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Grand Saline's first settlers were the ancient Caddo and Cherokee Indian tribes, who discovered and made use of a large salt prairie south of the town. The Native Americans used evaporated salt, from the brine stream that flows over the flats, as a commodity they traded for other needed goods.
The Indians are coached by Joe Drennon, who won a Texas State Championship with rival Mineola High School in 2016. Drennon has led the Indians to the playoffs in all but one season since arriving in 2020. Grand Saline Indians against the Winona Wildcats at Indian Memorial Stadium in September 2016. Grand Saline Indian Football Tradition-
Indian Baseball Diamond-Constructed in 2003, the field is home to Grand Saline High School Baseball, one of the premier East Texas programs and also hosts the I-20 classic, along with nearby Van and Canton High Schools. Lady Indian Softball Facility-Built in 2012, the facility is a venue for Grand Saline Lady Indian Softball.
A Cherokee, Captain John Rogers, began making salt from the springs and named them Grand Saline. He built his home nearby. Washington Irving visited on October 6, 1832, accompanied by Sam Houston. [6] In 1838 the government began moving Cherokee to the area in implementation of the Indian Removal Act. By 1839, Rogers was operating 115 salt kettles.
Sometimes these Salinero Indians were equated with the Natages (Nadahéndé - ″Mescal People″), a powerful band of the Apache which ranged between the Pecos River and Rio Grande. It is clear therefore that the Salineros were Apache Indians and that they were among the groups that eventually became known as Mescalero Apache.
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Founded in 1894, the paper consolidated with at least two other papers in the early 1900s. One of the other papers was named the Grand Saline Salt Shaker and was most likely the source of the graphic of a salt shaker which appears on the current masthead (the town's name comes from a large salt deposit located southeast of the city, mined by Morton Salt).
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