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Share Your Vintage Treasure
Fundraiser Vintage Fashion Show
Date: Saturday April 12th, 2025. Time: 3pm - Where: Upshur Rural Auditorium
Fundraiser Donation Fee $20       
Tickets call Museum 903 843-5483 or Nena Hayden at
 214 623-7314

We are thrilled to announce an upcoming Vintage Fashion Show, celebrating the timeless elegance and unique charm of vintage clothing. Themes: Victorian, 20's thru current trends, western included. To contribute your vintage garments to the show, please follow these simple steps: Send an email to hum1925@etex.net with a brief description and photograph of each garment you wish to contribute or contact Nena Hayden at 214 623-7314. Include your contact information and any relevant details about the history or significance of the item. Send Items in no later than April 8, 2025.

Locals 

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

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Historical Sites

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Upshur County Cemetery Database  >Click Here<

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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

Collections & Exhibits

Opened 1897 J.M. "Matt" Hays

Hays Studio -Glass Plate Negatives

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Dickson Orphanage 

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Items of yester-year

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