May 4, 2022 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Lisa Tang As a child in Marshall, Texas, Opal Lee loved the playful joys of an elaborate annual summer community picnic at a local park. The older relatives called it “Juneteenth,” commemorating freedom for enslaved people. When she was 10 years old, Lee’s family...
Mar 4, 2022 | ARTS + CULTURE, LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By P.A. Geddie Ben King Green of Cumby, Texas, had a sly cowboy sense of humor and with a golden gift of gab told tales of his days with horses and cattle. Despite his need for an audience from time to time, the call for wide open spaces during his earthly trek ran...
Nov 4, 2021 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By P.A. Geddie In the 1950s most Americans weren’t familiar with a little country called Vietnam almost 9,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean from Texas. It borders China to the south, appearing on maps as a small slither of land with 2,140 coastal miles along the...
Mar 1, 2021 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
March is Women’s History Month, a time dedicated to reflect on the often-overlooked contributions of women to history, culture, and society. Follow the links below to get to know a sampling of the women of the Upper East Side of Texas covered in the pages of County...
Jan 4, 2021 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By P.A. Geddie On January 15, 2009, Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III saved 155 lives when he successfully landed US Airways Flight 1549 in the cold waters of the Hudson River off midtown Manhattan. The event — called the “Miracle on the Hudson” — solidified...
Jan 4, 2021 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Judy Peacock & P.A. Geddie Kelsey Crowther of Greenville walked across 132 miles of the Upper East Side of Texas recently with her dog, her mom, and her sister. “I enjoyed the whole trail and the experience of traveling that far across Texas. I look at a map...
