This is a reprint from March 3/21/21. Time is purely an invention of man. No other creature is known to go by our mathematics. Not being an exact science we must have a leap year every four years so that our one year revolution around the sun can get caught up since that revolution does not work exactly with our 24 hour days. And so it begins… A month is based on moon cycles yet the different months have different amounts of days. Some 30, some 31, then poor February has only 28.

book of his poems, Verse Memorials, was published in 1857. Politics, however, was never far from his mind. In 1857, President James Buchanan appointed Lamar to serve as US Ambassador to Nicaragua. Shortly afterward, Buchanan named him to serve as ambassador to both Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

Barefoot Sanders Mirabeau B. Lamar was a man of talent and imagination but also one with a complicated legacy.

Margaret Ann ” Myrt” Goodin ended her earthly journey on Nov. 4, 2024 in Longview, surrounded by her loved ones after fighting a valiant seven year battle with COPD.

Fred Ford Maier and Peggy Vee Cargill Maier began their heavenly journey with our Lord and Savior, together, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 at their home in Holliday.

An eight hour plus standoff on Ford Road ended with a double-murder suspect shot and killed by a Wichita County SWAT team member on Thursday, Nov. 7.

The Holliday Eagle football team survived a scary situation following its bus catching fire on the way home after its win over Jacksboro on Friday, November 8. According to a Facebook post from Lakeside City Volunteer Fire Department, the VFD responding to a call on U.S.

Gretchen Abernathy-Kuck The Archer Public Library is excited to announce an update to the e-book services provided through the E-Read Texas Program at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Starting October 1st, we will transition from the e-book platform SimplyE to the new e-book platform Boundless.