Three Things That Happened In 1896

Three things that happened back in Texas during 1896:

1. Judge Roy Bean staged the Fitzsimmons-Maher heavyweight title fight on a Rio Grand Island.

2. The first meeting of the Daughters of the Confederacy in Texas took place.

3. The city of Splendora, was founded, and for a brief time was named Cox's Switch.
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And to celebrate the day-
On May 10, the 28th annual Splendora Founders Day,will get underway..

Mary Elizabeth Rumsey
Three by M.E./Rhymes of the Times