Cigars commemorating the Longview 150 sesquicentennial are for sale. Each cigar — available at the Gregg County Historical Museum or from the local company that produced them — comes with a special cigar band saluting Longview 150. They can be bought individually...
The Longview Public Library has scheduled more sessions for residents to make audio recordings of their memories of the area for the Longview 150 Sesquicentennial podcast. Participants are asked to record audio files of no more than seven minutes each. Those who do...
A panel discussion Saturday talked about the importance of an oil pipeline that began in Longview and helped the Allies defeat the Germans in World War II. Started Aug. 3, 1942, and completed Aug. 14, 1943, the Big Inch Pipeline at 24 inches in diameter carried oil...
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect questions raised about the history of quilt codes. Long before Navajo code talkers in World War II and the advent of secured phone lines and encrypted emails, some say, American slaves used quilts hung from...
