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<DIV>This is what Wikipedia has to say (I know...an English teacher shouldn't cite Wikipedia. I'll go to grammar confession this weekend--where we make the sign of the sentence diagram instead of the sign of the cross):</DIV>
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<DIV>Initially, Walker County was named for <A title="Robert J. Walker" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._Walker">Robert J. Walker</A>, a legislator from <A title=Mississippi href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi">Mississippi</A> who introduced into the <A title="United States Congress" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress">United States Congress</A> the resolution to annex Texas. However, Walker later supported the Union during the Civil War; thus, in order to keep the county's name from being changed, it was renamed for <A class=new title="Samuel H. Walker" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel_H._Walker&action=edit">Samuel H. Walker</A>, a <A title="Texas Ranger" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Ranger">Texas Ranger</A> and soldier in the <A title="United States Army" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army">American Army</A>.</DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_County%2C_Texas">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_County%2C_Texas</A></DIV>
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<DIV>The Handbook of Texas Online has this about the name of the county:</DIV>
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<DIV>The area was originally named for Robert J. Walker of Mississippi, who introduced into the United States Congress the resolution for the annexation<FONT size=-1><SUP>qv</SUP></FONT> of Texas; because he was a Unionist during the Civil War,<FONT size=-1><SUP>qv</SUP></FONT> however, in 1863 the state legislature changed the honoree to Samuel H. Walker.<FONT size=-1><SUP>qv</SUP></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/WW/hcw1.html">http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/WW/hcw1.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Detlef</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 10/31/2007 9:16:05 PM Central Daylight Time, byzytym@charter.net writes:</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Excuse... I say excuse... I say excuse me little lady, but were you referring to the "War of Northern Aggression" ? Please Honey Child, keep your perspectives as clear as an east Texas autumn sky.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Pax,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Andy size=3>MARIVS</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>"For what shall it profit a man, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>if he gain the whole world </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>and suffer the loss of his soul, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>y'all ?"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:bertasdragonfly@yahoo.com href="mailto:bertasdragonfly@yahoo.com">Berta Allen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org href="mailto:ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org">ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 31, 2007 11:40 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Ravensfort] question</DIV>
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<DIV>HaHa, funny! </DIV>
<DIV>Yep, Huntspatch is becoming one of the fastest growing retirement communities in East Texas... they should have walker races during the parades... along with best blue hair competitions</DIV>
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<DIV>I read a handout that I picked up at the last Fair on the Squire in regards to whom the county was originally named after & the gentleman was removed because it was discovered his sympethtic ties with those dreadful Yankees during & after the great "War between the states". The second "Walker" gentleman that replaced the original was no relation to the first...</DIV>
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<DIV>(Sorry, don't have brochure in front of me to give me their first names.) So would that make the county kinda like bookends?</DIV>
<DIV>~chrystal~<BR><BR><B><I>byzytym <byzytym@charter.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Is it called "Walker" County because so many old people want to retire there ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Pax,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Andy size=3>MARIVS</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:giovanna51@yahoo.com href="mailto:giovanna51@yahoo.com">CAC</A> ; <A title=mailto:ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org href="mailto:ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org">Raven's Fort Barony of</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 30, 2007 1:26 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Ravensfort] question</DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Walker County. Home to Texas Death Row, Big Sam, the Pine Beetle Festival, and the 100-meter mosey.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal>Will the Lord of the Manor please advise me as to which county are the Stones actually located in? Many thanks. He sure has been quiet lately. I wonder what mischief he could be up to? Makes one wonder doesn't it? Kinda like when your kids become too quiet in the other room? </DIV>
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