This page is intended to show my Special Thanks to the Goldthwaite Eagle-Mullin Enterprise
and Mr. and Mrs. G. Frank Bridges, Previous Editors & Publishers
For allowing us to transcribe various Obituaries and Articles for the following Mills County Pages
Mills County, TX GenWeb Page
Mills County Historical Commission Page
Mills County Military Veterans Page by the IvyPlaceAny advertising banners on this page are from and for the benefit of the host, "Rootsweb Freepages" that provided space for these pages and are not by the Ivyplace or the Goldthwaite eagle -Special thanks to Rootsweb for the server space
In my opinion, This is an excellant paper that has not forgotten our History and past by reprinting extracts every week of our history
from the " Old Bird" files, Pick up a paper today and check it out!
Historical Marker Text from "Goldthwaite Eagle"
Historical Marker number 2199
Marker Size: 18: x 28" Erected: 1977
Location: 5th and Fisher, across from courthouse square.
In 1885 William H. Thompson (1842-1896) started a weekly newspaper, "The Mountaineer", which
closed but was re-established in 1894. He sold it in 1896 to R.M. Thompson, his nephew, who renamed
it "The Goldthwaite Eagle". At that time eagles still lived in the hills of Mills County. The paper was bought
in 1920 by Dr. E.M. Wilson. It changed hands between the Wilson and Thompson Families until
1950, when Charlie T. Wilson sold it to H.R. Ekins. A merger with "The Mullin Enterprise" made it the
county's only newspaper. In 1971 Frank Bridges purchased "The Eagle" from Victor E. Koleber.
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