(This is east Texas week at the blog. The river doesn't want to let go either).
By Kenny Mitchell - The DeKalb News Monday, May 31, 2010 10:28 AM CDT
The Sulphur River ran a little slower for a few ticks of the clock Saturday (May 22) as it and many others took a moment of silence to remember a friend, with the passing of scholar, author and northeast Texas historian Robert Traylor Russell. Russell was the author of several books, a staunch defender of property owners and their rights, and the webmaster for one of the best websites concerning the history, beauty, and importance of the Sulphur River and the countryside it flows through. Though he traveled around the globe in service to his country in the Peace Corps and other organizations, Russell was famous locally for the website, www.sulphurriver.net and its use in the opposition of Marvin Nichols Reservoir. His comrades and colleagues within the Sulphur Oversight Society and Friends United for a Safe Environment call his passing nothing less than the tragic loss of a friend and a blow to the fight to preserve the land and heritage threatened by the proposed reservoir.
See rest of story at link to Daily Tribune (Mt. Pleasant, TX), here.
