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Behind the walls of Texas' first mansion
On Feb. 4, 1896, three days after her drunk of a husband threatened her with a butcher knife, Matilda Brown Sweeney moved back home to Ashton Villa where she spent the rest of her life. The story of ...
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Historical marker highlights the little-known story of the Rockport-Fulton Art Colony
In the 1940s, a well-traveled artist by the name of Simon Michael settled in the small fishing town. He soon fostered a scene that endures to this day.