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Gray's New Map of Cisco, Eastland Co., Texas, 1885. Cisco, at the intersection of U.S. Highway 183 and Interstate 20 in northwestern Eastland County, traces its history back to 1878 or 1879, when Rev. C. G. Stevens arrived in the area, established a post office and a church, and called the frontier settlement "Red Gap". About six families were ...
Doug Sahm was born in San Antonio, Texas, on November 6, 1941, to Victor A. Sahm, Sr. and Viva Lee (née Goodman). [2] The Sahm family had migrated to the United States from Germany early in the 20th century, and settled initially in Galveston, Texas.
The brothers are sons of Myrtle and Gwyn Voy Wilks (went by his middle name) of Cisco in Eastland County, east of Abilene, Texas.When the brothers were born, their father worked as a bricklayer and the family was destitute; the brothers once slept in a goat shed.
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Dennis commenced an apprenticeship as an embalmer at Ballard Funeral Home in 1944. He graduated from the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science on December 22, 1946. He was then put in charge of all facets of the military contract Ballard Funeral Home had with Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF), which was later renamed to Walker Air Force Base in ...
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In 1919, Conrad Hilton purchased the hotel for $40,000, the first hotel he ever purchased. Hilton emphasized minimum cost and maximum comfort, a philosophy he summed up with the word "minimax." In 1929, Hilton sold the hotel. During the Depression, the hotel fell into disrepair. In 1956, it was used as a senior citizens home.
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