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Blooming Grove, Texas
Tales From the Grove, by Tim Campbell, lettered beside a pen-and-ink drawing: an empty rocking chair on a porch, looking across the tracks to a depot, a row of brick stores and a water tower at dusk

Tales From the Grove

This page is dedicated to the documentation and preservation of historical photographs, stories, and tales of days gone by in the community of Blooming Grove, Texas and the ghost town of old Gradyville, its predecessor.Tim Campbell, 26 April 2017
Tim Campbell

Written by Tim Campbell and published on his Facebook page between 2017 and 2024. Kept here with his permission, in his words, with each piece linking back to where it first appeared.

46 pieces

2017

23
  1. 20 JuneDe Cordova's map of Navarro County, 1846
  2. 20 JuneRobert B. Grady, 1857-1933
  3. 22 JuneThe Robinson home at Dresden
  4. 10 JulyJohn Bell Robinson, merchant and medicine man
  5. 17 JulyThe Walker-Simpson calendar, 1927
  6. 3 AugustThe Blooming Grove State Bank calendar, 1918
  7. 8 AugustHuffstutler's Dry Goods, 1921
  8. 17 AugustA whiskey jug from the Mercantile
  9. 22 AugustSam Garber's Dry Goods Store
  10. 2 SeptemberThe Cotton Belt comes to town
  11. 8 SeptemberThe Wolf of Blooming Grove
  12. 18 SeptemberThe 1933 Fighting Lions
  13. 28 SeptemberE. J. Huff's tailor shop, 1925
  14. 29 SeptemberThe 1925 Lady Lions
  15. 11 OctoberThe Saga of H. P. Darlin
  16. 18 OctoberOld Pevehouse Cemetery - A Ghostly Tale From Generations of Old
  17. 27 OctoberClash of the Physicians
  18. 10 NovemberCarroll Family Prominent in Early BG and Dresden History
  19. 26 NovemberThe Phillips-Cole Gin
  20. 3 DecemberDecember 3rd, 1917
  21. 10 DecemberAn advertising rolling pin
  22. 18 DecemberLittle Bose and the automobile
  23. 31 DecemberWilliam David Grady's Alamo Hotel, Blooming Grove, Texas

2018

10
  1. 12 JanuaryThe Highs of Blooming Grove
  2. 16 JanuaryBig Freeze in BG
  3. 10 FebruaryThere's a Devil in That Jug, Boys - part 1, 1850-1900
  4. 8 MarchThere's a Devil in That Jug, Boys - part 2, 1900-1950
  5. 20 MarchBGHS One Act Play Program Has A Rich History
  6. 3 MayI'm Not Puttin' My Money In No Dadgum Bank
  7. 29 JulyThe Blooming Grove Sun - the front page
  8. 1 AugustBlooming Grove Sun, August 16, 1889 - page 2
  9. 24 AugustBlooming Grove Sun, August 16, 1889 - page 3
  10. 13 NovemberDr. James Alexander Greene

2019

5
  1. 30 March2019 Marks 150 Year Sesquicentennial of Blooming Grove Schools
  2. 11 MayA silverplate tray out of Gradyville
  3. 27 MayThe booklet from the auction
  4. 15 AugustWhen Dinosaurs Roamed the Grove, Or Maybe Swam In It
  5. 11 NovemberCivil War Era Brass Stirrup Unearthed S of Blooming Grove

2020

3
  1. 31 MarchAbout the Grove's Original Owners - the Tonkawa
  2. 5 AprilJohn David George, Old Time Grocer in BG
  3. 22 JuneThe schoolhouse, about 1886-1889

2022

3
  1. 4 JanuaryThe George girls
  2. 13 AprilMetal detecting with Brian
  3. 27 MayThe 1955 football program

2023

1
  1. 24 FebruaryA cast-iron toy fire truck

2024

1
  1. 10 NovemberCoyotes on Highway 22