Plano's old homes and businesses are rife with haunted history. Explore eerie urban legends like the Goat Man, the Clown Threat, and Ranch 111, where devil worshipers performed their rituals. The Evaporating Apparition spooked the staff at the Art Centre Theatre, while the grumpy spirit of an old rancher stalks the Masonic Lodge. Some specters are harmless, such as the Giggling Ghost, a little girl in the Cox Building with a penchant for peanut butter and pranks. Other figures own a more sinister reputation. The Witch Lady of Plano was feared by city youth and monitored by the FBI. Mary Jacobs examines the ghostly fallout of Plano's darkest moments, from the smallpox epidemic to the gruesome Muncey family murders.

Haunted Plano, Texas (Haunted America)

Arts & Photography

Jacobs, Mary

Photography & Video

The History Press

Hidden History of Plano

Did you know that Plano once had a winning semipro baseball team? And its own university, boasting a pagoda imported from Malaysia? Or that the city once proudly proclaimed itself the "Mule Capital of the World"? Meet the Native American Planoite who walked in space, the African American entrepreneur who prospered in Jim Crow Texas and the man behind the "mystery stone" uncovered in the Collinwood House. Visit a military tank, a five-hundred-year-old tree and the pioneer cemetery started by a smallpox epidemic. From the town's contributions to World War II to the secrets lurking beneath Collin Creek Mall, unlock the astonishingly large storehouse of Plano's hidden history.

CAMPBELL, JEFF

Smith, Cheryl

Plano (Past and Present)

Arcadia Publishing

The Hale Street Gang began with my mother, Idora, who was 87 when we started a memoir-writing group at the senior center in Randolph, Vermont, population 5,000. In our second book, we pay tribute to the many places in our past. Here you will find Downtown Randolph as it used to be (remember Merusi’s Store? The Spot?) and Brookfield back when Jessie Fiske owned Green Trails—as well as Shanghai in the thirties, San Francisco in the forties, and New York City at the turn of the century (this one). Of the fifteen lives represented here, five began in Randolph. The others began in places ranging from Lyndonville to Beijing. Somehow we’ve all crossed paths at the Greater Randolph Senior Center, where we gather once a week to salute the flag, partake of Rose’s meatloaf, and share our life stories. In A Sense of Place , we travel back through time to tell you where we’ve been. —Sara Tucker, project leader, the Hale Street Gang

The Hale Street Gang: A Sense of Place: A Sense of Place

Biographies & Memoirs

JACKSON, JOHN

Jackson, Cynthia

Tucker, Sara

Godfrey, Ruth Demarest

English, Lydia L.

Fallon, Bonnie

Herrin, Dorothy

Locke, Holly

Therrien, Estelle

Memoirs

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Plano's old homes and businesses are rife with haunted history. Explore eerie urban legends like the Goat Man, the Clown Threat, and Ranch 111, where devil worshipers performed their rituals. The Evaporating Apparition spooked the staff at the Art Centre Theatre, while the grumpy spirit of an old rancher stalks the Masonic Lodge. Some specters are harmless, such as the Giggling Ghost, a little girl in the Cox Building with a penchant for peanut butter and pranks. Other figures own a more sinister reputation. The Witch Lady of Plano was feared by city youth and monitored by the FBI. Mary Jacobs examines the ghostly fallout of Plano's darkest moments, from the smallpox epidemic to the gruesome Muncey family murders.

Haunted Plano, Texas

History Press Library Editions

History

Americas

Campbell, Jeffrey

Arcadia Pub (Sc)

Product Description \n"Not only is this a fun and entertaining story, it also teaches wonderful life lessons just like the game of golf itself." —Mark Wahlberg\nOne, Two, Follow Through is the perfect book to introduce children to the game of golf while teaching the values of sportsmanship, inclusivity, and staying true to oneself! This bright and engaging story, starring Polly Pivot, is a fun yet challenging journey of discovery and inspiration. As she struggles (and eventually succeeds) in her golf lessons, Polly proves that the experience of learning is fun and rewarding if you follow your way all the way through.\nAbout the Author \nMary Jacobs developed her love of sports by competing with (and beating) her five older brothers in a small town in the Midwest. Mary went on to become an All-American Golfer at the University of Arizona and won a Bronze medal while representing the USA in the World University Olympic Games. She is now a highly esteemed LPGA Teaching and Club Professional at the prestigious Wilshire Country Club in Los Angeles, California.

One, Two, Follow Through!: Starring Polly Pivot

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

Triumph Books

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