Coke County, Texas

Coke County Newspaper Stories

Articles from the Observer/Enterprise & San Angelo Standard-Times

ANNIVERSARIES
Farrington 65th Wedding Anniversary, April 12, 2012
Mr. and Mrs. Fred McDonald Golden Anniversary - 1949
Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Garvin Golden Anniversary - 1955
Mr. And Mrs. J. C. Wallace Jr. 50th Anniversary - 1998
Bob and Pat Clark - 40th anniversary and family reunion -1994
Mr and Mrs Otis Smith Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary - 1980
Leslie and Erma Wink Celebrate 60th Wedding Anniversary - 1986
Bill and Eula Fay Smith Blair - Celebrate 60th Wedding Anniversary - 2010
Earl F.(Tuny) and Mary Youngblood Glenn - Celebrate 65th Wedding Anniversary - 2010
D. J. and Audrey Walker - Celebrate 60th Wedding Anniversary - 2009
John and Nancy Page 50th Anniverary - 2010
WEDDINGS
West - Reel Wedding June 17 - 1951
BIRTHDAYS
Virdis Fancher - 100 Years Young, October 15, 2006
Mrs. Margaret Ann Scott Surprise Birthday Party - 1956
Mrs. Ed (Malindy) Hickman 90th Birthday Celebration - 1979
J.T. Sanderson - 90th Birthday Celebration - 1965
Zola Burns - 90th Birthday Celebration - 1994
Effie Corley Celebrates 90th Birthday - 2009
LeDrew Arrott Celebrates 80th Birthday - 2009
Theodosia (Sloan) Snead - Honored on 100th Birthday - 1986
Anna Mae (Eaton) Pendergrast - 90th Birthday Celebration -1986
Coke County Sheriff Wayne McCutchen - 50th Birthday Bash Roping - 2010
Coleta Fenley's 97th Birthday, July 3, 2010
Coleta Fenley's 100th Birthday, celebrated July 6, 2013
DROUGHT and FIRES and STORMS IN COKE COUNTY
Fires in Coke County-Dos Amigos - June 8, 2011
Burned land in Coke County - July 1, 2011
White Hat Fire in Coke County - June 24, 2011
Extreme Fires in Coke County - July 15, 2011
More on Fires in Coke County-Dos Amigos - June 17, 2011
Emergency Water Pipeline Update - April 2012
Storms Bring Good and Bad - May 2013
RESTORATION OF OLD JAIL IN COKE COUNTY
Presentation at Old Jail, July 31, 2014
Dedication of Restored 1907 Jail, September 20, 2014
GENERAL - stories from past to present
Early Residents of Area - Richards; Sayner; Pruitt; Kirkland; Lee; Larkin
Early Residents of Area - Mackey; Hutchinson; Higginbotham; Rawlings; Morrow; Scott; McKown
County Officials from 1889 to 1989
Garland Odom One of Earliest Coke Cattlemen
W.G. Byrd arrives in 1878
Bob Harwell Early Settler - 1881
J.H. Hurley - Old Time Trail Driver
First Marriage in Coke County
1892 Mack Herron Photo Information
Hickman Family Came 1897
O. C. Ivey Family Came in 1903
Dr. J. D. (James Daniel) Leonard, Pioneer Physician-1903
F. L. Clark Early Day Farmer, Long Time Barber
S. A. Kiker Came to Coke in 1906
News from the Bronte Enterprise of 1906
Bronte Incorporated in 1907
Mr. and Mrs. Wylie Moved to Ranch 56 years ago, 1908
75 and 50 Years Ago Part 1 - (about 1906 and 1932)
Fifty Years Ago Part 2 - (about 1932)
Fifty Years Ago Part 3 - (about 1932)
Commissioners Court - Early 1900's
Austin Sandusky Dies in Hunting Accident - 1964
Reception for Bob McIntyre - New Administrator of West Coke County Nursing Home - 1994
Eastern Star - Serve Ice Cream to BVFD and EMS - Install Officers 2010
Cornerstone Laying Ceremony Postponed - 1951
Petit Jurors Named For District Court - 1951
Dr. John R. Harris Arrives - 1950s
W. J. Gideon Comments on Drunken Drivers! 1950s
The Scott Butane Company was started in 1956
County's New Court House is Completed - 1956
Classified Ads from the Bronte Enterprise - 1956
Saunders Place was featured Mystery Farm - 1959
Cactus Café 23 Years on Main Street - 1964
Mackey Feed Is A New Business - 1964
1973 Cemetery Marker Dedication
1973 Jail Marker Dedication
Bronte Postmasters -1890 to 1964
FFA to Hold Father-Son Banquet - 1944
Bronte Canning Center to Open - 1944
Eubanks and Sims Stock Sales - 1944
City Ordinance - Bronte - 1944
Bronte Graduation - Class Roll - 1939
Baseball: Bronte Takes Game from Veri Best - 1939
Classified Ad for Blackwell- J.E. Davis & Co. Store
New Windows in Blackwell! - 2013
Fort Chadbourne Exhibits Celebrate National Medal of Honor Day - 2014
2014 Year in Review by Melinda McCutchen
Parks and Pools Bond Vote - 1956
Jessop Trial - November 7, 2011
PERSONALS - personal stories about Coke County People
Braswell Wins 2nd at Rattlesnake Roundup - 2014
Note of Thanks: Elvin Hodges - 2013
McQueen & Stout Hosts at Barbecue - 1951
Hospital News - 1951
Bronte JR. Club Meets in Walton Home - 1951
Reunion: Lee Richards - 1951
Group Enjoys Fish Fry In Park - 1951
Two Bronte Young Men In SAC Graduating Class - 1956
Bits & Pieces of News from The Bronte Enterprise, 1964 Historical and Progress Edition
Mrs. Ed Hickman Honored for Mother's Day - 1978
William J. Miller - Honors Scholarship - 2010
Leathers family Letter of Appreciation - 1944
Scholarship Awarded to Chelsea Cook - 2010
Wibby Millican 4-H Leader Honored - 2010
James C. Lammers Honored at Bronte Depot - June 18, 2011
Dr. Lynn Lawhon inducted into Hall of Fame - May 2013

Copyright © 1999-present by The Coke County Coordinator and the Individual Contributors of TXGenWeb