Mineola Historical Musuem Honors Black History Month

Yearbook pages from Black school in Mineola. Part of Black History display at Mineola Historical Museum.

Mineola Historical Museum Board of Directors Chairperson Novada Bigham gave Wood County Monitor reporter John Arbter a guided tour of the museum's Black History displays and invites you to come see for yourself the remarkable treasures from Mineola's past. See the article that appears in this week's Wood County Monitor. The museum, located in the old post office building at 114 N. Pacific Street, is open Thru. - Sat. from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Call 903-569-2631 for more info or to book a group tour. 

To see the article, use this link to Wood County Monitor, Feb. 4, 2021.

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Photo of Texas Black Spiders, a semi-professional baseball team played in Mineola circa late 1930s.
School lockers from the Black schools that once operated in Mineola dating back to 1871.
Novada Bigham, Chairperson of Mineola Historical Museum Board of Directors
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