A RICH MUSICAL HERITAGE

The Stamps Quartet

Owens Brothers Quartet

Dickson Colored Orphanage Choir

The Rangers

Johnny Mathis

Freddie King

Ray Price

Jerry Elliott

Light Crust Doughboys

Michelle Shocked

Don Henley

Benny Turner

 

LOCAL ARTIST

Bob Harness

Tanya Maberry

Lou Lovell

Brenda Brannon

Tommie Beddingfield

Lauren Parish

Mary Nell Henry

Ruel Felipe

Ora Lee Small

Connie Lange

Kathy Spencer

Martha Cowan

Connie Duke

Bill Taylor

Jackie Johnson

Thacker Cole

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LOCAL WRITERS

Mary Laschinger Kirby

Edward Hancock II

Benny Turner by Bill Dahl

Nancy Hudgins as Dana Wayne

Phebe Phillips

Patty Wiseman

Phyllis A. Still

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Important Links About Gilmer & Upshur County Texas

• A Brief History of Upshur County by G. H. Baird

• Upshur County Texas According to Wikipedia

• Handbook of Texas

• Portals in History

• City of Gilmer

• Gilmer Civic Center

• Gilmer Area Chamber of Commerce

• East Texas Yamboree

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Historical Sites

Schools

 

Upshur County Cemetery Database  >Click Here<

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Churches

 

Homes

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CBS19 - Sacred Land: The history of Dickson Colored Orphanage Cemetery in Gilmer 

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The Texas Historical Commission     Austin Texas

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Gilmer's 175th Anniversary Celebration

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Early Settlers Re-enactment Trailer Video

Opened 1897 J.M. "Matt" Hays

Hays Studio -Glass Plate Negatives

> Click Here <

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Dickson Orphanage 

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Quilts

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Items of yester-year

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