Hi John, You might contact Bob Wright at the Mexia Daily News 254-562-2868 or someone at the Gibbs Memorial Library www.gibbslibrary.com 254-562-3231. I know the library has quite a few pictures of Mexia during the oil boom. BTW, there is an Earl Anderson listed in the phone book: 254-562-3545 whom you might try just in case there is a cousin there.... Jean Hancock ----- Original Message ----- From: John Anderson To: TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 9:11 AM Subject: Mexia in the 1920's My research takes me to Mexia during the oil boom. My father, Charles O ANDERSON and his brother, Earl J. ANDERSON, who were oil men, moved to Mexia in about 1921. Here's where it got strange. Instead of drilling, they opened a Studebaker dealership and ran it untill about 1926. I am looking for information and pictures of the dealership. I have a picture of the showroom and thier cars in a parade on my website http://www.geocities.com/johncanderson_99/anderson.html. I would appreciate any information. Thanks, John C. Anderson Pflugerville TX ______________________________
Hi Jean, Been to both places. The library was a gold mine of information. I'm hoping to find someone who has personal knowledge or old pictures that weren't in the newspaper. The newspaper sent me to the library. Thanks, John C. Anderson Pflugerville TX >From: "theshadow" <theshadow@glade.net> >Reply-To: TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com >To: TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [TXLIMEST] Fw: Mexia in the 1920's >Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 15:26:01 -0600 > >Hi John, >You might contact Bob Wright at the Mexia Daily News 254-562-2868 or >someone at the Gibbs Memorial Library www.gibbslibrary.com 254-562-3231. >I know the library has quite a few pictures of Mexia during the oil boom. >BTW, there is an Earl Anderson listed in the phone book: 254-562-3545 whom >you might try just in case there is a cousin there.... >Jean Hancock > >----- Original Message ----- >From: John Anderson >To: TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com >Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 9:11 AM >Subject: Mexia in the 1920's > > >My research takes me to Mexia during the oil boom. My father, Charles O >ANDERSON and his brother, Earl J. ANDERSON, who were oil men, moved to >Mexia >in about 1921. Here's where it got strange. Instead of drilling, they >opened a Studebaker dealership and ran it untill about 1926. I am looking >for information and pictures of the dealership. I have a picture of the >showroom and thier cars in a parade on my website >http://www.geocities.com/johncanderson_99/anderson.html. I would >appreciate >any information. > > >Thanks, >John C. Anderson >Pflugerville TX > >______________________________ > > >==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== >http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ >Write you list administrator at: TXLIMEST-admin@rootsweb.com > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >