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For hundreds of years North American Indians, in all of their tribes and clans and families, lived their lives, pretty much minding their own business, until a bunch of strangers from Europe moved into the neighborhood and ruined property values from coast to coast. It only took another few hundred years before the descendants of those Europeans got around to recognizing the original occupants of this country, and their contributions to our cuisine, our habits, and our culture. Here in East Texas and West Louisiana, Native American culture has influenced the history of European settlers since their arrival in the early 1700s, when the Spanish founded Nuestra Senora del Pilar de Los Adaes Presidio in what is now Natchitoches Parrish. With the absence of Spanish women in the area, soldiers established relationships with local Caddo, Adai, and Lipan Apache women in the area, spreading to establish settlements in the Zwolle and Ebarb area, where they stayed with their families even after being ordered back to San Antonio in 1773 when the Presidio was abandoned.

On Friday, November 4, 2022, Commander Thomas L.“Shorty” Warren of the American Legion Oscar P. Pate Post 197 and his wife, Lea Warren, of American Legion Auxilary Family 113 placed a collection of the AL flags at the Hemphill County Court House. They were joined by members of the Hemphill VFW Post 10351 and Hemphill VFW Auxilary Post 10351. Another group that volunteered to help put up the flags was the Hemphill High School Patriots’ Club. The flags will be posted until after Veterans’ Day, November 11th. We invite you to drive by and show your support for our Veterans that have given so much for us. Patriot Club members:Yenni Flores, Carson Hill, Jason Courville, Jordyn Foust, Emily Shoemake, Lawson Vickers and Phillip Boehlke. Hemphill American Legion Members: Commander T. L. Warren and Vice Commander Art Owens. VFW Members: Paul Cassidy, Phyllis Buckner, Christine Johnston, Sherry Thibodeaux, Curtis Buckner, Jim Waller and Carol Waller.