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When Highway 6 construction between Navasota and Bryan/College Station got underway in 1931, a Bryan man, Luke Palermo, happened to be a short distance north of the Navasota River just beyond the town of Navasota.
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The big news this week is church camps planned at Evergreen Baptist Church have been canceled due to coronavirus. Hopefully all church camps next year will return to normal.
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Wow, part of my previous week is a blur. My five day stay at the Scott & White villa consisted of poking, prodding, tests, more tests and lots of drugs - thank goodness. I was actually out of it for the first part of my stay. Everyone was good and I should be very thankful that they are so thorough even though I was discharged twice and each time the paperwork was canceled.
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At Courtney, in the year 1913, when the two-story brick school was completed, and classes opened that fall, the town was a bustling, hustling town. The railroad was easy access; cotton was still king in the Brazos River bottom; there were mercantile stores, blacksmith shops, a gristmill, a sawmill, the saloon, along with churches and a post office. The main highway to Navasota was the King’s Trail, now named County Road 326.
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The big news for the week is there was no runoff election Tuesday, May 26. The election has been postponed until Tuesday, July 14 with early voting beginning Monday, July 6.Monday, May 25 was Memorial Day. I hope that you remembered our men and women that served our nation and many of which gave their lives so that we might live in a free nation. There were American Flags placed on many of the graves of veterans in our local cemeteries. There are 42 veteran graves buried in the Evergreen Cemetery and 49 veterans buried in Martins Prairie Cemetery.
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Congratulations to all Grimes County graduates. Congratulations to my great nephews Derrick and Dominique Johnson and my great niece Jayden Powell on their accomplishments.
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Behind the scenes of every well-run business are many unsung heroes – and city government is no exception. Across the state of Texas, municipal governments recently celebrated Municipal Clerks Week in recognition of those individuals who keep the wheels of city government turning.
Read moreAuthors and historians Dr. Robin Montgomery and daughter Joy Montgomery appeared before Grimes County commissioners Wednesday, April 22, to tell the story of the county’s namesake, Jesse Grimes. The Montgomery’s are members of the Grimes County Historical Commission and are currently writing a book about Grimes’ life.
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