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The following books and publications may be ordered from:
Brown County Historical Commission
P.O. Box 146
Brownwood, TX 76804-0146

Sixteen books have been compiled and published by the Brown County Historical Society entitled: "IN THE LIFE AND LIVES OF BROWN COUNTY PEOPLE". 

Note: All books are soft back, 8 1/2" x 11", and indexed.


Book Numbers 1 through 6 - $10.00 each, plus mailing fee. Soft back 8½" x 11". 

Book Numbers 7 and 8 - $15.00 each, plus mailing fee. Soft back 8½" x 11". 

Book Number 9 - Scrapbook.  $15.00, plus mailing fee. Soft back 8½" x 11". 

Book Number 10 - Civil War Veterans of Brown County - 440 Veterans listed - $15.00, plus mailing fee. Soft back 8½" x 11". 

Book Number 11 -  Henry Ford OF BROWN COUNTY. $15.00, mailing fee. Soft back 8½" x 11".

Book Number 12 - Brown County World War II Veterans (Surnames "A through G") with biographical sketches, Theme: Brownwood, Texas, in World War II. By: Tessica Martin, also Veterans A through Z that lost their lives. $15.00 plus mailing fee. 138 pages - Soft back 8½" x 11". Compiled by: Lorene Bishop and Pauline Hochhalter.

Book Number 13 - Brown County World War II Veterans (Surnames "H through Z") with biographical sketches, Women in the MILITARY, and Story of Camp Bowie. Will be published shortly. $15.00 plus mailing fee.

Book Number 14 - Short-Sketch History Of Early Days in Brown County: By F. M. Cross; plus THESIS: The Educational History of Brown County, Texas (Rural and Brownwood Schools, with brief history of Daniel Baker College and Howard Payne College) By: Maudie Joe Fields, August 1927.  Hardin School HISTORY. Price $15.00 plus mailing fee. 

Book Number 15 - Early ISD Scrapbook - Early, Texas, Brown County. Compiled by Lorene Bishop. $11.00, plus mailing fee.

Book Number 16 - Eastlawn Memorial Park, Early, Texas. Recorded over 4000 tombstone inscriptions. Surnames listed alphabetically with location of graves. Compiled by BCHS Members. $20.00 plus mailing fee. Deaths began in 1951 through February 28, 2001.

OTHER BROWN COUNTY HISTORICAL BOOKS:

Book Number 16A - Something About Brown By: Dr. T. R. Havins - $15.00 plus mailing fee. Hard back, 6" x 9", 208 pages. Printed 1958.

Book Number 17 - The Promised Land - A History of Brown County - By: James C. White. $10.00 plus mailing fee. 123 pages - Soft back, 6" x 9".

Book Number 18 - Frontier's Generation By: Tevis Clyde Smith. Covers 1854 through 1956. Enlarged edition of original book. $15.00 plus mailing fee. Soft back, 6" x 9". BCHS index $2.00 extra.

Book Number 19 - From memories of Men - By: Tevis Clyde Smith. $10.00 plus BCHS Index $2.00 and mailing fees.

Book Number 20 - The Nice and Nasty in Brown County By: Ruth Griffin Spence. $15.95 plus mailing fee. 174 pages - Soft back, 6" x 9". BCHS index $3.00 extra.

Book Number 21 - Early Communities of Lake Brownwood By: Pattie Lee Cross Weedon. $20.00 plus mailing fee. 150 page - Soft back, 8½" x 11".  Third Printing.

Book Number 22 - Rural Cemetery Inscriptions of Brown County By: Hazel Ellis Wetzel. $25.00 mailing fee. 308 pages - Soft back, 8½" x 11".

Book Number 23 - Greenleaf Cemetery, Brownwood, Texas Compiled by Bob Day. $20.00 mailing fee. 308 pages - Soft back.

Book Number 24 - Index to Marriages - Brown County, Texas - 1880 - 1920. Compiled by: Opal Lanford and Juanita McBee. $20.00 plus $2.64 mailing fee. 283 pages - Soft back, 8½" x 11" (Alphabetized by grooms and brides).

Book Number 25 - McInnis Funeral Home Records - Brown County, Texas - 1910 - 1942. By Hazel Ellis Wetzel. $10.00 plus mailing fee. 80 pages - Soft back 8½" x 11" (Names listed in alphabetical order).

Book Number 26 - Freemasonry in Brownwood By D. D. Tidwell.  A centennial history of Brownwood Lodge No. 279 A. F. & A. M.  Hard Back 6" x 9", 355 pages.  Price $20.00, plus mailing fee.

Book Number 27 - The Boy Captives By: J. Marvin Hunter.  Soft back, 5 ½" x 8 ½", 219 pages.  Re: Two young Texas brothers captured by the Comanche Indians and one sold to the Apache Indians.  They endured hardships but lived to tell their story.
Price $12.00 plus mailing fee.

Book Number 28 - Zephyr Yesterday and Today - Co-authors: Avis Bettis and Mattie Baird. (Centennial Edition) $11.00 plus mailing fee. 173 page, Soft back, 6" x 9" (indexed). Includes 125 family genealogies.

Book Number 29 - Zephyr Teachers and Graduates 1910 - 1950 Compiled by: Mildred Mills Jenkins, Pauline Glass Hochhalter, and
Merle Bond Tilly. $11.00 plus mailing fee. 173 pages, Soft back, 8½" x 11". 

Book Number 30 - More About Zephyr, Texas Printed in 1991. $11.25 plus mailing fee. 124 pages, Soft back, 8½" x 11". 

Book Number 31 - Zephyr Cemetery Survey Book Compiled by local Zephyr Club members. $10.00 - plus $1.54 mailing fee. Soft back, 8½" x 11" (indexed by surnames and maiden names, cross-referenced to wife's married name). Re-typed December 17, 1994. Over 1200 names of deceased listed with year of birth and death.

Book Number 32 - Pritchett Kith and Kin with Low, Starr, Sleeper By: LaVerne Keeler Kilgore. $35.00 - plus $2.64 mailing fee. 165 pages, Soft back, 8½" x 11" 

Book Number 33 - North West and South central Brown County, Texas By: Estill Franklin Allen. Covers Bangs and area. $20.00 plus mailing fee. 

Book Number 34 - BLANKET, TEXAS COMMUNITY HISTORY 1983 By: Estill Franklin Allen with an Edition compiled in 2000. Two indexes. $20.00 plus mailing fee. 165 pages, Soft back, 8½" x 11" 

Book Number 35 - RICHLAND CROSSING, A Portrait of Texas Pioneers of Navarro County.  By: Walter Clay Dixson. Families: DIXSON, ANDERSON, HARDIN, including the latest expanded story and family photos of the infamous gunfighter, JOHN WESLEY HARDIN and Charlie Webb. $25.00 plus mailing fee.

Book Number 36 - A WALK THROUGH OLD HISTORICAL BROWNWOOD, TEXAS. A booklet, 6x9", compiled by Frank Hilton, Member of Brown County Museum of History, Inc.  $2.50 includes mailing fee. 

BCHS Book Number 16 - EASTLAWN MEMORIAL PARK (CEMETERY). Over 4000 persons listed alphabetical with location in cemetery. $20.00 plus mailing fee.

TEXAS FORTS - Lone Star guide: 54 Forts, 41 Camps and 25 Missions listed. $18.40 plus mailing fee.

BUFFALO/EBONY CEMETERY - By: Opal Dwyer Cawyer. $ 10.00 plus mailing fee.

NOTE: PERSONS, OTHER THAN LIBRARIES, WILL PAY 8.25% SALES TAX. PLEASE JUST SEND ORDER AND LET BCHS BILL YOU BY INVOICE.

Prepared by: Pauline G. Hochhalter, Treasurer, March 20, 2001, Telephone Number: 325/646-8208. 

MAIL ORDER TO:  Brown County Historical Commission
                                    P.O. Box 146
                                    Brownwood, Texas 76804-0146

NOTE:  BROWN COUNTY MUSEUM OF HISTORY, located near Courthouse, is open every Saturday, 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM and on Sundays 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. The Museum Annex is open on the First Saturday of each month, 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. It is located across the street.