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1875
Picnic in Lawrence
 
1884
Doc Pigler
Forney (May 1)
Forney (Jun 19)
From Forney (Aug 28)
 
1885
Retirement of C.P. Shands and Marriage of E.M. Turner and Julia Williams
Forney Hay
Forney News (Nov 12)
 
1886
Forney Local Notes (June 29)
Forney Local Notes (Sept 23)
A Singular Case
Personating a Policeman
James Henderson Arrested
Forney Local News (Aug 28) New
Alliance Cotton Going to Forney New
 
1887
Prohibition Meeting
Rain and Local Progress at Forney
Forney Local Notes (Aug 8)
Rial Stovall Wounded
Notes from Forney (Oct 4)
Facts from Forney (Nov 9)
Forney Flashes (Nov 30)
Forney Has Gone Wet
Manning Residence Destroyed by Gale New
 
1888
Forney Notes
A Painful Accident
In the Toils
Killed by the Cars
Forney Locals (Sep 29)
Forney Locals (Jul 25) New
 
1889
Surprise Party at Voiers Home
Occupants of the County Jail
Annual Grange-Alliance Meeting
Stockholders' Meeting
Lilley Lodge Election Meeting
Railroad Meeting
Forney Has Politest Railroad Officials
Forney-Kaufman Rail Road 1
Forney-Kaufman Rail Road 2
Freight's Shipments
Forney as a Hay Town
Forney Construction Boom
Public Artesian Well
Peaches from Natt Stevens
A Peculiar Criticism
G.W. Lee's Child Scalded
Tom Reed Hurt While Hunting
Jessie Moore & Wife in Buggy Wreck
Passenger Train Wrecked
Whitecaps, Pt 1
Whitecaps, Pt 2
National Bank Expected
 
1890
J.P. Yates Accident
Sheriff's Report - Forney Co-op Store Robbed
Forney Notes
The NEWS the Favorite
Hay Making
Bail Refused Him - Sheriff Dying
 
1891
Literary Society Formed
Case of Spotted Fever
Celebration at Forney New
 
1892
Wind and Water Damage
Highway Robbery (J.K. Brooks)
Forney Robbery (J.K. Brooks)
One Thousand Dollars Reward (J.K. Brooks)
Brooks Robbery (J.K. Brooks)
 
1893
Forney Notes
Shooting Near Kaufman
Called on His Relatives for Aid
 
1894
A.J. Walker Hurt & M.J. Cox Establishes Newspaper
 
1896
Stockholders Meeting 1896 New
Tenant House Burns New
Shedding His Skin New
 
1897
Burglary at Forney Mercantile 1
Burglary at Forney Mercantile 2
A Small Collision
Little Ora McReynolds Attacked
 
1898
Baptist Church Blown Down
 
1899
First Automobile Trip in Texas
 
1901
Stores Burned at Forney
Yates Residence Burns New
 
1902
Texas Floods Subsiding New
Forney Items New
 
1904
Forney Banks
 
1906
Dr. William Garrett's Home Burglarized
 
1907
Farmer Saves Her Life (J.B. Yates)
 
1909
Walker Harvest Party
 
1910
Store Robbed of Clothing
Judges from A&M
Forney Messenger Sold
Mike Erwin Returns
Forney City Election
 
1911
Rev. George F. Robertson Conducts Church Meetings
 
1914
Veterans Meeting at Forney
 
1919
Convalescents Arrive at Corpus Christie
Prohibition Inspections
 
1920
Train Crash at Forney
Forney Citizens to Help on Terrell Interurban
 
1921
Texas Postmasters are Nominated by President (Walter S. Yates)
 
1922
Forney to Have $50,000 High School
 
1923
Texhoma Company Annual Meeting (W.A. Yates)
 
1926
Open New Church at Forney (First Presbyterian Church)
 
1931
Home Town and State Unite to Honor Forney Druggist (Walter Adams)
 
1938
Forney Resident Heads Mesquite Soil Board
Forney Clubwoman Views Scrapbook
Woman Named Editor of Forney Herald
Forney Girl Composes College Campus Song (Lois Pinson)
 
1939
Farmers National to Observe 50th Anniversary
Bank President a Church Builder
Mrs. Susie Ballard Honored with Dinner on Birthday
Deer Trail (About the Train Depot in 1877)
Bank Building Saved in Big Fire of 1910
Easter Party Given for Daughter (Mrs. Otto Lanham, Lady Ann Lanham)
Mrs. Ghormley Gives Easter Party
Checks Go Hollywood (REALLY Cool!!)
Shipley Reunion
Griffin Reunion
Sixth Reader Class 50 Years Old
 
1940
Forney Garden Club Names Its Officers
 
1949
Lithographs of Miss Spellman in National Exhibits
 
1950
Ole U 'Tellem Says
 
1965
Fabric Shop Newest Forney Business
 
1966
High School Band Plays at Bob Hope Performance
Forney Figures in Rail Origins
 
1970
Cigar Smoking Kid Grows Up
 
1971

Mrs. Yates has 98th Birthday
 
1972

Restaurant Destroyed by Fire
 
1973
Whole Hog Now - Owens Sausage Began as Sideline
 
1974
"Irish Ridge" (Talty) to Celebrate 100th Year
Cleo Remembers When...
 
1976
Woman Bitten, Looks for Dog (Coreen Spellman)
 
1977
Forney Man Cashes In
Sheriff's Department Veteran Officer Resigns (McCommas)
 
1989
Fire Destroys Talty Landmark
Bessie C. Grissom Honored on 91st Birthday
 
2005
Christmas Candlelight Tour of Historic Homes
 
 
Unknown Date
Forney Post Office Began in 1875
 
 
 
     

 
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