Contact: Cathy Lazarus ROLL CALL – Friends of Camp Hearne PO BOX 346, Hearne, TX 77859 979-814-0733 clazarus@camphearne.com www.camphearne.com | For Immediate Release - May 28, 2019 [Hearne, Texas] Remembering D-Day Event at Camp Hearne Camp Hearne will hold its annual Open House this … [Read more...]
A Century of Girl Power
A Century of Girl Power Article courtesy of | Girl Scouts of Central Texas During the summer of 1912 in Savannah, Georgia, the thick weight of progress hung in the air, as stifling and undeniable as the August heat. Although American women still looked forward to eight long years without the right … [Read more...]
Downtown Bryan: Where History Meets Community
Downtown Bryan: Where History Meets Community Photos & Article by Downtown Bryan Association On a recent Sunday evening in Downtown Bryan, the flickering image of silent film legend Rudolph Valentino in The Conquering Power (1921) played across the screen at the Queen Theatre. This moment in … [Read more...]
Why Bryan? Because It’s Just Better.
Bryan started as a small-town stop along the expanding railway system in Texas. William Joel Bryan was a nephew of Stephen F. Austin, one of the first settlers to the area, and is our city’s namesake. On August 19, 1867, the first train steamed into town and since that day, life has just … [Read more...]