Lt. Gen. Archie Old was a very colorful man
Lt. Gen. Archie J. Old Jr. liked to say he was from Atlanta and Cass County, Texas.
Lt. Gen. Archie J. Old Jr. liked to say he was from Atlanta and Cass County, Texas.
Linden, Texas - 2023 BBMA and triple Independent Blues Award nominee, Jeremiah Johnson will return to Music City Texas Theater for what is deemed to be an outstanding performance.
A settlement named Atlanta was started in 1862 by Reverend Jesse Dodd and his wife, Martha Caroline James, when they built a home one-half mile east of present(1972) Queen City. Other people soon established homes and businesses near the Dodd place, Ten years later another settlement was started about two miles southwest of the Dodd home because the T & P Railroad had changed its route. The new settlement was named Atlanta, too, and it grew into present day Atlanta which began in 1872.
The lights are on again at the little rust-colored brick building at the center of town in Bloomburg.
The Queen City Alumni Association meets the first Monday of every month at 6 p.m. at Amigo Juan’s. For more information contact Jean Cothren at 903-796--6108.
306 West Main St
Atlanta, TX 75551
903.796.7133