Gold and silver rode the steadily lengthening railroad tracks as the Southern Pacific Railway steamed inland to Longview. The railroad brought new settlers, business and industry, creating a money market and the first bank with a booming population.
Gold and silver rode the steadily lengthening railroad tracks as the Southern Pacific Railway steamed inland to Longview. The railroad brought new settlers, business and industry, creating a money market and the first bank with a booming population.
The building that houses the Gregg County Historical Museum itself is an important part of Longview history.
<p>Pioneer settlers were naturally concerned with the prospects for raising a good crop in the Longview area.</p>
<p>Barney Skipper, born in Alabama in 1882, was a farmer and real-estate man in Longview. For 25 years he’d tried to get petroleum companies to drill in Gregg County.</p>
May 9, 1983: Peter Stroh, chairman of Stroh Brewery Co., was in Longview to introduce his brewery’s latest products: Premium and Stroh Light. During a visit to the brewery on West Cotton Street, Stroh introduced the beers to be sold through his Texas d…
May 8, 1976: The Longview-area draft board serving Gregg, Harrison and Rusk counties was shut down as the Selective Service reduced capacity. Local members were among 525 assigned to 96 draft boards across the state. A standby organization remained to …
May 7, 2005: Veteran city council- men Jay Dean and Andy Mack headed to a runoff after finishing first and second separated by just 22 votes in a seven-way race for mayor. The winner would serve the one-year unexpired term of Murray Moore, who had resi…
May 6, 1985: Officers, directors and shareholders of Eastman Kodak Co. began converging on Longview for the company’s first-ever annual meeting in Texas. A crowd of 1,000 was expected for the session, which was to be followed by a barbecue and tours of…
May 5, 2003: The Longview staging area for crews seeking debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster was closed with a ceremony at 1403 W. Cotton St. Workers deployed from Longview collected more than 48,500 objects weighing more than 222,000 pound…