Marshall, Texas, is just one of the hundreds of towns that I have visited during my unusual career of recording interesting places for future generations (see www.villageprints.com). When I arrived in Marshall, as usual, I visited the old Court House and marveled at this beautiful structure. As I walked around the outside of the building, I was eating a sandwich that I had bought at a local diner. I noticed another gentleman observing this architectural marvel and also eating a sandwich he had coincidentally purchased at the same diner. Since I am interested in the history of towns, as I always do, I asked him where he was from. He answered, "Houston, Texas." Since he is an oil man, I asked him about the prospects of oil exploration in my home state of Mississippi. This is just one incident during my unusual career, but one that is imprinted on my memory.
Marshall, Texas has several famous sons and daughters, Lady Bird Johnson, wife of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, graduated from Marshall High School. Lady Bird got her nickname from a family maid who said she was as cute as a "Lady Bird." Lady Bird became famous for her work to encourage the planting of wildflowers along our nation's highways (see www.wildflower.org)
George Edward Foreman , a former boxer, who was a world Heavyweight champion and an ordained Christian minister, was born in Marshall, Texas. George is probably most famous today for his "George Foreman Lean Mean Grilling Machine."
Another famous son of Marshall is the Huddie Ledbetter, a guitarist who wrote such famous songs as "Goodnight Irene"and The Midnight Special." Journalist and television commentator, Bill Moyers, and football great, Y. A. Tittle, are two more famous sons of Marshall.
Marshall is a Norman Rockwell painting that has come to life. Marshall, Texas, is just one of the towns that have been captured on paper by the Village Prints artists. The print can be viewed at http://www.villageprints.com/txmarshall.html. Village Prints has completed drawings of more than 330 towns in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas and have produced limited edition prints of these towns.
The originals are pencil drawings, featuring composites of outstanding landmarks and historical buildings such as those in Marshall, TX. Limited edition prints on parchtone paper are then produced from the drawings.
These art prints, which portray the historical and architectural heritage of Marshall Texas, quickly become collectors' items. Each print is signed and numbered. The art prints make excellent gifts for all occasions and are especially appropriate for professional offices. Some professional people have collected all of the prints of their particular regions.
On the Marshall, Texas page at http://www.villageprints.com/txmarshall.html interested parties may purchase a print of Marshall by clicking on the PayPal logo below the drawing or they may send a check to Village Prints, 209 Shirley Drive, Florence, Alabama.