With the precision of a sharpshooter and the spirit of the Wild West, the Atlanta High School band rode into San Antonio and captured a silver medal at the UIL State Marching Band Contest on Wednesday, Nov. 6.
Nearly 65% of registered voters turned out for the 2024 November 5, Primary Election. Very few local elections were held, with a handful of judicial picks, constables, and commissioners listed on the ballot, with many other races being uncontested. Two larger races that affected our area, U.S. Representative District 1 and State Representative District 1 were both uncontested.
The ancient Egyptians built the pyramids with the ratio of the height to the base equal to 1:1.618—The Golden Ratio. The ancient Athenians, those masters of architecture, built the Parthenon with its column configurations and dimensions based upon the Golden Ratio.
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A settlement named Atlanta was started in 1862 by Reverend Jesse Dodd and his wife, Martha Caroline James, when they built a home one-half mile east of present(1972) Queen City. Other people soon established homes and businesses near the Dodd place, Ten years later another settlement was started about two miles southwest of the Dodd home because the T & P Railroad had changed its route. The new settlement was named Atlanta, too, and it grew into present day Atlanta which began in 1872.
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