Stories from Sunday, June 14, 2020

When the American Revolution broke out in 1775, the colonists weren’t fighting united under a single flag. Instead, most regiments participating in the war for independence against the British fought under their own flags. In June of 1775, the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia to create the Continental Army—a unified colonial fighting force—with the hopes of more organized battle against its colonial oppressors. ...

Saline City is a town in Sugar Ridge Township. When first laid out, this town was named only Saline, but at the September term of Commissioners’ Court in 1872, on petition of the proprietor, the record was changed to make it read “Saline City.” Saline was founded by Henry Jamison in 1870...