New blog replacing Facebook and Instagram

Thank you for checking out this new blog on the history of Longview, Texas.

My Facebook account was hacked and without warning or reason Facebook deactivated my account and I had to submit a request for review. It's been over a week and every time I log in I get a count down saying I have xx days left to request a review before my Facebook is permanently deleted. My personal Instagram has already been deleted because it was tied to my Facebook account.

Regardless if my Facebook is restored or not, I am parting ways with Facebook products, or Meta as the parent company is called. I'm not going to get into the politics of it on this page but I wanted to give an explanation as to what happened to my Facebook/Instagram groups and pages on Longview History.

With regards to my photographs, I have subscribed to unlimited storage with Flickr.com and I will link my photos to this blog. I will also create Labels on each of my blogs so you can look up different topics or locations. You can click here to learn how to locate the Label section of this blog. See below some galleries I already have created.

Today I met my history buff friend Paul Jones at the Longview Public Library and we thumbed through old publications about Longview. I will be sharing my research in future posts.

Paul Jones doing research at Longview Public Library

Genealogy room at Longview Public Library

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Mary C Womack High School

The historical marker and the area of the former Mary C Womack High School in Longview, Texas on May 21, 2022. For full size resolution and additional pictures click here to access my Mary C Womack album.

Hotel Longview

This building was Hotel Longview from 1947 - 1960. You can see a section of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce Building to the far left and the silhouette of a section of the Bramlette Building to the far right. Click here for more pictures of the downtown hotel on Jimmy's Flicker Albums.

Longview Opens Hotel Gregg

With visitors in attendance from various parts of Texas and Louisiana, Longview recently held the official opening of its new $175,000 ($2,958,718 in 2022) hostelry, the Hotel Gregg . Dr. George S. Sexton, president of Centenary College, Shreveport, and Hubert M. Harrison, general manager of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce , were the principal speakers at a banquet for officers, directors and stockholders, held the first night. A dance and buffet supper on the second night marked the official opening to the public. The Hotel Gregg, owned by the Longview Hotel Company, is five stories in height and contains sixty-four rooms with bath, lobby, dining-room and cafeteria. The structure is located next door to headquarters of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce. It is operated by the North Louisiana Hotel Company, operators of the Washington-Youree Hotel in Shreveport. Ashton Glassell of Shreveport was the contractor...

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