Around Timpson
Around Timpson

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Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738584843

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A chant used by dice players during both world wars and later made into a song recorded by Tex Ritter, "Tenaha, Timpson, Bobo, and Blair" made the rural area surrounding Timpson internationally recognized. Situated along the northwest border of Shelby County, the city of Timpson sprang up almost overnight when the Houston East and West Texas Railroad reached its present site in 1885. The city quickly became the major shipping point for the area, with four railroads connecting at Timpson by 1904. Notable in the city's history is its sacrifice of young lives during two world wars. The Timpson Guard Company was called into national service during both wars, and during World War I, Company B, 3rd Texas Infantry was said to have had more commissioned officers than any unit from towns of comparable size. Beginning in the mid-1940s, population slowly declined as families sought opportunities elsewhere. Still predominately rural, Timpson is set to enjoy a steady revitalization as recent gas exploration spurs its growth. Timpson has had its share of tragedy, intrigue, and notable residents, but its lasting legacy comes from the honest, hardworking people who have called Timpson home.

AROUND TIMPSON
AROUND TIMPSON

Author: Timpson Area Genealogical and Heritage S

Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions

Published: 2011-10

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9781531656591

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A chant used by dice players during both world wars and later made into a song recorded by Tex Ritter, "Tenaha, Timpson, Bobo, and Blair" made the rural area surrounding Timpson internationally recognized. Situated along the northwest border of Shelby County, the city of Timpson sprang up almost overnight when the Houston East and West Texas Railroad reached its present site in 1885. The city quickly became the major shipping point for the area, with four railroads connecting at Timpson by 1904. Notable in the city's history is its sacrifice of young lives during two world wars. The Timpson Guard Company was called into national service during both wars, and during World War I, Company B, 3rd Texas Infantry was said to have had more commissioned officers than any unit from towns of comparable size. Beginning in the mid-1940s, population slowly declined as families sought opportunities elsewhere. Still predominately rural, Timpson is set to enjoy a steady revitalization as recent gas exploration spurs its growth. Timpson has had its share of tragedy, intrigue, and notable residents, but its lasting legacy comes from the honest, hardworking people who have called Timpson home.

Timpson
Timpson

Author: Tom Reed

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2011-04

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1462011411

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In 1886 a murder occurred in the little town of Timpson, Texas; a murder that immersed much of East Texas in the effort to bring the killer to justice. A sheriff from nearby Nacogdoches and the family of a Justice of the Peace in the little community of Rainsville were among those who, for more than forty years, were engulfed in the pursuit of the murderer. Along the way both the murderer and a scion of the family learned a new meaning of the word justice and just what was meant by the fifth commandment.

A Farm Girl Forever
A Farm Girl Forever

Author: Wanda Joyce Yohn

Publisher: Christian Living Books, Inc.

Published: 2017-07-04

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 1562293451

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Wanda Yohn’s life has taken her to so many interesting places—from her farm in New Mexico to snow-covered mountains in Central Oregon to the presidential library of John F. Kennedy to Westminster Abbey to the Coliseum in Rome. She has sat on the steps of the temple in Jerusalem; rode a camel in Jordan; skipped on the Great Wall of China; snorkeled on the Great Barrier Reef in northern Australia; visited the Anne Frank House in the Netherlands; experienced giant sequoias and wondrous azaleas in California; viewed great art in many museums; marveled at God’s handiwork in Alaska; and so much more. Wherever her path has led her, even through the bumps along the way, what’s important to her has remained constant: her love of God and His creation, family, adventure, learning, discovering—and being a farm girl forever. She has often stopped and wondered, “How did this little farm girl get here?” In A Farm Girl Forever, Yohn shares many of her life experiences, lessons learned, things she is thankful for, inspirational quotes, Bible truths—things that have helped her achieve success and contentment. So come along; you’ll surely enjoy this farm girl’s journey.

Motor Coaches and Charabancs
Motor Coaches and Charabancs

Author: James Taylor

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2020-04-30

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 1784424137

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The coach – distinguished from the bus by its use for longer-haul and more comfortable trips – has a long and august history. Its origins lie in the charabanc, a long open-topped vehicle used to transport passengers on works outings and pleasure excursions. Over time, coaches came to be enclosed and fitted with more comfortable seating and higher-quality bodywork than the charabancs and the buses used on shorter routes. By the 1960s and 1970s on-board toilets began to be fitted, and despite a decline due to private car ownership, coach travel remains popular, with Wi-Fi, electric sockets and even video screens now built in. This colourful introduction explains the development of motor coach design and the main coach manufacturers, models and operators, offering a fascinating insight into the history of the nation's most popular vehicles.

The Long Range Desert Group in World War II
The Long Range Desert Group in World War II

Author: Gavin Mortimer

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-04-20

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1472819349

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A major illustrated history of the Long Range Desert Group from the foremost expert on British wartime special forces. Formed in June 1940 for the purpose of gathering intelligence behind enemy lines, the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) played a secretive but vital role in North Africa during World War II. Highly trained in mechanized reconnaissance and specializing in desert operations, the unit provided support to the Special Air Service (SAS) in missions across the vast and treacherous terrain of the Western Desert. In this highly illustrated history of the LRDG, Gavin Mortimer reveals the origins and dramatic operations of Britain's first ever special forces unit.