(ROCKWALL, TX – Sept. 18, 2019) Following a sold-out Harvest Moon Walking Tour this past Friday the 13th, history buff and longtime Rockwall resident Gina Pickett looks forward to leading more Rockwall Ghost Walks (also known as the Rockwall Legends Walk) beginning Saturday, Oct. 5. Blue Ribbon News ventured out on a summer ghost walk […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — February 7, 2018) The locally produced and directed crime drama “Bomb City” makes its premiere in select cities nationwide on Friday, Feb. 9. The film will also be available for download on iTunes, Amazon and everywhere On Demand. “Bomb City” tells the story of 19-year-old punk musician Brian Deneke, who was killed […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Jan. 11, 2016) The Rockwall County Historical Foundation and Rockwall County Historical Commission present the Sheri Stodghill Lecture Series 2016, which features programs of historical interest from noon to 1 p.m. in the third floor courtroom at Rockwall’s historic downtown courthouse, on the second Friday of the month unless otherwise noted*. These events […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – May 29, 2015) Agents from the Texas AgriLife Extension Service brought Rockwall County Master Gardeners and city officials together May 28 at the EarthKind Trial Gardens to discuss their success in cultivating and researching new environment-friendly rose plants. Rockwall’s EarthKind Trial Gardens are located at 1111 E. Yellowjacket Lane between the Rockwall […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – April 8, 2015) A larger-than-life-sized statue of Congressman Ralph M. Hall will be unveiled at the Rockwall County Courthouse at 2:00 pm on Sunday, May 3. “This tribute to Congressman Hall has been over two years in the making, and we are very excited about its completion,” said project co-chair, Dewayne Cain. […]
Free programs continue with ‘Little House on the Prairie: Rockwall’s Native Grasslands’ (ROCKWALL-February 11, 2013) The Rockwall County Historical Foundation and the Rockwall County Historical Commission recently kicked off their 2013 Brown Bag Lecture Series with “Images of America: Royse City,” presented by author Sheri Fowler. Next up is the program “Little House on the Prairie: […]
(Rockwall – November 8, 2012) The Rockwall County Historical Foundation, in conjunction with the Rockwall County Historical Commission, presents the next topic in its Brown Bag Lecture Series: JFK – The Rockwall Connections. Closely coinciding with the anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination, the program will focus on Rockwall residents who had connections to this moment […]
(Rockwall) September 16, 2012 – The Rockwall County Historical Foundation started the fall season of its Brown Bag Lecture Series with a program about “Growing Up in Rockwall,” presented by Linda Mitchell Duran. Linda used modern technology to show pictures of buildings, teachers and fellow Rockwall natives. New Texas Historical Commission Board appointee, Mike Donegan […]
(Rockwall) May 27, 2012 – At 4 a.m., Sunday, May 27, 2012, Carry the Load’s relay team stopped at the new Rockwall Veteran’s Memorial at the new county courthouse on Yellowjacket Lane. Community members, students, parents, and citizens showed up to support Carry the Load’s mission of highlighting the meaning of Memorial Day across America. […]
(Rockwall County) Sheri Fowler, program chair for the Rockwall County Historical Foundation, presented a local artifact known as a “serpent head” to guests attending the RCHF’S recent Brown Bag Lecture Series. The encore presentation of “Rock Wall Revisted – Myth or Mystery,” held at Rockwall’s Historic Downtown Courthouse on Dec. 9, offered updated information about […]