For more than 150 years, Eastland County’s communities have grown and prospered, recording their stories through local newspapers that continue to preserve the written history of a free people.
As Americans celebrate 250 years of freedom and self-government, Eastland County stands as a living example of how communities, institutions, and a free press have helped preserve the principles upon which our nation was founded. While the United States traces its founding to 1776, Eastland County’s in 1873. Over the past 150 years, generations of residents have built commu-
story began later when the county was created in 1858 and officially organized nities, schools, churches, businesses, and institutions that reflect the spirit of independence, opportunity, and civic responsibility that define America. mining, education, and energy production. The arrival of the Texas and Pacific
