Posts Tagged ‘Glimpse of the Past’
Glimpse of the Past: 22 Jan 2015
Hillsboro Library Building Marks Centennial Glimpse of the Past, The Hillsboro Reporter, Thursday, January 22, 2015, Page 4B The Hillsboro City Library at 118 South Waco Street is one of the historic architectural gems in the City of Hillsboro. The building opened as the new United States Post Office in 1915, and served the…
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Patterson’s Institute Setting a High Standard for Education in Hillsboro 1885-1901 Glimpse of the Past, The Hillsboro Reporter, Thursday, September 3, 2015, Page 8B Education was important to the founders of Hill County and Hillsboro in 1853, witnessed by the fact that among the first log structures to follow the courthouse was a small, simple…
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Hillsboro Ties to State Educational Leadership Part III Dr. Marlin L. Brockette State Commissioner of Education 1974-1979 Hillsboro Heritage League Glimpse of the Past, The Hillsboro Reporter, Wednesday, August 17, 2016 Marlin L. Brockette (1913-2000) was the inheritor of a great educational tradition, serving as Commissioner of Education from 1974-79 in the footsteps of Dr. J.…
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County Institute Met September 7-11, 1914 to Prepare for the New School Year (No. 8) Hillsboro Heritage League Glimpse of the Past, The Hillsboro Reporter, Thursday, August 28, 2014, Page 2C For generations the coming of September has meant the opening of school, and in more recent times the opening date has been pushed…
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