April 27, 1895

Rolling Stone rolls no more

On this day in 1895, the final issue of the weekly newspaper Rolling Stone was published in Austin. The Rolling Stone was the first publication of William Sydney Porter, better known as O. Henry, who (more...)

WILDA, TX

WILDA, TEXAS. Wilda, in northwestern Shelby County six miles from Timpson, was named for the sweetheart of an employee of the Ragley Lumber Company, which once ran a road through the area. In 1946 it was a church and school community, and by 1988 it no longer existed as a named community.

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D. R. Taylor, "WILDA, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvw52), accessed April 27, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

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