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Two wildfires that burned more than 1 million acres in the Panhandle were caused by downed power lines, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.

On Monday, April 8, viewers in the continental United States will be witness to a rare, spectacular event: the total eclipse of the Sun by the Moon. And Texas will be able to enjoy most of the event in spectacular fashion. Across the entire state, at least 80% of the Sun will be obscured, allowing almost all of the Lone Star State to experience the event, with the area of the toal eclipse moving across the heart of Texas Already, preparations are being made across the state. Hotel rooms in the path of the totality, the area of total eclipse, have been sold out for months. State officials estimate that millions could be visiting the state that day.

Annie Elizabeth Eargle was born 13 Dec 1878 in Miller County, Arkansas. She was the second child of Elias and Martha Elinor Thomas Eargle. She was named for her grandmother, Annie Elizabeth Price Eargle. Her siblings were: Charles Artemus, William Henry Harrison, James Hardee, Elias Ellington, Melvine Priscilla (Pearl), Ethel Ionia, Jesse Cleveland, Mary Vivian, and Eddie Lois. (For more information about the Eargle Family, please refer to original “History of Cass County”.)