BLAST FROM THE PAST

  • On the Back of the photo: My brother (Jasper Patton Rivers Jr.) on left and Leonard McCombs on right. Year 1948 Picture made in Rotan, Texas. This photo was found by Tonya (Porter) Jones found in one of her grandmother's (Marie River) Phillips Thornton) diaries.
    On the Back of the photo: My brother (Jasper Patton Rivers Jr.) on left and Leonard McCombs on right. Year 1948 Picture made in Rotan, Texas. This photo was found by Tonya (Porter) Jones found in one of her grandmother's (Marie River) Phillips Thornton) diaries.
    Does anyone remember the name of this gas station? We believe it use to be located where Rotan's Dairy Queen now sits due to the Hogsett Chevrolet building in the background. If you have any information please give us a call and we will update our readers in the next edition. Do you have an old photo you'd like to share in the Blast from the Past? If so drop it by the office or email ...

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