to connect to the Butterfield and Wells Fargo or Chidester Lines for other destinations. There... Read More
Three Singing Cowboy Actor Cousins with Brown County Roots July 17, 2017 brownwoodnewsstaff Glenn Strange, Taylor "Cactus Mack" McPeeters, and Robert E. "Rex" Allen were all related to one of the earliest settlers of Brown County.... Read More
Brown County Gleanings: The Tragic Battle at Dove Creek July 10, 2017 brownwoodnewsstaff The famous Dove Creek fight, January 8, 1865, on the creek of that name near where it flows into the Concho River west of... Read More
Bob Denver of Gilligan's Island fame and his Brownwood Connection July 3, 2017 brownwoodnewsstaff We can confirm the story that Bob Denver of Gilligan's Island and Dobie Gillis fame, did in fact, live here in Brownwood. His official... Read More
Brown County Gleanings: The Jackson Family Massacre June 27, 2017 brownwoodnewsstaff They had only gone about one-half mile, however, and were traveling on the east side of a small stream, which emptied into the Bayou,... Read More
Brown County Gleanings: Making Sense of Census Past June 19, 2017 brownwoodnewsstaff A child born in 1881 would have been 19 years old when the next census was taken, by that time the person could have... Read More