Pictorial review of the city of Paris and Lamar county, Texas .. . THE PARIS PRESS. On the reverse side of this page is a group of editors of the^newspapers of Paris, as follows: il A. P. BOYD NORTH TEXAN. 2—a. h. boyd, (deceased) texas tribune. 3—TOM BOWERS, PARIS FREE-TONGUE. 4 JOHN E. ELLIS, PARIS NEWS-BOY. 5 M. VANDERHURST, PARIS FREE-TONGUE,. m IP I ? PARIS, AND LAMAR COUNTY. 5- .pril 1st, 1844, resulting in the selection of Paris as the seat of^tetecaimp,™,. 1st, i844,the commissioners courtas held there in a log house owned by John Craddock, county ^n W^UUrVlthe C°nFessiorf commissi
Pictorial review of the city of Paris and Lamar county, Texas .. . THE PARIS PRESS. On the reverse side of this page is a group of editors of the^newspapers of Paris, as follows: il A. P. BOYD NORTH TEXAN. 2—a. h. boyd, (deceased) texas tribune. 3—TOM BOWERS, PARIS FREE-TONGUE. 4 JOHN E. ELLIS, PARIS NEWS-BOY. 5 M. VANDERHURST, PARIS FREE-TONGUE,. m IP I ? PARIS, AND LAMAR COUNTY. 5- .pril 1st, 1844, resulting in the selection of Paris as the seat of^tetecaimp,™,. 1st, i844,the commissioners courtas held there in a log house owned by John Craddock, county ^n W^UUrVlthe C°nFessiorf commission, composedFGeo. W. Still, Claiborne Chisum and form Emberson, a two^ory brick court house was constructed in the center of the nub-2 square, which was completed in 1846, Claiborne Chisum andpps Gibbons being the contractors. It was occupied as a court>use from 1846 to 1875 when it became unsafe, and was vacatedf the courts and officials and finally destroyed in the great fire1877. In March 1875, the present elegant court house wasjmpleted and occupied by the courts and county officials Theficial term of the first county officers heretofore enumeratedJgan February 22, 1841 and following are the names of theesent county officials whose time began in November 1884- • J. Hathaway, county judge ; Chas. B. Pegues, county clerk : • 1. G
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